i am a 8th grader. i play basketball and football. a high school football coach is training me for high school football. basketball is using my time up and i dont know if i should keep playing it anymore. should i quit basketball and stick with football because i have a future with football or should i stick with football and basketball.
2006-12-28 14:42:36 · 4 answers · asked by Crunch Time 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
i play defensive end for football and center for basketball
2006-12-28 14:52:57 · update #1
Personally I would stick with both. Basketball is VERY good for your quickness, reaction, and hand-eye coordination. Especially with high school, play multiple sports. My younger brother had the same concern. He's a freshman this year, playing both sports, I definately notice a lot of quickness that wasn't there before, can't keep up with me, but that's because he is TE/DE and I was WR/SS/LB; he tore a ligament in his ankle shortly into the basketball season, but you run an injury risk in any sport.
I did well as a two-sport athlete in High School, played football and baseball, 6 Varsity Letters, all-conference twice (for football), all-league once (baseball).
2006-12-28 15:13:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jon M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you dont get hurt too often and can take a beating, go ahead with football. You can still play basketball if you dedicate yourself to football. Go with what your best at and hopefully it works out for you. If you can manage yourself and have equal time for both sports then do both. Depends on what position your playing at too, so which position do you play in basketball and football?
2006-12-28 14:50:47 · answer #2 · answered by Belu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on your position....I'm going to guess, if you're built to play both sports, you're a speed skill player like a WR or a pass-catching TE, in which case you'll benefit from the skills you'll get in both sports - basketball will help you learn footwork and how to move through people, improve your hand-eye coordination and handwork on receiving.
A lot of marquee NFL players - Randy Moss, Antonio Gates - played both football and basketball at All-American levels in college, so it not only can be done, but its actually desireable
2006-12-28 16:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by droid327 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
football
2006-12-28 14:45:27 · answer #4 · answered by anthony s jr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋