Essays About Football
Football, in my opinion, is among one of the top sports that exists. Football has always had a positive impact on me and has enhanced the quality of my life. I’ve been in the game for about 11 years, and I can’t imagine having a better life had I not chosen to take it up…
Last Thanksgiving afternoon, on the flat-screen TV in the living room, was WGAL TV Channel 8, an NBC affiliate from Lancaster, PA. It is always shown in my grandparent’s house at night. They were showing NFL football that night– the Seattle Seahawks against the San Francisco 49ers – a game that broadcasters were dubbing it…
Energy for Performance This term in year 11 senior physical education we have been learning the use of the three energy systems and how they are used in the game of touch football and how they function together. To understand the energy systems, our class went through a number of fitness tests. The Adenosine Triphosphate…
First Corinthians is a single, whole document written by Paul in the early 50’s C. E. The letter was written in Ephesus, and intended for the members of a church that had been newly built in Corinth, Greece. Paul focused the correspondences, to the church, on some issues that were plaguing the citizens of Corinth….
Rugby and FootballThe thick, broad-shouldered athlete breathes heavily and grunts with each step as he andhis teammates push mightily against the opposition. His arms are locked over his teammates’shoulders, all of their heads down. The two teams are pushing against each other like twomoose fighting over territory. He looks down to see the ball, sitting…
Baseball vs. Football: Which Is The True American Pastime?In today’s world of big time professional sports there are the two major players and they are football represented by the National Football League (NFL) and baseball represented by Major League Baseball (MLB). Now there are other sports that the American public enjoys watching, however the argument…
Are You Ready For Some Football? From the early ages in history to the present day, sports have always been an important part of society. It teaches discipline, how to be a team player, how to interact with others and is a good source of physical activity. In specific, football utilizes all of these aspects…
Corinthians, the seventh book of the NewTestament, was written by Paul to get across that Jesus isalive (15:3-18) and that we will be resurrected (15:35-38),among other things. Today there is no dispute that Paul isthe author of I Corinthians. Both external and the internalevidence for the Pauline authorship are so strong that thosewho attempt to…
I Corinthians, the seventh book of the New Testament, was written by Paul to get across that Jesus is alive (15:3-18) and that we will be resurrected (15:35-38), among other things. Today there is no dispute that Paul is the author of I Corinthians. “Both external and the internal evidence for the Pauline authorship are…
Rugby Football is the father of what we Americans know as Football. Basketball founder James Naismith declared his first love the game of rugby. Pope John Paul played rugby for PolandActor Boris Karloff founded the Southern California Rugby Football Union. The United States won the Gold medal in the last two olympic games in which…
Throwing a footballWhen the football travels through the air for a long pass it always follows a curved path because the force of gravity influences the movement of the ball in the vertical direction. As the ball travels up, gravity slows it down until it stops briefly at its peak height; the ball then comes…
When someone mentions physical sports, the most physical that come to mind are football and rugby. Each sport would be called physical because there are big hits and both require physical and mental toughness. Though football and rugby are similar, they are different along the lines of equipment use, rules and players. Equipment use amongst…
In 1957, many important events occured. Possibly the most important was, the launching of Sputnik 1, the first satellite sent into space, on October 4, 1957 by the country of Russia. This event left many American’s shocked and surprised, that it was possible to send something into space successfully. Four months after the launch of…
Football Statistics Project Introduction ———— I have chosen to base my project on football statistics because they are both readily available and interesting enough for deep analysis. As a starting point I decided to look at the generally accepted theory of ‘Home Advantage’. Home advantage, or the tendency for the home team to do better…
For the safety of the players in the present and future, a stricter concussion protocol should be required at all levels of football. Though improvements have been made, the game of football is constantly changing and the protocol needs to keep up with the changes. Today’s athletes are bigger, stronger, and faster than ever before:…
