The Last Homely House
General => Council of Cobra => Topic started by: LOTRFreak15 on August 02, 2012, 07:00:43 PM
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So I am gonna try out for high school football Tuesday. I have never been on a team before but I have skills and everyone keeps saying I should try out and I want to we'll see. I am a junior this year and I am home-schooled so I hope to make the team. So wish me luck guys. And have any of you done football before? But I am really excited about this. And NFL pre-season starts Sunday so that's awesome as well. :mrgreen:
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My qb coach was impressed with me. I had fun and can't wait till tomorrow. :) Just gotta give it my all.
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All I can say is: practice. Seriously, take it serious, and practice everyday, for hours. A lot of people talk about talent, but if you really delve into it, sports are all about discipline, practice and hard work. Talent is what gets you in (sometimes), and what edges you over when you've put i enough hours of work.
For positions such as QB, another thing you HAVE to practice in your head is conditioning. Keep thinking about gameplay situations, and training your brain in how to react. You'll see that a lot of times, the same things come up, and being prepared mentally to react properly, avoiding being blindsided by a defensive blooper and getting sacked instead of throwing out the ball or sliding/kneeling, is all the "talent" you need to push you through in the beginning.
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I totally agree with you 100%. I am gonna be going 110% everyday. I have tough competition at qb too. And I will get a playbooks Monday. I am excited and pumped for this. And I know I'll push the other qbs to harder and vise versa.
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11th grade. And Colorado.
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Good luck man, its a great sport, just control temper, be smart and dont draw penalties and give it your all and the coaches will notice.
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Some Marines came to talk to the football team. And we got to do some of the drills they do. Totally fun and I am totally tired. Hahaah. Whooo! I am ready to watch some football now!
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Hahahaahah. Thanks wtk. Yeah everyone has been concerned about my size because I am not that big. But I really never cared about it.
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I am also doing defensive back as well. Qb is the thing I am actually good at so I figured to give it a try. And maybe some special teams I am not sure.
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I played some high school football. Don't let size bother you, I was 6'2 and weighed a monstrous 165lbs as a sophomore my first year and played defensive end and weak side tackle. By my second year out I was a starter on offensive, defensive, kickoff and kick return team, and punt and punt return team.
Good luck,
NK
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Maybe its just me but one of the qbs just doesn't like me. There is four of use. On of them keeps to himself it seems most of the time. Then me and the other one talk to eachother quite a bit about what we are doing. And then the other guy doesn't even say hi to me. Idk why though. Oh but I think its great when one of the recievere comes up to me and says, "nice throw or #$&*@! of a throw man." They appricaite my good throws and I appriciate them catching it. :)
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You're fighting for his spot. People don't always take that too well.
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It's probably a good sign that he doesn't like you. He probably views you as significant competition. Once the season starts, there should be a lot more bonding as a team, and he'll have probably accepted whatever the coach decided.
As far as being a small QB, I don't think there should be any bias against it, especially in High School. If I were a scout for a college team, I'd take a smart QB over The Hulk. It's the Quarterbacks who make smart decisions and have a good passing relationship with their receivers and TEs that win games. Look at Mike Vick in Atlanta (before the dog incident). The guy had a #$&*@! of an arm and explosive speed. He was a lot of fun to watch.. sometimes; however, most of the time we were watching him lead the league in most-sacked-qb (the pocket matters, too, I know) or getting called out for intentional grounding on 3rd down.
Work-out a lot. Get a lot of arm strength and be very alert. Being calm under pressure is key to proper decisiveness. Good luck to you, man. I'm glad you're making the most of your High School experience.
Also, feel free to disregard any advice here. I was a Drum Major when I was in High School and College.
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Special teams is very fun. Didn't know if I'd like but it is awesome.
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Blocking on kickoffs and punts. Well for the first 5 games I will be number 2 qb. Then game 6 the other qb is gonna be able to play(I don't know why he can't now). But for the mean time I am number 2. And first game this Friday so I am excited.
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Good luck tonight...if only I knew how to throw a good football....
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It's actually fairly easy. It's throwing it in armor, with a good range, under pressure and not DIRECTLY at a player, but rather on his route, that's the trick. :D
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Yeah that's what I have been trying work on. But yesterday I was thrown at weak-side LB and was doing pretty good. If I was bigger I could be good at that position. Hahahaah. But really fun.
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We lost 20-14. We were playing a new school so this was there first ever Varsity game. They have no Seniors even using some Freshman. And they best our #$&*@!. We should have killed those guys. But a million missed tackles will kill a team. And I was never on the field so I couldn't really do anything. *Sigh. Just really sucks. :(
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No I never played baseball. But I got speed.
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We lost Saturday 47-21 and it was 34-0 at halftime. We allowed 518 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns. I wasn't playing defense though. And it sucks being the backup qb because you never go in unless injury. Oh well. We got today off from practice.
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Good, doesn't seem to be doing that much good anyway. And yes, bench QBs won't usually play, even more so in HS, since the sacks are not that brutal so QBs won't injury themselves. They're still teenagers, though, so they might injury themselves doing something really stupid, like diving off a cliff or whatever, so here's to hoping.
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Hahahahah. Yeah that's true. I finally got my playbooks last week though. I was waiting like forever.
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I have always wanted to see what a football playbook looks like. I always think it might be this convoluted maze of slants and arrows and dash-lines, but then again, people have to GET it, so I'm not sure how they pull it off.
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They made it so players can understand it and not ask a million questions. I have a jv game tomorrow and get to play so saftey or corner. And I am again being a backup qb.
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We beat basically the same team we lost to Saturday 44-7 yesterday. Special teams is really fun. And I discovered I am a good blocker on kickoff return. There were just 21 of us againts I'd say about 50-60 of them. Winning feels great.