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Summary: Staying mentally focused is essential for running backs in American football. Learn tips on how to improve your mental focus in this free football video lesson on how to be a star running back.
Henry plays for the Palacios Sharks. He was the first in Texas to reach 1,000 yards this season and is the fastest person to reach a 1,000 yards in Palacios football history. As of the...read more
"Hi! I'm Henry Solis and I am here with Expert Village and I am here to demonstrate the basics of being a running back. It all depends how big your mental focus has to be like is if you are a big part of the team. Like if you are the main thing. Like me I guess my mental focus has to be real good because I get the ball most of the time in offense and you should got to focus. At least 2 or 3 days before the game, you got to focus in the head, think about it in the head and visualize in your head what you got to do the Friday night or day of the game so that you can go out there and do it. If you are not mentally focused, you can just go out there and oh, I'm this and I'm that and you are able to do all kinds of things and you get hurt or something because you've got be mentally focused. That's a big part of being a good running back too. You've got to be disciplined and be able to get mentally focused. Are you ready? "
eHow Article: How to Stay Focused as a Running Back