how do u play football and not get hurt?
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You best bet would be: don't ever get close to the ball. Seriously, don't play afraid thinking about an injury. I played well into my fifties ( and many tough games ) and I suffered few injuries, and all of them minors. Go for the ball with confidence. If you are tentative,it is worse.
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there should be a hand on the ball and the other hand extended for a pass. dont get too close because they will cross you over. keep a distance and when he wants to jump put a hand up and jump also\nlook at this website and look at the defenders hands. \nhttp://media.scout.com/Media/Image/29/292521.jpg
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Bend your knees.  Get your butt low and your back relatively straight.  Grasp box and lift.\nTo lessen chance of injury, wear a lifting belt.
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keep practicing your hand skills by throwing the ball up and catching it. the more you do it the more you will get use to it. trust me 94 all-city wr speaking here. it worked for me. try to keep it simple as well! good luck and don't give up!
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First, walk it.  Get your footwork right to the point where you don't have to think about what you're doing.  Get about five yards away, and decide which way you want to roll.  If you're going to roll left, get used to planting your left foot and basically doing a pivot on that foot.  Your momentum should carry you around to the left, moreso if you cross your foot over a bit - step to the right with your left foot.  To roll right, plant your right foot, just reversing everything.  Then work up to a jog, run, and sprint.  Make sure you include a run-up in your practice - it's not really a dodge if you're standing still.  If you have a cone or tree to dodge around, that'll help.  When you have the footwork down, refine your stickwork.  You want to be low and in, so that the defender can't use an over-the-head check and strip the ball.  Keep the stick down and tight to your body, but be careful not to "chest" the ball.
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ha ha - is this a set up? - well I'll say it - don't worry, Charlton have got away with it all season!\n\nTake it easy if you're not used to running around. Try and keep clear of the opposition so you have time to react when the ball finds you. The wing is quite a good place to hide, if any one tries to get past you you can always adopt the Boris Johnson style of tackling...\n\nGood luck and enjoy it (let us know how you get on).
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You need to go to training, the coaches will help you with your skills, you can not simply learn how to kick, handpass, sidestep,tackle or shepperd by pressing letters on your keyboard, and by going on Yahoo Answers.
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Found this article...hope it helps. I also suggest watching college football and some pro (I'm not a pro football fan) watching the receivers and seeing how they fake and spin...it takes practice and repetition.\n\nYour passing game starts with the ability of your football wide receivers to get separation from their defenders. It doesn't matter if you have the greatest quarterback in the world if his receivers can't give him a window to throw to.\n\nThe first step is to teach your wide receivers how to get off the line. If the defenders are pressing and bumping at the line, the receiver must know how to beat the pressure. Begin by teaching fakes. The most basic is the "head bob". This is where the football wide receiver moves his head to one side while getting his body moving straight or to the other side. A good shoulder fake can spice this move up.\n\nSince defensive backs will eventually pick up on a repeated fake, teach your receivers to mix things up with double-fakes (fake one way, then the other, then move beyond the defensive back).\n\nFootball wide receivers must also be taught how to use their hands to gain separation. Teach the "rip" and "swim" techniques. If cutting left, teach them to use the right arm to "rip" up through the cornerback's arms. For the "swim" technique, teach your wide receivers to bring the inside arm up and over the corner's arms to knock the arms downward.\n\nOnce off the line, good route running is obviously an important skill to develop. One way to help your football wide receivers get open is to have them run hard to a specific spot, get control (possibly use a fake here) and make the cut. Plant the foot away from the direction of the cut, make the cut and then accelerate into the cut. Teach your players the importance of getting the defensive back moving backwards and then cutting away from them.\n\nBesides the straight line charge, you can also have your football receivers use an S-shape weave to get open. Have them run quickly at the defensive back to get close, then "curve" around him to gain separation.\n\nAgainst man-to-man coverage, learning the art of good cuts and making those cuts at the right time will be extremely important to the success of your wide receivers. Against zone coverage, it's a bit different. Since the defensive backs are defending an area, the football receivers won't need to use their fakes quite as much since they just need to find the holes in the zone.\n\nOne often over-looked area where you can give your players an advantage is in your scouting of the opposition. Don't underestimate the importance of exploiting how your players match up to the other guys. Figure out how you can game-plan how to get your best or fastest receiver matched up against the opposition's weakest or slowest defensive back.\n\nTeach your football wide receivers the correct fundamentals for getting open, game-plan your match ups effectively, then sit back and feel the satisfaction of watching a beautifully executed big play win the game for your players.\n\nMatt & Dave run http://www.football-plays-and-drills.com/get-open and enjoy teaching football players and coaches more about the football plays, drills, fundamentals and tips that result in individual and team success. For our free report, "5 Keys to Discovering the Successful Coach Inside You", plus an additional free report, send a blank email to mailto:footballtips@aweber.com.\n\nWe give full permission for you to use this article in your newsletter or on your site as long as you include our Resource Box with our website link and email link included.\n\nArticle Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Matt_Zavadil
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Run with the ball very often without looking at it and obtain really good endurance. Train side to side agility. Practice.
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Do not stick you arm out to early because the defensive player will read it and play through it.  Wait until the D-fence player gets close and then throw it out hard.  Do not leave it out to long, it may cause you to lose balance or lose the ball.  All though the helmet is the #1 target, the shoulder pads work well too.  You might be able to get the opposing player to lose their balance and create a little separation.  Separation is what you want, and it does not take much to break a tackle.
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Practice with the ball at least half an hour a day. You might want to consider hiring a personal trainer because they do help A LOT. You might also want to play with a bunch of people so you can practice your defensive stance, and technique attacking the ball....\n\nDon't attack the ball... have patience and shuffle backwards... that way you are slowing down the play, and giving your team mates time to come back and cover opponents... it really does make all the difference... \n\nGood luck!
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This question really amuses me - the idea of you in your every day life with your feet constantly flying above your waist level!\n\nI presume you mean when challenging for the ball, when the ball is in the air, and things like that....\n\nLearn how to trap the ball without raising your legs too high if its in the air - its possible (though uncomfortable for a lady I'd presume) to trap the ball with your chest, you could try controling the ball by heading it down, or just practice controlling the ball as it lands with your feet. Close control ball skill drills will help this.\n\nIf your problem is when you challenge for the ball, this is harder to work on as it is a reflex reaction - practice with a friend throwing the ball up and challenging for it without raising your feet - don't be frightened of a few bumps and bruises, you'll soon learn how best to challenge without raising your feet, and with practice will win a lot more balls.
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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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great question.  First off, as a wide receiver, you need to work on your hands.  After all, you have to be able to catch with your hands and not your body.  Best thing for this is to buy a Nerf football that's attached to a rubber band.  I think you can buy these on line or at place's like Academy.  What you do is, hook one end of the rubber band to a fence or pole.  The height should be at your shoulder's height. Then you stand and through the ball out away from you, because of the rubber band, it will come right back and really fast.  It forces you to put your hands up and catch the ball with your hands. Many NFL Wide Receiver's use this technique. \nSecondly, you need to run routes.  Get with some buddies, grab a football, go to a field and have one of your friends throw to you. You can get online and find some specific routes to run, i.e., post corner, in route etc. It would be helpful to have at least three people. One QB, one WR, and a defender. Since you're playing both WR and FS, you would want to change up and cover sometimes too.\nThird, work on your feet.  Marry a jump rope. This will educate you feet and make them quicker.  Jump rope all the time!!!!\nFourth, the weight room.  Try not to lift heavy weights.  You don't need to bulk up as a receiver.  Just light bench press, dumbell press, curls etc. Your best bet is to lift light with a lot of reps.  This will give your muscles stamina.  For your legs, squats (light), leg press, leg curls and extensions. When you're working on your legs, try to train your muscles to burst.  Meaning, on the exertion part of the lift, really burst the weight up or out. But make sure it's in a controlled way.  Don't over do it in the weight room.  As far as running two miles, that's fine, but you need to work on burts.  Meaning you need to work in some sprint work.  This is very important.  Run some 100's, 150's, 180's, and 220's.  Always stretch and warm up first and cool down and stretch afterwards.  Vary your workouts from day to day. Right down your routine for lifting and running Monday through Friday. I used to lift in the morning, and run in the evening.  Monday was heavy upper body lifting, and running day 4 400's 60 to 70 seconds for each, and 2 200 yard (sprints), 2 100 yard sprints.  Tuesday was heavy leg day, and jogging..2-3 miles, Wednesday was light upper body, short sprints..100's, 60's and 40 yard dashes.  Spend 1hr on the track.  Thursday was light lower body, and hill work or bleacher's. Try to burn your quads, yeah!!  Friday was a total body workout in the weight room (light) and some light jogging.2-3 miles at a relaxed pace. Good luck. Contact me if you need me to send you a specific routine.
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there is a pretty good exercise I do for football. You lay on your back and put your legs in the air(just dangle them). Then you do 30 cruches. Take your time don't rush! Then with your legs still in the air (you keep them up the entire time) you do 30 leg lifts. They are where you but your hands under your but and shoot your legs out straight. Then you with your back down lift your legds (still straight) up and down (thats one)You do it 30 times. Then yes with your legs still in the air you do 30 seconds of bicicles. That when you take your legs in the air and bend them.Then you start pedeling them like you are riding s bike. At the same time you put your hands on your head and do half cruches form side to side. Then 30 more leg lifts. Remember kepp your legs up back down take your time and don't give up. Dont wait in between the different exercises. do it 6 days a week.
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think that the ball is part of ur foot  and throw your leg where you want ur foot to go. Also build up your muscle in ur legs so when you hit the ball true it will go straight. And get a decent ball and boots
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Hit the running back as hard as you can every play, eventually he is going to get scared and start running sloppy. Learn to watch the QB with your whole attention, watch his eyes, know when to drop back in coverage.