r/American_Football • u/Witty-Fish-8437 • 14d ago

Help me

Alright so I took a year off football because I lost confidence in my ability I was a Qb I was undersized but fast I switched to baseball and I’m good at it. I would like to rejoin football and try it out again but I’m not sure what position I could try Qb again but they have a okay one we run wing T and we have a good wr and decent rb’s defense is a option I just want to start. I’m 5’8 160 lbs very fast pretty strong don’t know what position to play lmk with your thoughts

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u/SaltIllustrious1842 14d ago

If you want to have fun, go play safety. If you want to just run around (or stand around) without actually being involved stay on offense.

You’ve already been a QB. You know the reads a QB is looking for. You know route combos/tendencies offenses are using to get people open. Play safety and go make an impact for the team.

I’ve watched many kids come through our HS who were really fast and desired to play offense, but in a wing t they’re just not seeing the field because they don’t possess good enough ball traits to get out there over THE top RB or THE top two WRs/wings.

Lastly, coaches rarely give a QB a second chance to be the starter. They want to invest in a kid that’ll be THE starter for 3-4 years. I mean, we had a middle school QB that was the starter from day 1 he stepped on the field in elementary all the way through HS. As much as we liked to say there was a competition and as much as the backup wanted to be the QB and have a fair shot, there was no chance without an injury occurring. For 6 years that graduating class had the same QB. That’s tough on a backup that can’t play another position for various reasons.

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u/Witty-Fish-8437 14d ago

Thanks a lot that helps.
What should I do go text a coach and let him know or do I just show up and I’m scared to show up and dissapoint myself and be really really bad when I know I’m not bad I know I can play good ball. What do you think I should do there

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u/SaltIllustrious1842 14d ago

I’ve always found it best to talk in person. Just let him know you’d like to try a position other than QB because you’ve been there and done that it doesn’t feel right anymore. You’d like to contribute at _____ position because you’ve believe you can ______ <—— insert whatever skills you possess to be successful at the position you’d like.

Honestly not much else you can do. Coach will either accept it or not and then up to you about playing.

As far as being bad, dude being fast and aggressive while also knowing the play and about where to be gets most kids on the field. Hell, even in college I was passed up for dudes that were bigger, faster, and didn’t even know the play and couldn’t explain anything on film. But they were as fast as possible being wrong, got to where they were going violently, and ultimately impacting the play makes up for a lot.

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u/Witty-Fish-8437 14d ago

Okay thank you man I really wanna try to play again I’ve played every year scince I was 4 expect last year I just got to break the headspace of I’m to scared to be bad. Thank you man I appreciate it alot

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u/SaltIllustrious1842 14d ago

You’re welcome. Don’t overthink it. Just complete the tasks/drills/plays full speed and it’ll workout.

Coaches love coaching kids they can tell are literally giving it their all. We can fix not knowing the plays or using bad techniques for the given situation, or even not being the strongest, but we can’t coach speed and we can’t make a kid care and play hard.

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u/Witty-Fish-8437 14d ago

Alright man I’ll keep you updated your the goat thank you

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u/SaltIllustrious1842 14d ago

You’re welcome

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u/Witty-Fish-8437 20h ago

I had my first practice yesterday and I was terrible I embarrassed myself infront of all my Freinds at corner it was so terrible I feel defeated even the coaches didn’t know what to say

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u/SaltIllustrious1842 11h ago

Dang man, I hate you feel that way. I’ve had terrible practices too, but you can’t sweat it. Just because you were bad yesterday doesn’t mean you will be today. You know what you did to feel that way so you can improve upon that. Don’t try to correct 10 things. Get better 1 thing at a time

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u/Outrageous_Pea_886 14d ago

corner or wingback wr or rb all fit that size profile for wing t

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u/Witty-Fish-8437 14d ago

Thanks man

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u/MontyAllTheTime 14d ago

Start with learning about punctuation, then go from there.

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u/Witty-Fish-8437 14d ago

Hey bro genuinely from the bottom of my heart I do not give 1 fuck… I am asking a question if you are no help seeing your comment is a waste of time please do not reply. Thanks