How to play football?

My mom wont let me play soccor or football for fun. how can i convince her otherwise?

• so im pretty small at my age. 16 and less than 100 lbs and skinny and 5'2. but that has nothing to do with a sport. im on a competitive cheerleading team(which is a lot more dangerous than soccor and some of the other things she wont let me do) i play the piano and sing and play flute on my spare time. ive done dance and gymnastics. well my mom approves of those because she says they are safe and girly. she wont let me play football or soccor just for fun in the yard with a group of friends. (doesnt matter if its all girls, mixed, or all guys im playing the sport with). she says i dont know the rules (i know enough to play in the yard or on a team if i was really interested). she says im too little, im just a kid, she says i should act like a woman instead of a boy. well you cant call me a little kid but expect me to act like a woman, and i dont really care. i love soccor and i used to play all the time but now that im in high school, she has basically banned me from playing and taken away my gear. football is fun. and were just tackling each other, not choking and punching or something. were on grass. ive taken much harder falls from much higher heights from cheerleading than somebody tackling me when im standing on the floor.

• Answer:

  Your little and she's afraid you'll get hurt. You break a bone or get a concussion and you'll end up costing her a hospital visit which is expensive. I can think of 100 reasons to tell you no myself so listen to your mom, she's looking out for you even if you hate it...it's her job;-) When you are 18 you can do what you want but my bet is you'll be over your tom boy stage and onto other things. FYI, football compared to cheerleading isn't really a comparison and if you played soccer or field hockey with me when I was in high school you'd have gotten hurt because we got rough on purpose so might try to look into other sports.