American Football
Martin and I attended our first American Football game last night! It is a HUGE deal in our town, Webb City for our High School Cardinals are REALLY good! Some people (like Ryan) will stand in line for hours, to go see a game – determination pays!
We had lots of fun with Ken and Marsha Ansley! I can say that I know allot more about this game than ever before – thanks to you guys!
I could not help but miss RUGBY! Yes there are so many similarities, but then again, not so many! Go check out the video on YouTube and we’ll talk some more!
Why rugby is different
Rugby is a unique sport for many reasons not least because it is a game that can be played by all shapes and sizes of people.
The light and fast man (such as 79kg Breyton Paulse) or the big and slow man (such as the 120kg Willie Meyer) both play in the same Springbok team, doing their very different but equally important jobs.
In the same way there is a special place in the game for the very tall (the tallest South African international of all time was 2,05m) while the very small (the shortest was only 1,60m) can also thrive because of rugby's unique demands.
Rugby is also unique because of its very large number of rules - called Laws in rugby - that at first sight make it look a very complicated and confusing game.
It is also different because there are four different ways of scoring points - all with differing values - that require teams to think carefully about their tactics at different stages of the game.
Rugby is different because it has more players on the field at any one time than any other major sport with 30 players engaged in trying to secure possession of the ball for the full 80 minutes of each game.
It has phases of the game such as the scrummage and the lineout that make it unlike any other sport and require a variety of physiques unlike any other sport.
And rugby has specific Laws on how the ball may be moved and how players may be stopped that make it quite different from any of the other 'football' and handling sports with the exception of rugby league.
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