American Football Team

Hello there. My name is Toygun Slim. I am a fourth-year student at Başkent University at the department of Business Administration Department. At the same time I am captain of the American football team and a player in wide reciever position. I came here to introduce American football. American football is a sprout consisting of an attack team and a defensive team, played 11 to 11. We wear materials that are named as helmet and shoulder pad while we play this sport. There are many different positions. On the offensive team there are quarter back, wide reciever, running back, offensive lines. In defense there is defensive lines, safety and corner backs. Our sports team was founded in 1998 to fight in collegiate tournaments and leagues and to represent our university. We use the following grass in the campus. At the same time, we are entering gym in order to do weighted sessions. The number of players varies from 40 to 50. We make selections at the beginning of each season, and from there we add players to our team. We do our exercises 3 times a week during the year. University has a reputation as the league called “Unilig”. In two weeks we are playing our matches in this league. The biggest achievement we have achieved so far is the final of the first league we played two years ago. Although we could not won the match, we have a second place in the super league. Our team is open to all our students who are studying in this college. We do selections firstly at the beginning of the season and in the middle of the season. In these elections we add players to our team who can fulfill some of our criteria. Criteria: The number of push-ups, the duration of running a certain distance, the duration of certain motions, and so on. This sport has given me a lot to be a team player. At the same time, provided physically progress. Apart from that, my teammates taught me how to be a sibling. They are like my brothers right now. I think that, this is the side of the American football that differs from other sports.