tips for freshman Football?

ok i have never played football on a team ever… my school is on the flag football section in p.e. and i seem to like it. im good at throwing but not that good at catching so far… im sort of overweight and run better at sprints. my fastest mile is like in the late 8’s. i have mild asthma. so i was considering high school football since ppl have told me to do it and they say i have big shoulders and im “built for it” i guess. please give me some tips or advice because i dont want to be the new kid who everyone thinks sucks but i want to be good and decent at football. i also want to know about hell week and drills and stuff. thank you, i know this is extremely long, but plz help me.

Since most Football Plays are over in less than 10 seconds, your mile time doesn’t really help. Your time in the 100m or 40yrd will give a better indication of your speed for football. Having mild asthma shouldn’t prevent you from playing football, some pro Football Players also have asthma.

There’s really not “built” for football since different positions require different assets. Linemen (the ones that push each other around at the line) are usually wide and heavy while wide receivers (the ones that catch the balls) are much slimmer and fast. Quarterbacks (the one that throws the ball) have to use their brain more than their physical abilities for the most part.

With your height/weight, and not really knowing how fast you run and knowing that you’re not good at catching, I’d think you could play quarterback (but you really need to understand the game) or full back (the running back that blocks for the half back that just takes the ball and runs) on offense. On defense, you could probably play linebacker or defensive end.

Not sure what your school calls “hell week”, but we had what we called “2 a days” during the summer vacation where we had 2 practices in the same day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There are a lot of running and hitting drills during regular practice. Of course, there are also time slots for practicing w/ your position (i.e. if you’re a quarterback, you’ll practice throwing to receivers who are practicing catching). There are also scrimmages where you practice the different plays in the playbook.

If you don’t want to look stupid on day 1, just go to the library and read some books on playing football. And get an idea of the basic strategies and schemes. You should also watch a lot of football on TV. The commentators will periodically explain what the teams are doing.

But, the most important thing, you must love football to play. If not, you’ll be very discouraged from the very tiring and sometimes painful practices. And you might end up not playing at all on game day.

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