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Find Football Insurance That Covers Every Inch Of The Sport

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Like any sport, football has its fair share of risks. These risks exist not only for players, whether professional or amateur, but also for clubs and agents. To help manage these risks a whole subsection of the insurance market has evolved to model and mitigate the potential losses from injuries and accidents to football players on and off the field.

Over the years, dedicated providers of sports insurance have honed their skills in measuring risks and providing bespoke insurance cover to provide peace of mind and protect players, their representatives and their employers from potential losses. In the UK, football insurance is a particularly large segment of this market, given the huge popularity of the sport, the number of people involved in playing for or running clubs and associations, and the high financial stakes at the top of the game.

The country’s fascination with the beautiful game means that the UK is home to some of the most experienced and capable providers of football insurance. For example, one might think of Lockton Sports, the worlds largest privately held insurance broker and risk management advisor, and one of a handful of insurance companies that can claim to truly understand the needs of everyone involved in the sport.

Football insurance providers of this kind understand that professional sports insurance, including cover for career ending injuries, is essential at the top end of the game. But they also know that far more is required in terms of the range of cover on offer. It is not only the top professionals that need to manage their risks, but also the amateur game. Whats more, it is not only players who have much to lose if a career is ended.

A truly experienced provider of football insurance will be able to offer a wide range of products to cover the risks inherent in the game. They will be able to provide insurance packages to amateur sports associations, to football clubs and to sports agents. Furthermore, they will be able to create products for the sectors that provide vital support services that have enabled the sport to become the high-profile, profitable industry that it is today, and which enable games to take place week in, week out. This means understanding the risks faced by building contractors, property and construction professionals, surveyors, logistics companies, lawyers, architects and media agencies.

Providing football insurance also means understanding not only the risks that come with playing the game on the pitch, but also the other risks that surround the sport. A comprehensive approach to football insurance means understanding risks associated with energy supply, terrorism and sabotage, finance, liability management, credit and even the political or regulatory environment that governs the sport.

Any reputable insurance provider that covers the risks associated with football knows that policies must be personal and tailor-made. They will get to know the individual seeking cover, build an accurate profile of the risks and create a policy to mitigate them. The personal touch and an eye for the long-term are vital ingredients in any effective football insurance product, and the dedicated sports insurance companies in the UK have the knowledge and experience to build these elements into their bespoke products.

Progressing High School American Football Running Back Drills

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Angle tackling

The reason for angle tackles is simple, cover the shortest area to get to the tackle, but there is still a great need to practice this technique. Set up a simple drill with two players, on as the offense with the ball running in a straight line, the other as the defender running towards him at some angle. As the opponent comes toward the defender he will need to adjust his body position and shorten the angle, put his foot in front of the opponent, and make sure that he put his head in front of the opponent. A good tackle is now executed as the defender lunges at the opponent wrapping his arms around his opponent grabbing cloth and completing the tackle by pulling him down or pushing him off sides.

Secrets to a good hand off

Handoff skills can secure yardage on the field and increase your overall success. We will explain this in a common scenario between a quarterback and a running back. A running back at the start of a hand off should give the quarterback a target by opening up his arms that are in front of his chest enough to allow about one and a half footballs in. When the running back receives the football he clamps down both arms hard on the football to protect it. As the running back leaves from the handoff he needs to stay low to react quickly and again to protect the ball.

Around the world: Improved Ball Handling

Ball handling is one of the most vital skills that a player can have on the field, and this drills goal is to help players get a better feel and control for the football. The secret to this drill is having the ball constantly moving around and from hand to hand. The drill starts by having players hold the football above their head and start to pass it around their head, moving to the chest, under the arms, around the waist, knees, and completing with passing it through the legs.

The best thing that a coach can do is call out body parts that the players will have to move the ball around, or even calling a reverse command were the players will need to change the direction of the football. This change of motion will keep players from falling asleep, and ensure that you are developing handling skills and not just muscle memory.

We recommend that you end this drill by doing several football drops. For example, the player drops the ball and retrieves it quickly. To further increase pickup skills have your players change up the hands that they are using so that both their strong and weak hands are developed.

Ball security: The Gauntlet Drill

There is nothing more important for offense to learn great ball security. Quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers should work on this skill constantly. That is why the gauntlet drill was created, to test and practice effective ball security. The point to the gauntlet drill is to have a player run through several opponents that try to dislodge the football. Each of the defenders can line up in any way making the ball carrier run any sort of patterns with the ball, the point is to pose a challenge to hold onto the ball. To be effective with this drill have the ball carrier run the drill holding the ball in several different positions.

Football Food for your Tailgate Party

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The second cooler I bring is the hot cooler. The hot cooler is filled with the football food items that I’ve made at home, but am bringing to the tailgate party. Again, the challenge is to keep these hot items

Planning football food for your tailgate party can mean bringing your tailgate recipes with you, or creating them at home. If you choose to bring food, I’ve got the secrets to keeping your football food hot until the game starts.

My first secret to successful tailgate food is to always bring two coolers to my tailgate party. One is a cold cooler to keep my ingredients for on-site cooking below the temperature danger zone of 40f – 140f (6c – 60c). This way, when I choose to make a saute of shrimp scampi tomorrow, all my ingredients will be fresh and safe.

The second cooler I bring is the hot cooler. The hot cooler is filled with the football food items that I’ve made at home, but am bringing to the tailgate party. Again, the challenge is to keep these hot items ABOVE the same temperature danger zone mentioned above. How do you keep items in a hot cooler as hot as possible? You can’t have an open flame or charcoal in a plastic cooler.

I’m going to share my #1 caterer’s secret for keeping food hot on-the-go with you, and it involves something that you look at every day. This household item will put out heat for hours if you prepare it correctly. Today’s video will explain.

Throw a tailgate party before your favorite game and you have two choices: prepare food at the game, or bring it with you. If you decide to prepare your football food before the game, you’ll want to assure the tailgate food stays safe and hot until game time. If you choose to cook at the game, tomorrow’s video will give you a new idea for football food at your tailgate party.

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Basic Dribble Skills That You Need To Develop When Playing Football

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Dribbling is considered to be the most important skill that you should develop when you want to be a good soccer player. There will always be a time that you are going to be surrounded by defenders and you need to get past them in order to bring the ball to the goal. However, if you have very poor dribbling skills, then it is more likely that you will only turn the ball over. Here are some of the basic dribbling skills that you need to develop in order to be a competent football player.

Roll Over

In case you are completely new in soccer, then you should master roll over dribble first. This is known to be the most basic dribble move that you can easily master through constant practice. As the name implies, you can do this type of dribble move by rolling the ball over with the bottom of your right or left foot to the opposite side of your body thus dribbling the ball away from your opponent and protecting it with your body.

Step Over

This is also known as the scissor dribble. Almost every professional football player is doing this dribble move because of its effectiveness. You can do a step over by dribbling the ball toward your opponent then quickly step on the ball with your left or right foot and finally make a pivot and touch the ball with your other foot and dribble it away from your opponent.

Pirouette

This is considered to be the signature dribble move of the legendary football player Maradona. You can do this by reaching the ball and pulling it back with your foot then making a 90 degree turn and for the second time pulling the ball again with your opposite foot.

In and Out

This is a simple dribble move but very effective if you have done this with an incredible speed. To do this, you need to use the inside of your foot to touch the ball and drive it to the inside of your body. Once the opponent touches your body, you can quickly dribble the ball outside your body by using the outside of the same foot. If done with speed, you will be able to get past your opponent and leave them behind.

Learning this basic dribble move will enable you to enjoy playing soccer. Furthermore, learning these skills will give your team a bigger chance to win the game.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship Safer Than Boxing Or Football

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Many people remember seeing the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) on TV back in the mid-nineties when it was marketed as an anything goes bloodsport, and that image, though it should be credited for what it did in terms of building the brand from scratch, has haunted the UFC for years. Even after adding weight classes and new rules, as well as getting the sport sanctioned all over the country, many people still see it as cockfighting. Some people think every contact sport is too brutal, but I’m not talking about those loons.

I’m talking about the football and boxing fans still bash the UFC and say that the fights are too brutal, when in comparison, boxing is actually more dangerous for the fighters. Boxers take incredible shots to the head over and over again, and when they get knocked down by a punch, they are allowed ten seconds to get up and keep fighting. The only option in a boxing ring is to get knocked out/tkod, get a knockout/tko, or fight to a decision.

Football is basically a sport where giant men run full speed into each other over and over and over again. Football players of all ages sustain career ending injuries, and some have even died during play.

By comparison, the UFC doesn’t seem nearly as dangerous, let alone deadly for the participants.

In the UFC, the fighters aren’t forced to constantly trade punches. Due to the fact that MMA includes wrestling, Brazilain Jui-jitsu, boxing, and kickboxing, there are more ways to finish the fight. Sometimes a fight in the UFC will finish with neither fighter taking any punches, due to the ability of the fighter to take their opponent down and apply for submissions on the ground.

For those who would still disagree with me, think about this: At least one boxer dies every year in the ring. No fight in the UFC has ever resulted in a fighter being seriously injured, and a fighter has never died in the Octagon.

The fact is, the UFC is the most entertaining sport to watch, and it is a shame some people can’t see it for what it is: a physical chessmatch.