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Should I play football this late in my life or not.?

• well first of all ive never played football for a team in my life and i know little to really nothing about the sport (the positions, plays, techniques, etc), but i am athletic fast, strong and can jump pretty high(i am about 2 in from touching a basketball rim). im 16 and im at a delima because i dont know weather or not to go to summer camp for football and try out for the team. i would be trying out for junoir year, is this too late? I am 5'6' and 150lbs so what position would i play based on the description. i do know some basics at football, and when im playing in gym class im pretty good. i play with all the football players in my gym class and i intercept a lot of their passes. im just nervous that if i go to summer camp and i try out imma look like a morn cause i wont know how to do anything, and all my friends are on the team so theyll give me crap all day. also all the football players in my year have played since freshmen year or earlier so they are reall ahead of me. however they arnt really that big compared to me the average is around 5' 8'' and they are skinny. Also, im more of a defensive player ( im like that in every sport), im not too interested in playing offense although i do realize i do need a back up offensive position if i play defense. Finally, i dont want to look like a moron infront of this girl who i like, she is the manager of the team and it would be embarassing if i sucked really bad. so please help me with the decision

• Answer:

  John, I definitely think you should play. If you want to play don't worry about what you might think your so called friends would say to you. If I was you I would go to the camp and tell them that you want to play strong safety. Your size and abillity tells me that would be your best position. I know a lot of great players that didn't start playing football until they were older than you are. You need to do what your heart tells you to do.