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Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: Ripsnort on August 23, 2007, 01:10:00 PM: Quite the stud. ;)
Here is Gordon's portrait picture from yesterday.(I was priviledged to get the contract to shoot all 5 football teams and Cheer, 276 total!)
(http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL767/2726312/17099968/273801376.jpg)

In 3 weeks of practice, he has earned:
1st string Offensive Guard
1st string Linebacker (no doubt the hardest hitting kid on the football team, and that's from a neutral perspective on the subject!)
1st string Special Teams players (I pity the kid that gets the kick-off return ball if he runs to Gordon's side of the field...seriously...)

We're pretty proud of him as you can see. He's now 105 lbs (109 lbs with equipment) With his weight, he just barely made this team. 1 more pound and he would have had to move up to the next higher weight group!

hopefully he will repeat his "Defensive MVP 2006" status this year again!

First game Sunday!
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: Dichotomy on August 23, 2007, 01:50:32 PM: Kick Some Tail Gordon!!!!
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: Ripsnort on August 23, 2007, 02:16:04 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Dichotomy
Kick Some Tail Gordon!!!!

~~Kinda funny, this kid was flying AH at age 4....~~
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: whiteman on August 23, 2007, 02:29:31 PM: Loved playing football, but my body sure feels the toll. Torn ligament's in both ankels, dislocated both schoulders, fractured both big toes, fractured back and lost count of the concusions. That doesn't include the BS naging sprains but i think it was worth it. Only crap part was it killed any baseball future i had.
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Post by: Mickey1992 on August 23, 2007, 03:46:19 PM: I miss the crew-cut days. :)
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Post by: Holden McGroin on August 23, 2007, 08:41:58 PM: pew-al'-up
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: rpm on August 23, 2007, 10:26:25 PM: I thought this thread was about
NFL Hall Of Famer...
(http://users.conwaycorp.net/tstone/irvin.JPG)
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: Ripsnort on August 24, 2007, 09:51:20 AM: Quote
Originally posted by rpm
I thought this thread was about
NFL Hall Of Famer...
(http://users.conwaycorp.net/tstone/irvin.JPG)

They need to airbrush a couple of straws in his nose and a ho on his arm. :D
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: L'EMMERDEUR on August 24, 2007, 11:27:01 AM: creepy
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: Ripsnort on August 27, 2007, 06:50:22 PM: Sunday's final score Puyallup 18 Federal 6. (the 6 was garbage time in last 2 minutes of game)

This is how my son blocked all day:

First, slam into the defensive tackle:
(http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL767/2726312/17099968/274752773.jpg)

Then lift him off his feet:
(http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL767/2726312/17099968/274752781.jpg)

Then drive him back hard:
(http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL767/2726312/17099968/274752778.jpg)

And drive him into the linebacker, taking TWO players out of the play :D :
(http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL767/2726312/17099968/274752776.jpg)

(Slightly blurred images, I adjusted since this was the first set I took of this game.)
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: rpm on August 27, 2007, 06:57:27 PM: They are playing on artificial turf? Aren't the parents concerned about injuries? Knee and ankle injuries are easy enough on natural grass.

Nice hit, BTW.
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Post by: Vudak on August 27, 2007, 08:59:09 PM: That's nice of him to get a little training in and all, but when are you gonna get him started on a real sport, like hockey? :D

<--- Runs (and in this O'Club, probably not fast enough ;) )
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Post by: Dichotomy on August 27, 2007, 09:15:58 PM: nice block

I'm concerned as well about them playing on turf
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Post by: FBBone on August 28, 2007, 01:13:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by rpm
They are playing on artificial turf? Aren't the parents concerned about injuries? Knee and ankle injuries are easy enough on natural grass.

Nice hit, BTW.

Artificial turf has come a LONG way. The new stuff is soft and forgiving, It wont hold on to cleats like the "old" turf. The new stuff is long plastic "grass" with ground up rubber worked in, neat stuff. It feels like walking on a wrestling mat except the cleats can "tear out" whatever they are dug in to. My boys (ages 8 and 12, 12 years combined playing experience) have been playing on the new stuff for years, no problems except the ground rubber material can get in their eyes if they slide on it face down (its always SOMETHING!).

BTW, the worst football injury my kids have dealt with: my daughter fell from the monkey bars while at my sons practice and broke her leg. Go figure.:(
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Post by: FBBone on August 28, 2007, 01:23:22 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Vudak
That's nice of him to get a little training in and all, but when are you gonna get him started on a real sport, like hockey? :D

<--- Runs (and in this O'Club, probably not fast enough ;) )

WHY YOU !@#$%^.........................:mad:

J/K, Hockey is probably one of the toughest sports, and strangely enough (NHL hockey) has fewer doping issues than MLB (maybe none)! But.........DANG! It's expensive!!!:O
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Post by: FBBone on August 28, 2007, 01:32:17 AM: None taken, but there really is a huge difference in what my kids play on and what I played on, artificial turf that is. I was worried too, so I put on some cleats and ran on the stuff before I'd let my boys out on it. After that, I'd feel better with them playing on the artificial stuff. The surface is more consistent at least. No hard or soft spots, and it will give under pressure.
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Post by: rpm on August 28, 2007, 01:35:01 AM: No disrespect, but that looks like carpet to me.
Quote
Originally posted by Vince Lombardi
The knee. Always, the knee.

(I went to edit and wound up deleting.)

It's not the hardness I'd be concerned about. It's the grip. They play in tennis shoes, not cleats and they will grip instead of slip. I'm sure newer is definitely better than the old stuff, and a lot of larger schools use it but I'd still have a concern for anything under college level playing on turf.
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Post by: FBBone on August 28, 2007, 01:35:12 AM: ........and after further review of the photos, I'd agree with the carpet diagnosis. In fact, they aren't wearing cleats at all!
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Post by: 68ROX on August 28, 2007, 08:05:03 AM: PENTALTY FLAG!!!!

I'm seeing lot's of HOLDING on that line.

10 yard pentalty....

2nd and 20.

68ROX
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: Ripsnort on August 28, 2007, 08:10:16 AM: No cleats allowed on this field. You can wear regular tennis shoes or "Turf Cleats" which are short nubby things not unlike indoor soccer shoes. As FBbone said above, there's a "sponge" feel to it like a wrestling matt, but not so much that it slows ya down.

I've never seen a knee injury in junior football in the 3 years and 140 games I've witnessed. Seen lots of kids get sprained ankles after being rolled up on , a couple of concussions, but never a knee injury. Wife claims that their tendons and ligaments at this age are not fuzed to the bone quite yet and "float" more, therefore reducing the injury factor on the ACL, etc. (Shrugs) It's not until roughly age 13-15 that these "fuze", thus the reason docs never want kids to lift heavy weights until at least 15-18 years old(however low weight, high repetition is okay)

The favorite field by all kids to play on is naturally grass, not because of the injury thing that we parents worry about, its because if its raining, they get to get real muddy. ;)
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Post by: BigGun on August 28, 2007, 11:19:47 AM: I agree, Holding, 10 yard penalty.

That turf isn't the newer type of turf commonly used, at least in the area I am from. The new stuff is very forgiving. Problem is all the little black rubber things that come home in the shoes and end up on mama's hardwood floor.
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: Ripsnort on August 28, 2007, 11:27:45 AM: Quote
Originally posted by BigGun
I agree, Holding, 10 yard penalty.

You guys are talking about the guy on the left? Possibly, but they never call that sort of holding unless the guy you're blocking starts to move laterally. If you're talking about my son (center photo, hands on the inside) that could be considered inside holding but its never called in this league, and rarely called in the NFL. Remember, you can literally see holding in every down of football to some extent.

You can grasp a jersy and block, pushing back. They'll never call that. But if you continue to grasp when the defender moves laterally, or tries to move by you, that's holding. Both kids are driving their defensive people backward.

Also, this turf is less than 7 years old. Its not "Turfy Grass" that you guys are referring to, but its not that old stuff that NFL guys used to blow their knees out on either.

Now, how about some kudos for my kid lifting his opponent off the ground and driving him into the linebacker? He reads this thread too ;)
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Post by: rpm on August 28, 2007, 03:18:19 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort
Now, how about some kudos for my kid lifting his opponent off the ground and driving him into the linebacker? He reads this thread too ;)

Quote
Originally posted by rpm
Nice hit, BTW.
Never said he didn't lay down a good block. Just concerned about the kids blowing an ACL. ;)
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: BigGun on August 28, 2007, 03:35:58 PM: Ok Rip, kudos!!

My 12yr old just got sidelined for a couple weeks because of a bruised sternum & strained ligaments/muscles in ribcage.
Title: So here is "the play maker"
Post by: Ripsnort on August 28, 2007, 03:36:49 PM: Quote
Originally posted by BigGun
Ok Rip, kudos!!

My 12yr old just got sidelined for a couple weeks because of a bruised sternum & strained ligaments/muscles in ribcage.

:( That sucks BG. Tell him we hope he gets well!
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Post by: FBBone on August 28, 2007, 05:27:31 PM: Quote
Originally posted by BigGun
I agree, Holding, 10 yard penalty.

That turf isn't the newer type of turf commonly used, at least in the area I am from. The new stuff is very forgiving. Problem is all the little black rubber things that come home in the shoes and end up on mama's hardwood floor.

Thats the stuff!!!
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Post by: whiteman on August 28, 2007, 05:51:11 PM: Quote
Originally posted by BigGun
I agree, Holding, 10 yard penalty.

That turf isn't the newer type of turf commonly used, at least in the area I am from. The new stuff is very forgiving. Problem is all the little black rubber things that come home in the shoes and end up on mama's hardwood floor.

thats what i was about to post, that stuff came along years after i was done.

Worst two feilds i played on were Tully in Houston which you could see the concret through it it was so worn out and the Astrodome. That place was a an adventure to play on.

Steel plates underneath where the bases for the basesball configuration were, those spots would give a good 5 in's. The endzone by the home locker rooms had the James Loften memorial ridge which tripped countless recievers, he just ate it worse than any we had seen. My friend tore ligaments in one ankle and broke the other on one play there and I thought my knee was gone when i stepped on one of those steel plates and ate it.

and the seams were pretty big.
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Post by: eskimo2 on August 28, 2007, 06:18:17 PM: We just had our first day of school today. We've got two boys with foot casts and crutches and one with a broken arm. All from football; I'll have to dig out the details.