I am a '5,4" 116.5 pound football. Give me advice on how to play safety my first year varsity football team?

dont play your type gets used as a traning tool your to small to do the team any good enjoy getting rocked every practice

Get known for an attribute, practice catching the ball, and become known as a ball hawk. Also practice speed, that can give you an edge, do short burst drills and short 20 yeard dashes and build leg strength, which will help with speed and jumping, which you need being undersized. You also need to watch game tape and recognize plays, You may not be the best against tight ends, but if you can anticipate the run, you could be great. You have enthusiasm on your side, and also the element of surprise. Practice tackling technique so you dont give up broken tackles, and play closer to the line of scrimmage. Also eat alot, so you can grow abit and become more physical. If you get to 5 10ish by the time you finish growing thats not bad.

I highly encourage you to join your high school varsity football team next season. It will still not (yet) be too late for you to start playing football. Based on your height and weight, I believe that you will make a very good fit at safety. You have the ideal size for a high school varsity free safety. What you need to do this (and every) offseason is eat healthy, and exercise by doing a lot of running every day. Personally, I recommend a calorie intake of 1800-2200, as well as at least one hour of running, per day. If you do these two things, you will get faster, stronger, and into better shape, which will greatly improve your ability to tackle, as well as your chances of becoming a successful safety in football. By the way, your chances of playing college football depend on your performance in football during your senior year of high school. If you perform very well in football during your senior year of high school, you will greatly improve your chances of getting recruited to play for a college football program. In turn, your chances of playing in the NFL depend on your performance in football during your college football career. If you perform very well in football during your college years, you will greatly improve your chances of getting drafted to play for an NFL team in the future.

You really do need to gain some weight. The height isn't really the issue because you can't really change that. Hit the weightroom and maybe use a weight gainer supplement. If you have the heart you can do anything. Don't let anyone tell you you cant do something. People said Clay Matthews was too small in high school but he worked hard and look where he is now. Good luck!

work on your figure. work with weights alot and eat more. good luck with that NFL thing. you can just make it there. you have to prove yourself.