Compare And Contrast Football And Basketball

Football and Basketball are two of the most common sports that are played in many parts of the world. These two sports are also used for entertainment for millions of people. It is very important to know the characteristics of football and basketball, both sports have a lot of difference, yet a lot of similarities as well. While you need a good amount of physical conditioning for both sports, they also have different equipment, rules, and player positions used to play the sport. Football is one of many sports that requires a good amount of different equipment for a safe game. In football, players are required to wear eight different types of pads, two knee pads, two thigh pads, two hip pads, one tailbone pad, and set of shoulder pads due to strong body to contact. The most important part of equipment in football is the helmet. The helmet consisted of a hard plastic shell with thick padding on the inside and a face mask to prevent many different types of injuries, such as concussions and serious brain damage. The helmet is also used to the player’s advantage in tackling the other players of the other team usually the one that has the ball. Football players usually play on a turf or grass field with cleats made for them to keep grip, but some players wear sneakers to play on turf because they don’t need as much grip as on regular grass.
In basketball, there are both offense and defense, same as football. Players score on offense and block the other team from scoring on defense. The roles of offense and defense may be the same but the rules are different. The way its different is basketball players must not come in contact with other players, and they must also dribble for every step the make on the court. It’s crucial that players do not come in contact with each other because padding is not