2.10 Madden Taught Me Football

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On this episode of The Middle School Mind, we talk about how Son learned the basics of football by playing Madden NFL 22 on XBox One.

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Meet our football teachers, Mr. Brady and Mr. Mahomes. Image courtesy of g2a.com.

Not all Middle Schoolers are into sports

Many middle school students are not into sports and Son is one of them. However, many kids have to attend sporting events to support their siblings, friends and family. Son’s older sister is in the color guard at her high school and she performs during halftime at the home football games.

We tried to learn football by playing Madden NFL 22

Rather than complaining about going to the games or sitting in the stands bored and not knowing what’s going on the field, Father bought Madden NFL 22 on XBox One to teach Son the basics of football.

Video games can be effective at teaching the basics

Football is an incredibly complex game. Many people complain that there’s more standing around than action in the games. Using Madden as a teaching tool, Father was able to talk Son through the high level basics of football from offense to defense and run plays and passing plays.

On this episode, we talk about the following:

  • Son is not a sports kid
  • Madden video game taught Son the basic rules to football
  • We compare the video game with the actual game
  • Did Madden help Son appreciate the game?
  • Video games can be a good learning tool
  • Wii Sports is a classic sports tutorial for novices

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