Wednesday, June 27, 2007

June 27

today i worked on my outline and took some more notes on football

Monday, June 18, 2007

June 18

today i continued to take notes and tried to come up with some new questions to match match my research.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

June 13

Today I read one of my books on footbal.l I took notes on some football strategies and some other football stuff, I thought would be some good information for my project.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

June 12

today i looked into some more websites and took some more notes on what i thought would be good for my project and i also tryed to answer some of my foundation questions.

Monday, June 11, 2007

June 11

today i went on a some web sites and took notes on what i thought would help me on my project.

Friday, June 8, 2007

June 9

today i researched some different web sites about football and also continued to work on that thank you letter

June 8

i called the football coach at Gateway High School and had him asnwer some questions i made up for him to answer about football. ater that i started to work on my thank you letter.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

June 6

Today i just did some research on football and coaching since i was done with everything that need to be done.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

June 5

today i finish making up 10 questions to ask the pereson im going to be interviewing About football. i also made the corrections on those foundation questions that were posted on the dash board and uploaded it.

June 5

1. What inspired you to coach?
2. How many years have you been coaching football?
3. Do you enjoy coaching football?
4. What are all the procedures to make a play?
5. What are some football coaching techniques?
6. What are the attributes of a good football coach?
7. Do you have any championship ring?
8. What does it take to win a championship?
9. Is a good football team based on good football players?
10. Can you give me some coaching tips if I wanted to coach a football team?

Friday, June 1, 2007

June 1

today i looked up some football terminology and gave the definition for each of them. after that i explained what my project was about.

June 1

KEY TERMS

DEFINTION OF MY PROJECT

My project is about coaching football and the techniques you need to know in order to have a very good football team.

Out of Bounds- The region of the field touching or outside the sidelines and end lines; as soon as a ball carrier or the ball itself touches out of bounds, the play is over

Tackling- Contacting a ball carrier to cause him to touch the ground with any part of his body except his hands, thereby ending the play

Touchdown- When a team crosses the opponent’s goal line with the ball, catches a pass in the opponent’s end zone, or recovers a loose ball in the opponent’s end zone; earns a team 6 points

Red Zone- The imaginary area between the defense's 20-yard line and its goal line from which the offense is most likely to score points

Receiver- An offensive player who catches or attempts to catch a forward pass

Quarterback- The leader of a team’s offense, he takes the snap from the center and either hands the ball to a running back to run with, passes it to a receiver or runs with it himself; he also communicates each play to his teammates

Possession- To be holding or in control of the football

Pass Rush- A surge by defenders to get past blockers and sack the quarterback

Line of Scrimmage- An imaginary line which no player may cross before the snap; each team has its own line of scrimmage, separated by the neutral zone

Kickoff- when a player kicks a ball from a tee at his own 30-yard line (35 in college) to the opposing team, whose player tries to advance it the other way; used to start the game, the second half and overtime, and to restart play after each score.


Interception- A pass caught in the air (picked off) by a defender whose team immediately gains possession of the ball and becomes the offense

Fumble- When a ball carrier loses possession by dropping the ball or having it knocked away before a play ends; the first player to regain possession of the loose ball is said to make the recovery, and his team becomes the offense

Field Goal- A place kick that passes above the crossbar and between the uprights of the goalpost, earning the team that kicked it 3 points

First Down- The first chance out of 4 that a team on offense has to advance 10 yards down the field; as soon as it gains those yards, it earns a new first down

End Zone- The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, which a team on offense tries to enter to score a touchdown

Blitz- A play where the defensive team sends players rushing towards the line of scrimmage as soon as the ball is snapped to try to sack the quarterback

Lateral- A pass thrown to a teammate backwards from the team’s line of scrimmage or parallel to it; unlike a forward pass (which can be thrown only once per play), players may lateral the ball as often as they want