how do i get better at football?
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To get better at football you need to practice alot. Football is a sort of hard sport at first, but if you practice and love doing it then you will soon get better if you keep trying!
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Practice is the only way to become better. Some people are naturally gifted in sports but will not improve unless they practice. Make your practices count. Instead of just throwing randomly at the board, pratice what ever game you ususally play, cricket, 301, 501 whatever. Try to close out in a set number of rounds. Don't quit until you reach your goal. Set small goals first, then work your way up.\nPractice grouping your darts. You should be able to adjust your aim (without changing your stance) both up and down, and left to right. As you become better your grouping should become tighter.
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Watch them play, and analyze their game.  Talk to teams that have played them.  Know what their coaches generally call.  Know what makes them have their reputation as unbeatable.\n\nDon't let any thing that your learn discourage you.  Train and practice as hard as you can.  Make your offense and defense incredibly strong.  Get in the mindset that you can win.  That you will win.  Play hard, think harder.
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Learn from watching games and trust me this is the time to watch (the World Cup!)\nPractice!\nFind your personal style\nLook at your weaknesses and strengths:\nfocus on improving your weaknesses and get better at your strengths. \n\nHere are some tricks:\nOver: the inside of your foot goes around the ball.\nUnder: the outside of your foot goes around the ball.\nOver-under(or vice-versa): The inside goes around then the outside all in one motion\nRoll-under: the sole of you foot rolls the ball over to your other side but then you take a quick hop to get the foot that you originally rolled it with and do an under\nRoll-exit: sole of you foot rolls the ball to the middle of you body then then the outside of your foot brings it to the your outside.\nHow to do a header: DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES WHEN YOU DO A HEADER! Try to hit it with your forehead or else it will hurt!!!\n\nIf you need more help you can IM me at: soccerallstar4444 \n\n--i use yahoo! messenger
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If you are 11yrs old and can chuck it 55 yards, you need to start attending football camps now, get on a pop warner team now and learn how to be a quarterback and forget about catching anthing other than the snap from center. \n\nAs far as catching the ball. It's easy. Be aggressive and don't wait on the ball to get to you. Try to go after the ball. Don't let it touch your chest. Form a diamond with your thumbs and index fingers (you can also touch middle finger also if you have big hands) together and try to look the end of the ball (catch it) using that diamond formed as your target. \n\nLook the ball in always. Clamp down on it as soon as it hits the diamond. You'll never drop another pass again. \n\nHold your diamond tight for hard thrown spirals so they don't go straight through your hands (diamond) larry johnson does it all the time when he forms a diamond when he scores a td. This is the basic way you should have your hands to catch a spiral thrown at you. \n\nFor low thrown balls just flip your diamond over and touch the sid es of your palms together along with pinky and "look the ball into the basket." You basket should look as if you are holding getting ready to be handed a pumpkin and you want to use both hands to catch it.  \n\nIf you look the ball in, and be aggressive and not scared of it. You shouldn't drop anything.
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It all depends on you.  Football is a game of speed and strength.  If you want to be good at it you have to be bigger and faster than everyone else on the field.  Weights are important for about an hour or so a day, but don't forget about speed.  Find a gradual incline in a road or sidewalk or park somewhere, measure off 40 or 50 yards and sprint up the hill.  Do that about 10 times or so with a short break in between each rep.  I did this, ran distance the other 3 days a week (took sundays off) going into my Junior year.  I dropped 0.30 sec off my 40 time.  Good luck!
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Your still growing..  DE a good position, but here is more to being a good footbal player that size and muscle.. Speed, quickness, football smarts and being aggressive have to be there too..  \n\nwithout the desire, dedication and discipline you will never be a great DE..
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"Now in order to become a great footballer you need a variety of different skills. You need to have good ball control/handling for often in a game you can get in pressured situations where you need to be very comfortable with the ball."\n\n"This brings me to a quote from a fellow soccer lover "Treat the soccer ball like a good friend or even a girlfriend." This meant that you should consider the ball as a part of you, "Be one with the soccer ball." Like any team sport without a good team player attitude you will get nowhere. Let me rephrase that, you need good people skills."\n\n"I ,and many other soccer players, feel creativity is a key element. Coaches can drive technical skills, and routine into young players minds which is doing them a disservice. It is teaching them to always do the same thing…not good."\n\n"On your way to become a great soccer player you will need to practice but just how much practice is needed? Around 5 hours a week for kids ages 12-15 should do the trick. "you need different amounts for different ages" quoted my past soccer coach."\n\n"You should have enough practice to make you feel you have learned something. In addition to all this you need to always be prepared to train by living a sport friendly lifestyle, which is free of alcohol etc."\n\n""The greatest players are the ones who practice by themselves and push their team mates." explained John (a online soccer expert)."
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Practice and an undying will. Recievers like terrell owens catch a 100 footballs a day so get to work thats about 700 a week start counting. It's just like anything else if you do it enough it becomes automatic. Lift some weights too so you can escape the jams the good recievers will be able to. my plan is to eat a steak and potatoe a day to put on some weight then i do about 200 push-ups a day so get to work don't be a punk and slack off either there are so many recievers right now this is a competition no matter what situation you better not quit or else you going to let me and every one else down but by no-way do slack your school work so chap chap. Alright ain't good enough and if you slow don't quit and if short don't quit have faith anything is possible you will see.\n\nMy cousin in my oppinion was the coldest football player he let it slip away if you smoke stop don't let it burn away yo dreams and watch out for girls too but you know get ya freak on and don't forget running routes is crutial too. So run about twice a week and stretch alot when you can do the splits you got good agility and to make your arms stronger than your legs do handstands then upside push-ups i hope to see ya home boy.Good Luck!
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If you're talking about REAL football (not soccer) I can help.  I played on a semi-pro team for 3 seasons.\n\nFirst of all, you have to have speed and dexterity.  Speed is natural, but can be improved with exercise.\n\nSecond, as far as health is concerned, eat correctly and balanced, exercise (lift weights) regularly.\n\nThird, develop a keen sense of what the game is all about.  Study tendencies both on defense and offense.  Moreover, always be ready to play any position when asked upon.  Practice throwing, catching and kicking if applicable.\n\nStudy the playbook intently and know every player's responsibility so you know what to do, when to do it, and can play their position.
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The above are good, but there's a couple things missing. First, you need to get with one of your coaches and have them teach you how to run proper routes. As a QB, you more than anyone else should realize how important it is to run routes correctly and not round them off. Second, you need to get someone to throw bricks to you (no Im not kidding). Catching bricks will help you learn to catch with your hands first, instead of trying to trap the ball against your body (if you trap a brick against your chest a couple times, I promise it will help break you of the habit.) Good receivers don't wait for the ball to come into their body; they pluck it out of the air, and that's what the brick drill will enforce. Obviously you don;t want someone winging bricks at your head, but I think you understand what I mean. You do have to be careful though, cause it's real easy to break your fingers if you grab it wrong, and of course it's gonna not feel too good if you miss and it hits you in the chest/gut/manbag or lands on your foot. Again, talk to your coach and I'm sure he can show you the right way to run the drill.
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You have to build up your leg muscles and keep practicing.  \nYou should time yourself and then you can see when you are improving.\n\nalso get someone to coach you. someone that knows how and maybe won stuff.\n\nI haven't done this so I'm not an expert yet.\n\nsteffy
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what you should go is practice juggleing with a hacky sack, that helps with your feet skills, then later on use a real ball. Also work on sprinting, you have to be fast so you can beat people to the ball. Basically work on the fundementals even if you already know them you still need to practice them so you get better, one touch passes, trapping the ball before it bounces all that stuff.
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Try to call someone advance to practice with you and learn how to intercept pass and stuff,and also try shooting from a close range at first and gradually get futher and futher as u improve
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Just keep it simple,dont try and do too much,your part of a team after all. A 5 yard pass to a team mate is better than a 40 yard pass to an opponent. \nBest advice i was ever given,ENJOY THE GAME
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The key is speed.  If you are the fastest guy on your team, you might have a chance.\n\nBefore you start thinking about the NFL, you need to get into a college program.  Most NFL players come from Division 1 programs.  There are 115 Division 1A football programs.  This means you can fill the rosters of all the Division 1 programs with 1st or 2nd team All-State players at each position every year.  That is your competition.\n\nJohn T. Reed provides a lot of detail about going from high school football to college.  Take it one step at a time.
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The first guy who answered was retarded. If you want to get better you must\nA.)Practice your jump shot. Copy Jordan's. You must be able to jump in the air then shoot. That will enable you to do more difficult things like turn arounds, and fade aways.\nB.)Practice your ball handling. It may not always be fun, but unless you are 6 foot 8 you will need superior ball handling skills. You need a crossover and to be able to dribble with both hands.\nC.)Your inside game. The left handed lay-up will give you an edge because you will be able to go left or right. Work on hook shots, and floaters as well. \nD.)You must play people better than you and be willing to get your butt spanked for a while before you will learn little tricks they do and eventually surpass them through practice and hard work.\nE.)You must be in great cardio shape. Which means running a lot. Sprinting makes you faster.\n\n*Here's a little trick. Notice which foot your defender has closest to you and drive in that direction. They have less time to adjust that way. It's less effective to drive the other way unless you're gonna pull up and fade away, or your defender is slower than you.