I actually did well in the linebacker drills. I just have a problem when a guy is holding a bag and you have to drive them. Coz my lowerbody strength is below average. I'm usually squatting 145 pounds about 5 times. But then again, so many people have told me that there is more brain then brawns.

thats true that football is more brain than brawn but you just cant be a total sack

We got our Football Equipment today. I might actually think I have a chance to start. I'm not bad at all, I'm just undersized/slower then the other guys going out for the position. Working my hardest though.

my team starts practice tomorrow and i'm also thinking about bulking up to maybe be a LB next year since most of the players on our team are pretty small. we are much more of a speed team.

just for comparison...my JVs LBs(note...our school doesnt have a freshman team. just jv and v):
person A-FR. 5'8, 125lbs(too small for a LB)
B-SO. 5'11, 180(also plays DT)
C-SO. 5'8, 130(small)
D-SO. 5'11, 187(might go up to vasrity)
E-SO. 5'10, 190(might go up to varsity)
F-SO. 5'9, 173(fat...not muscle)
G-FR. 5'10, 168(mostly fat)
H-FR. 5'9, 175(mostly fat)

hope that helps

you'll definently need to improve those numbers to have a chance at starting on varsity

I'm not worried about varsity. I just want to live on JV. We are going full pads tommorow. I don't know why, it may be in my head, I worry about getting injured alot and that really holds me back...

Now I got the playbooks today. We are runnig a 3-4 defense. The inside linebackers are Strong-Mike, Weak- Will. And the outside linebackers are Strong-Sam, Weak-Bandit. The plays are confusing, especially for the ILB. I like playing Sam though.

edit: today was my first practice. It wasn't hard at all, I got a sack playing middle linebacker. You just got to focus.

you're lucky...my coaches wont give us playbooks. they expect us to memorize them just from practice. we run a 3-5-3 defense. so it looks like this:
Dog----Bat----Mike----Bat----Dog
----End----Nose Guard----End----

i was moved by the coaches from safety to Dog(outside LB)

do you think these are good stats for a LB?:
Height- 5'8
Weight- 154
40 yard time- somewhere between 4.40-4.60
Bench Press 1rm- 200
Squat 1rm- 275

damn, I wish I had your stats. They are alot faster and stronger them mine, you should consider yourself lucky for doing all that. I wish I could run in the 4's.

And your play formation looks odd. Mine is alot easier . A 3-4 Defense. I play in the Middle.

Heres are comparison of our stats.....
You-Me
Age-15, 15
Height- 5'8, 5'9
Weight- 154, 159
40 yard time- somewhere between 4.40-4.60, 5.25
Bench Press 1rm- 200, 130
Squat 1rm- 275, 200

Yesterday was my last 2-a-day. My lower back is killing me. Chances are I won't start. The guy who I am battling for Strong Middle Line Backer got 5 tackles that day in the scrimmiage. I only got 1 sack.

I can't wait till next year. I have big goals ahead of me. If your curious, here they are:

40 time- 4.7 Seconds
Shuttle- 4.3 Seconds
Squat- 315 Pounds
Bench- 210 Pounds
Clean- 180 Pounds
Deadlift- 420 Pounds
Vertical- 30 Inches
Weight- 190 Pounds

And I hope I increase height wise, I should spurt soon. My father is 6'6.

unfortunately for me i am done growing in height. my fadda is only 5'7. i also have lower back problems now that have sidelined me for the past 2 days of practice. i will be returning monday but i feel that the pain will just come back as strong as it was. i was barely able to move...i probably should have rested it before preseason but by playing through it it just got much worse.

i am planning to start using creatine to make my gains even bigger. we dont have our scrimmage until the 26th...but luckily for me, the JV team started with about 40 players and is now down to about 20. and over 5 of them are ineligable to play in the scrimmage because they missed practice. so i should get alot of PT

I am so pissed off about this back injury...i would be guaranteed the starting OLB position if i wasnt hurt. but 1 good thing is that i dont need to study our defensive plays because the OLB only blitzes on plays that end with "black".

I couldn't practice today either. I am going to get my back x-rayed tommorow. I had problems getting out of bed and my back hurts even when I try to stretch. I tried ice, sportes creme, everything. Nothing seems to work. I have to study my playbook though, for my position. Its really hard to understand we have like 8 coverage, 4 blitzes (loops, cross, go, snake) and 4 fronts (eagle, base, heavy, light).

it doesnt look like i'll be playing in the scrimmage. i am starting physical therapy and i am expected to be back to football this time next week...but there is also a chance that i could be out for the season

Your injury looks more severe then mine. I'm starting to feel better and I may play in the scrimmage tommorow. I can bend my back and run with it now.

they think that there are torn ligaments but it could be worse

in other news...my team looked horrible in the scrimmage. we were destroyed. 60-6(they decided not to do any fgs/xps)

Well I just got the news today. I am not starting. I'm 4th string in the depth chart at middle linebacker which is like OUCH!. But I got moved over to Defensive End (where I am also a backup).

My back still hurts, but its enough to deal with. My team won the first game 27-0. It was a very good game. I got in for 3 plays and almost had a tackle. I got into the backfield and grabbed the quarterback leg. but he pulled away. so close to a sack!!