If you want to play football first you have to go to a sporting goods store and buy cleats, a mouth guard and ear pads for your helmet. Then you go to your first football practice. The coach gives you a helmet, shoulder pads, pads for your pants, a jersey and pants. Then you have your first practice. The coach tells you the position you will play. I'm a running back because I am fast. To be a good running back you have to be fast and be able to hold on to the football. At practice you stretch and do sprints. You practice for two hours. It is hard work. You learn to kick the ball, throw the ball, blocking and tackling. You should practice for many weeks before you scrimmage. After you learn all those things you can scrimmage another team. Then you practice some more and finally you play a game.