Join our course to master American football essentials and networking skills, ensuring you never feel left out during sports conversations.
This course is your go-to guide for American football and networking. It helps you understand the game while teaching you how to jump into conversations without feeling lost. Get ready to join the fun with confidence!
Feel left out when people are talking sports? This course will provide you with an overview of the game & terminology.
UPDATE - December 2023
Saturday, December 9th is the Army-Navy Game that will be played at Gillette Stadium outside Boston. This is a time-honored rivalry.
Get ready to join the conversation and feel included.
UPDATE - April 2020
With the global pandemic, people are missing sports. With any luck, the American football season might happen. I'll keep you posted as more news happens.
UPDATE - January 2020
Super Bowl 2020 is just around the corner. Get a better understanding of what people are talking about. Is this the end of the "Brady and Belichick era?" What does that mean?
UPDATE - September 2016
Football season is here. Don't be left out of the conversation. This course will fast-track your knowledge of both football and networking. Skip around as you wish. (If you want to learn the networking later, just skip over that and come back later.)
Get a 2-for-1 course at a special rate.
UPDATE - August 2014
Join over 900 registered to learn about American football and networking. You get a 2-for-1 class.
The season is just starting and there's lots of talk (good and bad) around the watercooler about football. Don't be left out!
UPDATED INFO - August 2013
This is a "two-for-one" online class. It's a combo teaching networking and the fundamentals of football. The purpose was to help people feel they could attend a game or party and participate in the conversation then and later around the watercooler.
It is unlikely you'll be ready to be a football commentator after watching it.
As noted below the class is made from a live event.
DISCLOSURE - This event was filmed in front of a live audience at the British Consulate.
CBS Sunday Morning with Bill Geist filmed this event. There are times when there are multiple cameras angles but it's not too distracting.
There were ~ 100 in attendance from 7 countries.
Welcome to Watercooler Football - where football and networking meet to have fun!
You’re at a party with a football game on, people cheer and you have no idea what happened – do you feel left out?
At a meeting someone says, “let’s do an end run” – do you feel lost?
When you hear “football” do you think people mean soccer?
If you don't know how to watch football, you may be left out. This can have a negative impact on your career and perhaps social life.
Join former Boston College Athletic Director, Gene DeFillippo, and published author and networking expert, Diane Darling, as they talk about Understanding American Football and how to watch it.
You'll also learn some best practices for networking. How to pick your events (aka "whether report"), how to get into a conversation, and ... how to get out of one. What are some best ways to follow up?
Learn how to be a part of the game with tips and from Gene and Diane. (And wait until you hear how they met!)
Through 7 video lessons, we share with you all the fundamentals you need to know about American football...Simply watch, take notes and have fun as this course has all American Football Explained!
You can fast forward and repeat as you need.
BONUS - You'll also get excellent tips on networking. You'll learn:
How to pick events
How to get into (and out of) a conversation
Best ways to follow up
What to do when you fumble in networking (eg don't follow up)
Category: Sports
You will learn referee signals and why they matter
You will better understand the strategy of the game
Terms such as "drop the ball" or "let's do an end run" will make more sense
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Entertaining way to learn the basics of a sport that enjoys much attention in the US and flex your networking muscles along the way.
The title of the course led me to believe I would be learning about football. I learned very little about football as it was incredibly basic and most of the information was about networking- which I have no interest in. I'm sure I would have enjoyed the course if I was looking to explore networking but that was not my goal. "How to watch an American football game" is a very misleading title and I regret my decision to have participated in this course.
Being a devoted football mom, I bought this on Groupon thinking it would help me to understand football more than I already do and learn more about all the penalties, plays and positions. The lecturers are boring and seem unprepared. The description of this course is very deceptive. This does not just cover football like it was presented, it's also a business networking course which is not something I wanted to learn about through this course. Big waste of my time and money.I couldn't even access the entire course! It only goes to section 8 and there are supposed to be 10! I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE! Did I mention this was a BIG WASTE OF MY TIME AND MONEY?
Great enthusiasm and I learned a little but not enough depth to really understand the game.
I think the idea for this course was great. I think it started out well. I don't mind the networking piece as some folks stated they didn't. My frustration(s) were I thought this would be a deeper dive. I think most people know that each team needs to advance the ball to the other end of the field. The coach in this lesson was lame. He would ask the question to the audience. I am glad the woman spoke up and said "I don't know that is why I am here" or 'go back - you missed a few referee signals.' It was painful for him to want to say too much. I found this left me with more questions than it did answer questions. What was presented in the lesson should be just the 1st quarter. I think the videoing of this session should have been done at a different time that the TV show. The cameraman would be in front of the speaker or the screen. It was very distracting to have a camera crew walking in front of us. The audio was lacking also. I could not hear a few people especially the British lady.
This course should be marketed as a basic beginner football and networking session.
My Udemy barometer shows I am half done even tho' I watched all 4 quarters and the post game. I feel it knows there is so much more missing. I would like to see this course re-done with out the former BC coach. Get some one who can present and deliver information rather than just ask questions. More details of strategies, reason for referee calls - video examples of plays, ...
I could give you a great outline of what would make this course great. I would be doing what the folks in the audience did - they basically gave the course on football.
I thought this course would give me a working knowledge od understanding football, but I'm not sure I came out of it with much more knowledge than I had. Also, the football references are pertinent if you live in Boston and are familiar with the folks they are referring to, but to those of us that don't follow football, had no clue who they were referring to.
On the bright side I do have some questions that I can now jumpstart a conversation with my husband so he can more clearly explain the game to me.
I finally know the basics of Amerikan foodball! Thanks for a great introduction into something that has confused me for such a long time. An awesome presentation by two professionals!
Well worth the Living Social promo price I had paid.
I learned very little from this course and am thankful that I bought the living social because I would not have been happy at all had I spent $50 on it. The information was very basic and there should have been real game examples to illustrate the different positions, penalties, scoring and strategies. I don't feel like this was advertised the right way on the living social deal. It should have stated that it was targeted more towards those looking to improve their networking in business skills.
I live in a family of sports nuts, I regularly find myself in company of sports entusiasts where talking about my native Gaelic football doesn't fly.
I can now socialize and network with my newly acquired knowledge. Thanks to two great presenters that made it both interesting and fun.
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Rich G.
Too basic... though I did pick up a few things.
It would be good to get tips on how to know what is going on during the season with out having to pay lose attention!