How to Stay Calm in a Football Game

Series Summary

The game of gridiron football is an icon of Americanism. From its roots in early versions of rugby football brought over the Atlantic from England, football takes it place alongside baseball as the most American of sports. Though its name is somewhat deceptive, and in fact logically unsound, football is the most widely watched sport in the United States, and its championship game, whose name is not known only to those who have been living on the moon for the last fifty years, the super bowl is the most watched television event in the United States. The sport is the caretaker of the Greatest Game Ever Played, the NFL championship game from 1958, which hosted 15 then future hall of famers and historic names such as Johnny Unitas, and continues to delight audiences with its mix of complex strategy and physical play.

In this free video series, our expert Vincent Jamal will offer great tips and advice on how to play American Football. Vincent will show you how to stay calm, consistent, and tackle safely. He ill show you all you need to know about pads, cleats, tape, water & hydration, buckles, and mouthpieces. Vincent knows what he's doing on a football field and his tips could prove invaluable during a game!

Video Transcript

"VINCENT JAMAL: I'm Vincent on behalf of Expert Village. Now, you hate to see it but it happens. And what BK is going to do--he's a solid guy so he's going to act this way. But he's going to throw a real tantrum. He's going to be the superstar that we all kinda hate to see. So what he's going to do, he's going to run his route and maybe he thought he should have gotten the ball. But because he didn't, this is the end result. Ready, set, go. Now, you see he gets up. Chris falls down. For whatever reason, the play goes some place else, and he doesn't get the ball. And this is one of these things that you see and what he's just done is he's alerted Chris that now he knows that he's open, the defense and the whole other team sideline. The best thing for him to do is to get back to the sideline or get back to huddle quietly, not wake a sleeping dog and make sure that the next time that happens, he's prepared to catch the ball. So let's run through that again. Just so we know what the tantrum looks like. And go. We've seen it before. He's open. He doesn't understand why he didn't get it. Try to avoid this behavior. It's unbecoming. You really should respect the game."