How to Become a Football Player

Series Summary

Football is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. The ball can be advanced by carrying it or by throwing it to a teammate. American football is a collision sport. To stop the offense from advancing the ball, the defense must tackle the player with the ball by knocking or pulling him down. In this free video series, a former college football quarterback provides tips for football players. Learn how to become a professional football player, how to become a football coach and how to play football. Discover how flag football and touch football are played, how to prepare for a football game and how to throw a football like a pro. Become a better, and more knowledgeable, football player with this advice.

Video Transcript

"How ya doin', I'm Ryan McCann. We're going to talk about how to become a football player. First off, you gotta' want to play. I started playin' football when I was about eight, nine years old, and you know what first attracted to me to it was the the uniforms, and I wanted to put on the uniform and I wanted to be a football player. I was a sensitive kid as a youth, but I took to it like a duck to water; loved hitting people. I used to play by myself, I used to throw the ball to myself, and then I drew a common bond with my fellow classmates that also enjoyed the contact sport of football, and we would play after school touch football, tackle football. And then, when season would start we'd have a little bit of an edge, and the coaches loved that because, you know, we want we wanted to play. There's guys on the team that liked defense, and enjoyed the physical part of the game. It is a physical game, and you can't be a wuss and play football. And you gotta' learn the rules, and after you learn the rules you gotta' join the team, and you gotta' play. And when you're playing you gotta' have desire, and you gotta' want to learn, and you want to become a better football player, cause no one wants to be a lousy football player; you want to be good. So, join a team. Your coaches will help you along the way. Good luck."