<p>could some one chance my post its the one called “very curious about my chances? good range but need some recomendations for schools to look at”</p>
<p>@kittycatyeah Mea culpa, I missed that part. But if you truly are “tiny”, football isn’t for you. Read [url=<a href=“http://www.kpho.com/story/20163007/high-school-football-more-dangerous-than-college-pros]this[/url”>Arizona's Family | Phoenix News]this[/url</a>] please. A gymnast has no business bumping heads with a sprinting 250 lb, 6’2" boy.</p>
<p>@1939er Why not? Ivy colleges want well rounded students… and even though this isn’t 1950, football is generally a male dominated sport, so in a way I would be challenging gender norms - it’s similar to male cheerleaders nowadays. And if reading this thread annoys you “so bad,” then why don’t you get off the internet and go to wherever you won’t see such “garbage?” </p>
<p>yeah honestly you are better off sticking with gymnastics, unless by tiny you mean at least 5’10" 160 (smallest kid on my team), which I assume you don’t</p>
<p>@playpus There’s two V football players that are around 5’4 and very skinny, so they’re about my size, and they’re totally fine! & alright I’ll take a look at your post</p>
<p>@loquatical there are guys, like I mentioned above, on the team that are about my size, and they’re fine. Also I highly doubt I’d be charged at by giant football players since I’d most likely be backup anyway </p>
<p>yeah but I guarantee you that they worked hard and spent the last few years working on their form to be able to play at such a small size, again if you had started freshman year then this would be a different conversation but trying to join senior year will be incredibly challenging both physical mentally and emotionally, honestly its up to you but I wouldn’t recommend it at this point, I know that’s not the answer you want though 
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<p>Your stats would still be pretty helpful. And are you willing to quit gymnastics for football?</p>
<p>This honestly reads like you were inspired from that tweet with the female qb who had a cheerleader girlfriend.</p>
<p>I would probably be better to focus on something you are actually passionate about bc that’s where you get essays that grab the readers attention and that’s what colleges actually want to see</p>
<p>Unless you have a skill that would benefit the team (such as kicking field goals) or your school is small and needs players - you won’t make the team because you aren’t big enough, probably not in football shape, etc. Do you know the rules, the plays, the positions? It’s laughable that you think you can waltz onto the team because you are a girl. You don’t seem to want to hear what folks are telling you, which is joining in your senior year, on a whim, will not help you with college admissions. It appears desperate and impulsive. Also, I’d like to point out that at the collegiate level, men have been cheerleading for decades - so a boy joining cheerleading isn’t really challenging “gender norms” to the extent you think. </p>
<p>@playpus Alright thanks for your honesty. I’ll admit you do have valid points xD but I sort of already have my mind set on it. I’m just going to talk to the guys on the team and see what they think about the difficulty </p>
<p>@vamominvabeach I can run really fast, and obviously, I have a year to learn - the guys on the team are willing to help me out for that. And yeah, but I’m talking about high school. How many male high school cheerleaders do you know? . </p>
<p>@loquatical what do you mean by my stats?</p>
<p>yeah the difficulty depends on the school, my school is very competitive so we tend to have very hard practice, how well does your school do in the play offs? and even if it doesn’t help with college it may make a good story in the future, as long as you don’t get injured which is a very real possibility. I have gotten semi major injury’s three out of 4 years and many of my teammates have as well. from torn ACLs to broken arms, one kid actually broke his femur in a game. So I just caution you to look at all the possibilities</p>
<p>@1939er “You’re basically reading everyone tell you this is a bad idea” …I’m sorry, I don’t understand your grammar. And I posted this because I wanted to know others’ opinions. I have mine, but I wanted to know what others would think of this</p>
<p>@playpus my school is largely academic - our football team sucks. We just lost our homecoming game last Friday; my school’s team isn’t competitive at all. One kid did break his leg, but that was during practice.</p>
<p>@kittycatyeah Height? Weight? 40yd dash? Squat/bench press?</p>
<p>Unless you are very heavy or already know you can kick field goals, it’s not a good idea. You start with an enormous disadvantage in that you haven’t played before. How silly the idea is depends, of course, on the size of your school and how good the football team is. Unless you’re in some school in a tiny town playing 8-man football, it’s going to be at least moderately silly.</p>
<p>If you’re just trying to be amusing, do something more on point, like improv or humor writing. You’re no more likely to do anything other than be kind of amusing (kind of) on the football team than you would be on the boy’s basketball team: quite a bit less, actually. And yes: big people will run at you and flatten you - never in a game, most likely, but in practice, every day and repeatedly. Unless they just consider you a joke and don’t treat you like a real player … which is quite possible, and is exactly the problem with the whole idea.</p>
<p>If you’re just doing it as a goof, that’ll be pretty obvious to everyone. Even if you’re not, that’s what it’s going to look like. It’s hard to see how that’s going to be a great help in your applications. George Plimpton already wrote the amusing book about being an inept football player … in 1966.</p>
<p>@loquatical I’m not sure about the 40yd dash and the squat/bench press. I haven’t trained? My height and weight are 5’2 and 95, but I’m sure I can gain weight </p>
<p>yeah your team does suck and that probably means practice is relatively easy as well as what they are teaching you so its possible you could pick it up, what i will recommend to you if you are actually interested in joining is to start conditioning NOW or it will be awful, and that means lifting real weight, low reps high sets of bench and squat, you will also probably need someone to teach you how. otherwise you will not be able to play at all because of your strength. I am also curious about your height and weight as well as 40 time and bench/squat?</p>