Spalding's how to play foot ball; . positions, A team which undertakes to make strategic plays be-fore mastering these primary points will always find itself work-ing at a tremendous disadvantage, and the waste of power willbe almost incalculable. Perhaps I could not put it more plainlythan to say that the tendency is altogether too much towardwhat is known as git thar principles in all of our lines of sportto-day. A crew endeavors to row in a shell before learning theprinciples of the stroke; our boxers are apt to go in for theswinging, knock-out blow at the sacrifice of the more old-fash-ion
Spalding's how to play foot ball; . positions, A team which undertakes to make strategic plays be-fore mastering these primary points will always find itself work-ing at a tremendous disadvantage, and the waste of power willbe almost incalculable. Perhaps I could not put it more plainlythan to say that the tendency is altogether too much towardwhat is known as git thar principles in all of our lines of sportto-day. A crew endeavors to row in a shell before learning theprinciples of the stroke; our boxers are apt to go in for theswinging, knock-out blow at the sacrifice of the more old-fash-ioned, but better form, sparring,- but in none of these forms isit more evident than in the one under discussion, namely, football. It is not at all uncommon to see a team playing intricatecriss-crosses, double passes and concealed ball plays, whose menare still tackling high, and whose half-backs kick a punt fromlow down on the toe. To every reader of this book then, Isay with the heartiest good will, master the rudiments first if 21. Ho7v to Play Foot Ball. 23 yoii wish to make yourself valuable to any team; master themthoroughly if you wish to see your team wan when it comes toimportant matches. These special plays which follow are playswhich captains and coaches can work cut to an almost infinitenumber of variations, but it will be the individual players on theteam who will, in the end, determine whether the use of theseplays will turn out successfully. Under the present rules, whenever a free kick is attempted, itmust be an actual kick of not less than ten yards into the oppo-nents territory. For this reason all the flying wedge openingplays of some years ago, as well as formed wedges from faircatches and kick-outs have disappeared. The captain now hasto perform the principal part of his strategic play, outside of thekick, from ordinary downs, instead of from what have beencalled free kicks, but what have been really free , the changes in rules for 1903 make
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