My little dude's playing center/noseguard in his first year of tackle football. Just had to brag on him a little bit.
Future lineman for ISU?
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Yes sir! His line coach said he was going to be "an absolute menace" at noseguard due to his size and speed (relative to his age of course 5'0", 120lbs).
How old is he? My wifes little bro is 13 and is 5'4" 100. He is scrawny though.
I hope my kids get into sports. My youngest is a brute at 3, but hasnt been in sports yet. My oldest at 5 has done soccer, tball, and basketball. Seems to like tball more, which sucks because there is no future in ISU baseball. =( Heres to hoping your son breaks things in Jack Trice.
He's 11. He's such a mild mannered kid that he doesn't realize how big he is.
My son did one year of Tae kwon do, one year of little league baseball, one year of basketball, one year of flag football and now this. He seems to like football the best. Our only requirement going in is that he finishes the full season.
Sweet! Isn't it fun watching your kids in sports, especially your son in football!! My son is a 4th grader at Ankeny and is playing tackle football this year. Ankeny starts 'em young! He is a speedy little thing so he's playing RB and QB primarily but I imagine as he grows up he'll be WR and DB.
Watching him play football is simply AWESOME. So much fun!
Watching him play football is simply AWESOME. So much fun!
It is awesome. I've been really impressed with all the coaches who volunteer to help these kids learn the games. It takes a lot of time out of their days and weeks, and they do such a great job. I've been a "volunteer" volunteer coach for most of his teams, mainly helping with the little things, like holding a pad on our mock parent/coaches defense, and getting blocked by 5th and 6th graders. Some of those little guys hit hard.
DM starts soooo late with tackle football and you can tell on the field. My kid likes it a lot and has good size. 6'4" but only 170 as a 10th grader. Hope he turns into a beast.
I too am really impressed with the volunteer coaches in Ankeny and their knowledge of the game. My son's a 4th grader and they are already teaching him A LOT:
QB - Shotgun snap and how to go through his progressions when passing the ball
RB - How to look for the A gap, B gap then C gap
DB - If his linebackers yell "pass" he's to do one thing if they don't yell anything he's to do something else.
LB - How to spy on the QB/RB while watching the TE
My son really enjoys learning this stuff, then when he watches football at Jack Trice or on TV he can see the "big boys" doing similar things.
My younger brother is his age but he has a couple of inches and about 100lbs on him. (plays left takle)
My husband said Football was the best outlet for him in high school and college. He's the nicest guy (was a pretty big nerd in HS) but on the field he let all his aggression out.
Our son is roughly 40" and 45 lbs at 3.5 and built just like his dad. I do hope he enjoys athletics as he gets older, his coordination is already better than mine.
Quarterback in Newton is aka an appendix. No one knows why its there, and you can live without it.
Also, my oldest (10) is also playing tackle for the first time this year. He was down on playing line, until one of the HS players, who is also one of the coaches, called him a "big ugly." Made his day.
Pretty much true. They've never been a passing team. I loved the ground game that we used to have.
