how to explain football to a 9 year old?
824837
Here is a simplified definition of American football.\n\nThe object of football is to score as many points as you can.  The team on offense, tries to score the points by getting the ball into the endzone.  They do this by either throwing or handing the ball to a player on their team.  The offensive player with the ball tries to run into the endzone for the score.  The defense tries to prevent this from happening by tackling the offensive ball carrier.  \n\nEach time the offense gets the ball into the endzone, they get 6 points.  After this score, a touchdown, a kicker tries to make an extra point by kicking the ball through the goal posts.  If the offense cannot get the touchdown, or move the ball ten yards forward in 3 tries, on the 4th try they can try to have the kicker kick the ball through the goal posts for 3 points.  If they are too far away, they must punt the ball to the defense, who will become the offense.\n\nThere are 11 players on offense, and 11 on defense.  \n\n(This is my first post, so I don't know how good this will be, but I hope it helps.  I left out many of the more detailed and complicated rules to explain the basic gameplay.)
436425
There are lots of sports that he can play at this age, the best place to start would be at a local YMCA or rec center to see what little leagues are forming.  Make sure you find something non-competitive, where the kids are playing the sport for fun, and points aren't being counted.  There are lots of little league teams that do this, where all the kids are considered "winners" and everyone gets little ribbons or prizes at the end of a season.  4 is a little young to have to deal with competitive play.
459840
Easy to understand?  Both Rugby and Football are difficult for someone you has never seen the game to follow.  They need to be sitting with someone who has really played the game to get a good explaination. Rugby is a bit easier because the action follows the ball and the ball is easier to see, however football on tv is well explained with glowing yellow lines and announcers. Tie\n\nToughness- I'd love to watch an 80 minute rugby game in slow motion because man, these boys are bad!  They give out some brusing hits and then just get up and do it again.  The contact however is not head on like in US football. Rugby- it's better than watching a toughman contest\n\nSounds - BLUE 38, BLUE 38, football is a great game for the sounds, the crunch of the O line and D line colliding, the pop of a good hit, the linebackers and Qb giving audibles. Also include the music and cheerleaders.\n\nStrategy and depth of the game- rugby- like soccer- has little strategy compared to football.  Football is mind over matter, the smartest, most together teams win, not the ones with the most talent.- Football\n\nRouting for the team- RUGBY -  When you have an entire country behind you, that is something else. I love the 6 nations and rugby world cup for this.  It is more exciting to watch New Zealand play Austrilia, US play Japan or even Fiji vs Tonga than Cleveland vs Tennesse.\n\n\nScore is tied 2 vs 2\n\nTie breaker - The SHOW!  Watching (or playing) Football is filled with brilliant moments, the brusing sack, the interceptions, one handed catchs, pancake blocks, juke left juke right stiff arm then run for a 80 touchdown, leaping TD catchs, Punt + kickoff returns, and the Hail Mary Pass to win it.  Sure it is a game that stops and starts more, but if you know what to look for, the wait is worth it.\n\nand the winner is: Football
872429
ok you have two options. the first option is to write a nice letter to mr leinart at the arizona cardinals stadium. since you a pretty smart for a 10 year old, you should be able to access that info fairly quickly. second is if the cardinals will be playing the bears at soldier field this year to just right to the bears and they will gladly give the to mr leinart. there is also a third option, if you currently have autographs, there is a chance you can trade autographs with another collector. however this option possibly leads to obtaining false autographs. good luck and keep collecting:).
287752
put everything into english/spanish. that way they can learn english. and a game is a good idea to teach them about history. find out what games they like and go from there also a spanish speaking person will be helpful. i hope i helped good luck and God bless.
1044670
At that age, you can't really explain it, you show it. Get real life problems such as running a business or landscaping a yard. Have him run all the numbers.
62288
You like this one Football 101 - http://www.playfootball.com/footballfacts/basics.html\n\nHere's more info then 101 thats for people who don't know a thing, this one's pretty good to - http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0109430.html\n\n*Good Luck* These should help
26923
None. There is a minimum age for the NFL. I don't know exactly what it is, but I believe it is in the low 20's.
136087
what are you saying? how old are you 9?
260963
My father, making this same presentation to my class when I was in the first grade, spent half an hour on this complicated hypo about a stolen bike.  When he was done, the only question from the entire class was one kid who wanted to know if all judges have white hair.\n\nFor kids that young, try to find a rule and a dispute about the rule that they might understand.  Maybe something like:  The best student gets first pick of the toys at playtime.  Then you could talk about all the definitions of "best student" - highest grades, tries hardest, most attentive, etc.  And you could talk about things like whether she gets to pick once at the beginning of playtime or just can keep picking up whichever toy she wants. \n\nThat should lead to a discussion of rules, disputes, the role of lawyers to help people make their arguments, and the role of judges to decide them and why it's all better than just two kids fighting over a toy in the middle of the room.\n\nThat's how I'd do it, anyway.
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Read to him, talk to him (no baby talk). Go on walks together and examine plants, flowers and animals you see along the way. Play simple board games with him. Make learning fun and he will respond by wanting to learn. We did this with our grand daughter and she is in 1st Grade an A Honor roll student, and loves to learn, it's an adventure for her. Don't put any pressure on your son though, make everything a game. We bought things like a plastic table mat with clocks on one side where she could draw in the hands of the clock to tell the time she went to school, came home, had lunch etc. On the reverse of the mat is the same thing but in written sentences with spaces for her to fill in the missing word. Another table mat we bought for her is a map of the world (simplified), on the reverse is a map of the USA with all the states outlined and named. We bought jig saw puzzles for her from the time she could hold something and place it where she wanted it to go (rather than just wildly throw it). Start with 10 or 12 piece puzzles and build up to the bigger ones.\nKids learn an amazing amount of stuff very quickly, they like to poke about in dirt-make that a learning thing, is the dirt wet or dry, what kind of stones are in the dirt, are there any bugs in the dirt, how many bugs are there? After finishing with the dirt we go wash our hands and feel and see the soap wash all the dirt and germs off, look at the colors on the soap bubbles on our hands. The possibilities are endless with young children, just make it fun!
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I read a great book in the 80s "How to watch football", and I was already a fan, it was great! I just checked and there is a book avaliable by that name, it is listed as published in 1984 revised in 1988. \n\nIt was brilliantly written in steps so that first it explained simply about the Offensive Line, then had you watch the working of the Offensive Line for a quarter. Then it explained about the Defensive Line and had you do the same for that. Then a quarter of watching the Offence at work, QB, WR, RB etc. and so on. By the end of just one game watching the different parts separately you really learned a HUGE amount about the game! (I got a girlfriend and later my wife to watch the games with me using this book!) \n\n(Its so much more enjoyable than listening to "You're NOT going to just sit there all day watching that crap again THIS Sunday are you?)\n\nThere is also a "Football for Dummies" avaliable and a "Football for Wives." They might be helpful as well. Good Luck!
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Bribery might help, give him something to look forward to at the end of each nine weeks and if he does well you could take him on a mini trip or buy him a game he wants. Some kids are motivated in diff ways so don't worry it might be something personal in his life like friends or girls, hope all goes well!
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Just pop down your local job centre, fill in a few forms, and hey presto!\n\nBasically, if you are not signed up with a club by the age of 14, you will never play high level football.
28712
This is what I was taught by members of the University of Utah defense and the assistant coach of the AFL's Utah Blitz and what I then taught my little league football team:\n1.  KEEP YOUR FEET CHOPPING!  Essential.  If you stop your feet, you are going to get burned.\n2.  Butt down.  Get that anchor down like you are doing a squat thrust.\n3.  Throw your arms back.\n4.  Throw arms forward into their armpits and give them a big ol' hug.\n5.  Keep low.  If you stand up, you're gonna get blasted\n6.  Drive them.  Do not stop driving your legs.  If you do, they will run you over.\nIf you are attacking them from the side, you want to keep your head in between them and where they are running.  If you don't, the only thing keeping them from breaking the tackle is one arm.
772195
maybe that your friend doesnt like the sport but just ask him nicely and see if he likes the game at all, then just take steps forward until you get him to go play
638476
I am pleased to announce that you have discovered the latest variation to the English Language.\n\n"Player pass ball to his friend player.....' \nLol