Kicker/Punter

The kicker can onside kick the ball so his team can get the ball back. usually you do an onside kick when your team is down by a little bit and there is not much time left in the game. the kicker has to know the people around him so he knows who is fast enough to get to the ball before the other team. the ball has to go 10 yards before you can get the ball back. if pick up the ball before it goes 10 yards then the other team gets the ball. the kicker can also kick the ball as far as he can so he can try to get the other team down after they get the ball.

Quarterback

The quarterback gets the ball on every play. He is the player who starts the ball and controls the play. he can either throw the ball or hand it off to a running back. we have a pretty good quarterback this year, he broke many records and didn’t get hut many times at all. he was very fast and almost nobody could catch him. after he gets the ball he has to make sure all the players are ready for the play and are doing what they are supposed to do. he has to be able to throw the ball to a receiver that is open and paying attention. the quarterback is one of the hardest positions to play. he has to know all the plays and be able to run them effectively. sometimes he has to run the ball himself on plays that he is supposed to get rid of the ball.

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Receiver

The receiver is a player that runs routes for the quarterback to throw the ball to. He can run many different routes. The quarterback can throw the ball to him but he has to be open. he can also block for a runner so the ball can be moved up field. A receiver needs to be able to get away from the defender so he can catch the ball. I play as a receiver and i have one touchdown this year and i wasn’t supposed to get the ball on that play. the quarterback overthrew the ball and i caught it behind the intended receiver. After i caught the ball i almost fell. My freshman year, we had a good team and we made it to the playoffs and we lost the first game. we got to ride on a nice bus on the way there and back. The team was 6 and 3. We did suffer some losses with in the season. there where a few different injuries and the team needed the players.

 

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