Sunday, September 15, 2013

Intentional Grounding! Football Season Moves for Scoliosis

It's football season! Which means one of two things: 1) you immediately closed this browser tab or 2) you are excited that it's football season! I am a Texan, and thus, I love football season. My appreciation for football started back in middle school when I was in the band and forced to attend every Friday night JV football game. My love of football followed me through high school, college, and now as an adult.

Some ladies loves football, others don't. Chances are, your significant other man-friend do
es like football... So, how you try to enjoy it with him and not nag him as much during season? I'll show you a couple football signals that the referees make during a game so you can try them out and maybe begin having your own sense of fun while watching the game! Plus, you'll earn some much needed cool points as the badass girlfriend who doesn't pester him about one of his favorite pastimes.

There are 2 parts to this football season post:


  • Part 1: football signal moves and what those signals mean (impress your boo, ladies!).

  • Part 2:  "intentional grounding" for scoliosis - ground and floorwork exercises for scoliosis

 

Part 1: football signal moves and what those signals mean (impress your boo, ladies!).


1) Touchdown


  • Layman's terms: Scoring! When a player makes it to the end zone
  • Fancy terms: A play worth six points, accomplished by gaining legal possession of the ball in the opponent's end zone or by the ball crossing the plane of the opponent's goal line with legal possession by a player. It also allows the team a chance for one extra point by kicking the ball or a two-point conversion

2) Safety:

 
  • Layman's terms: when a quarterback (the dude who throws the football) is tackled in the end zone or when a ball goes out the back of the endzone
  • Fancy terms: A method of scoring (worth two points) by downing an opposing ballcarrier in his own end zone, forcing the opposing ballcarrier out of his own end zone and out of bounds, or forcing the offensive team to fumble the ball so that it exits the end zone. A safety is also awarded if the offensive team commits a foul within its own end zone. After a safety, the team that was scored upon must kick the ball to the scoring team from its own 20-yard line. A safety scored during a try scores 2 points and is followed by a kickoff as for any other try.

3) Unsportmanslike Conduct:


  • Layman's terms: a cheap shot
  • Fancy terms: unsportsmanlike conduct (also called unsporting behavior or ungentlemanly conduct) is a foul or offense in many sports that violates the sport's generally accepted rules of sportsmanship and/or participant conduct. Examples include verbal abuse or taunting of an opponent, an excessive celebration following a scoring play, or feigning injury. The official rules of many sports include a catch-all provision whereby participants or an entire team may be penalized or otherwise sanctioned for unsportsmanlike conduct.

4) False start

5) Delay of game



  • Layman's terms: when a team lets the play clock run down to 0, thereby delaying the start of a play (usually the fault of the quarterback)
  • Fancy terms: a foul which occurs when the offensive team does not put the ball in play before the play clock runs out. There are also less common occurrences which result in a delay of game foul, such as a defensive player holding an offensive player on the ground to prevent him from lining up during a two-minute drill. Penalty: 5 yards.

6) 2 Point Conversion

  • Layman's terms: (Does this look familiar?) It's basically a touchdown AFTER a touchdown when a team is trying to get 2 points instead of the typical 1 point for a kick after a touchdown)
  • Fancy terms: a two-point conversion is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point convert immediately after it scores a touchdown.

Part 2: "Intentional Grounding" for scoliosis - ground and floorwork exercises for scoliosis


Okay, so the title of this post is a bit misleading if you consider yourself a football connoisseur. In football, the term "intentional grounding" means when a quarterback (the dude with football) leaves the pocket (the place where he starts the play and is guarded by his offensive line) and throws the football out of bounds. He does this when he's about to get tackled and does not want to lose yardage, or worse yet, lose the football.

In Migraines No More speak, intentional grounding is much more literal. It is my idea of intentionally grounding yourself on the floor to work your ground chakra and create a strong sense of connection with mother earth and your most basic self.

Exercises for Intentional Grounding:


1) Corpse pose (AKA "savasana")




2) Side lying knee fold over pose (AKA "parvritta pavanmuktasana")



3) Fetal position (AKA "balasana")



I like to practice my fetal position on my back, on my right side, on my left side, and even in a seated position. Curl up in a tight ball with your arms wrapped as far as you can get them around your shins. Take about 5 really deep breaths, protruding the abdomen, and just feel how it feels to be in this position. I get a nice stretch through my right back when I practice this position.

4) Full boat pose (AKA "paripurna navasana")

(I quite liked this picture because it's realistic of people developing into a full boat pose)

Channel that inner Mrs. Brady, ladies!

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