Can people weighing under 130 pounds play sports like rugby or row crew?
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rugby--if you are fast, then that can be an advantage.\nrow crew--if you are light, yet very strong, that can be an advantage.\n\nanyway, do a sport because you love it, not because of your body shape.
1152193
Rugby!! No pu$$y protective gear like in American football. It's significantly more physical and requires more braincells to play.
372079
Go onto RFU.COM and source local clubs in your area. Some will have links and others will come up on a web search.  I can guarantee that you will find a club locally and they will be delighted to welcome you like all Rugby clubs across the world.
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About 140 to 160 lbs.
1142506
You are big enough to play on even a not crappy HS football team. \n\nIf you are athletic, fast, and strong there is no reason why you could not play WR, CB or Safety. It all really depends on your skill level and work ethic.\n\nI would suggest working out like a madman, joining the teams off-season workout program if at all possible, and even attending a football summer camp if you could. \n\nGood luck!!!\n\nEdited to add that Barry Sanders was 5'8" and Walter Payton was 5'10"\n\nhttp://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/PaytWa00.htm\nhttp://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/SandBa00.htm
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Here are some basic rules:\n\n1. As you notice, there are no shoulder pads or crash helmets in rugby.\n2. The ball must be pitched backwards to your teammates. No Forward passes like John Elway.\nA team can pitch the ball back and forth to each other as many times as they wish.\n3. THERE IS NO BLOCKING to assist your runner.\n4. Everyone runs with the ball and tackles equally. Unlike American Grid-Iron Football where 2 or 3 guys get all the glory and the rest of the team is never given the opportunity to prove themselves and run for a score, every player on the rugby field will run with the ball and tackle over 20 times a game. If you were an offensive lineman and never ran the ball and never tackled this game is for you! Everyone will be a running back and linebacker. When a set dead-ball scrum is formed, that is when the team will get in their SET POSITIONS, but shortly after that when mass chaos breaks out, all players will run and tackle with the ball.\n5. When you are tackled you have 1 second to let go of the ball and purposely “fumble” the ball. Don’t touch it again until you are up from the pile and standing on your two feet again.\n6. When you TACKLE someone, you can’t pick up the fumbled ball until you are ON YOUR FEET. This is one of the most called penalties on new players. You must be standing up to pick up the ball. You cannot dive on a loose ball.\n7. When you are on defense, and a tackled player is put to the ground, you must make sure you are on YOUR SIDE OF THE “scrumage line” BEFORE you engage in any physical contact with the other team. This is called offside and is one of the most called penalties for all levels of players. This happens when a defensive player is chasing down a runner from behind. The defensive player must run around the ruck pile and enter from the other side to give contact on the ruck pile. This is a very big yardage penalty if you get caught not being on sides on a loose ruck pile.\n8. The game will have 15 players from each team taking the field\n9. When you teammate pitches the ball to you as you are running down the field, and you accidentally drop the ball. THAT IS A PENALTY, it is called a “Knock On”. The other team will get the ball automatically right there for their possession. As you can see, this is the kiss of death when you drop or “Knock On” the ball deep in your own territory by their scoring end zone. This is why we run so many ball-handling drills in practice, to cut down on these penalties.\n10. There are no “Downs” in rugby like football. An offensive team may have the ball for 20 “phases” or “downs” in a row, if they can keep winning the ruck pile and push over the tackled player to win the ball and regain possession. It is very important to always be in “support” and chasing after your ball carrier at all times. When your offensive player is tackled and there is 4 offensive players running right behind the ball carrier, they should no doubt be able to push over the 2 or 3 defensive players that are at the tackle area or the “ruck pile”. On the other side of the coin, if no offensive players are in support and the ball carrier is tackled, the defense will simply just step over the ball and the ball carrier, to pick up the loose ball. The offensive player must “REALEASE” the ball in 1 second. The Defensive team will just pick it up and run the other way if no offensive support is right there. It is VERY IMPORTANT TO BE IN SUPPORT AND HAVE 4 PLAYERS RIGHT BEHIND A BALL CARRIER. (1)You will be there for a pitch-pass. (2) You are there for a ruck over to win the ball.
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Ha! Not much chance of that mate. I'm sure people play it here, but you'll have to get your gear ordered in from overseas. And finding a team will be really difficult. Try rugby. Or League. Heaps of people play it, and it's easy to find a team and gear.
1164775
Play sports, little by little, you can be overweight but fit and healthy at the same time.
200936
How about this...go to the coach and make a deal like, "If I make 8 out of 10 catches, I can be a WR...if you're only 120 lbs, you're pretty young and you can't be dropping weight like that at your age...I know guys do it for HS wrestling and that's discouraged, but you have to be about 12 and the weight you have is the weight you need!  \n\nGo in and convince the coach...think outside the box!  Oh, and make sure you run PERFECT routes...that, plus good hands and they won't care if you're 200 lbs!
644592
volleyball/fencing; basketball; handball or crew if u have it or tennis
1132737
Fat rednecks who play rugby. Sigh... I hate stupid people. One, Rugby is an english sport. Two, most rugby players are in decent shape. Three proponents of football cannot say anything about fatness in rugby when there are an ass load of fatasses in the NFL. Its called the offensive line.
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You should care about your weight for health reasons.  If you are far overweight, you are putting unnecessary strain on your body.  Your knees and your ankles will be more susceptible to injury because of your weight.  If you are really overweight, you are elevating your risk of a heart attack (seriously, young people do have heart attacks) and diabetes.\n\nIf I was a coach, I would wonder why the overweight player has not done something to get themselves into better condition.  Discipline and desire are two important traits of an excellent player ... if you are overweight, your discipline and desire can be questioned.
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Rugby Union 15 players in a team - 8 forwards and 7 backs\nRugby League ( a slight variation) 13 platers in a team 6 forwards and 7 backs.\nGround length about 100 metres\nThe basic idea is to run with the ball and touch it down over your opponents goal line. You can only pass the ball backwards to your team, if they drop the ball and it goes forwards that is a knock-on and it is penalised by awarding a scrum to the opposong team in which the forwards from each team form a group and crouch opposite their opponents and the ball is thrown between them. They are only allowed to use their feet to get the ball to the back of the scrum and mount an attack.\nIf the ball crosses the sidelines then a lineout is awarded against the team who last touched it unless it came from a penalty kick in which case the same team throw in the ball.\nThe two lots of forwards line up facing the sideline and the team who have the line-out awarded in their favour throw the ball down the gap between the two lots of forwards, trying to ensure that it goes to their  best catcher.\nIf they touch down the ball over their opponents line then they are awarded 5 points which can be converted to 7  by subsequently  kicking the ball over the crossbar and between the posts.\nThere are two other ways of scoring. One is the penalty kick after an infringement of the rules by the other side and the other is the dropped goal in which aplayer anywhere on the field can drop the ball on the ground and in the same movement kick it over the cross bar and between the posts. The score for both of these is 3 points\nThere is a lot more to the game but I hope this helps.-
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Not during the game, but yes. Without getting too technical, rugby shorts are very short and loose, so during warm-up or whatever, you take one knee, which gives you a nice path between your plant leg and the shorts.
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Probably. It's easy to play and you don't need a lot of equipment. All you need is a ball. And if you watch the World Cup in June you'll see how many different countries participate in the event.
1015852
why not? Unkkown to some arrogant fools, rugby is NOT a rough game and anyone can play it!
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You should be able to, but here are the official Boy's High School rules:\nhttp://www.uslacrosse.org/the_sport/boys_rules.phtml\n\nCheck out section #2, about equipment.