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Fantasy football season is now starting. And everybody is battling it out to be the best and to bring home the crown. Now, we like to help our fellow fantasy sports player by giving tips for your team to succeed and whether you are a new fantasy sports player or not, you will benefit in this article. Here are a few tips on how to dominate your fantasy sports league.

Go Running Back In The First Three Rounds - After round 1 most of the "heavy hitter" running backs will be taken. Join that group. You want to have your main running back selected going into round two. If you're lucky you'll have one of the first 5 picks and nab yourself a coveted back but there is plenty of depth to go around the first few rounds at this position. This sets you up to grab a few complimentary backs in rounds 2 and 3.

The Best Player Available Strategy - If you're a rookie to fantasy football and you're not very familiar with how everything works yet, then this strategy will serve you well. Most fantasy drafts have a best player available chart filled with pre-ranked players. It lets you know who the highest ranked player yet to be taken is. If you select the highest ranked player available that will ensure you a decent fantasy team and you will be pretty successful for the most part. However, the real successful owners are the ones who draft according to experience. They know which players are sleepers and which players over or under perform. Trusting your gut when drafting is a skill that will come with experience. But if this will be your first draft, the best player available strategy won't let you down.

Make A Surprise Selection - If you're new at fantasy football, I wouldn't recommend this strategy because you have to "catch-up" after you make this pick. I know the #1 tip is to go RB in the first three rounds. Well if you aren't lucky enough to secure a top 5 pick, you can make a surprise selection. Say you have the 9th pick. Every selection ahead of you should be running back. You can choose to make a surprise selection of a quarterback here.

It's About How Long You Can Hold Off - I know sometimes it's painful to hold off on selecting a player but one of the worst things you can do is select a player prematurely. You probably have the players ranked in your mind slightly different than what their fantasy ranking is. But selecting an undervalued player in a later round ensures that you get a better ranked player first and then you add depth by drafting the sleeper later. However, if you wait too long that player might be swept off the board by someone else who has the same idea. So the goal is to find that happy medium. The goal is to hold off as long as you can on taking a sleeper and when you believe that his time has come, draft him so nobody else can. It's a bit confusing of a concept, but it's what the "top dogs" do.

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The following are 10 rules you must master if you expect to be competitive in your fantasy sports league, especially in fantasy football games. These tips will be all about drafting. I can't emphasize just how important the draft is and how hard it is to recover and have a decent season if you screw this up. Following these fantasy football draft tips will help you to minimize your risk exposure and give you a small advantage which can be the difference between winning and losing on any given Sunday.

1. Know your league rules - A few years back I got killed for not knowing my league rules. This really can have a big impact on player ranking. Be aware of your scoring system as it can have an impact on the ranking system you are using.

2. Forget your loyalties - his really should be obvious, but many do not follow this key rule. If you are playing in a competitive fantasy football league its business not personal. Drafting with your heart rather than following the rules will cost you the season.

3. Beware of Injury - Fantasy Football is a game decided by injuries. Going into the draft you need to know who is hurt or coming off injury.

4. Playing for a contender/bad team=less opportunity - This is an interesting rule, but it should play a role in your draft strategy. When deciding between two players it is best to take the one who plays for a winning team.

5. Player Projections - When deciding who to draft between players who play different positions you must take into account the standard deviation of the ranking associated with WR/TE.

6. Position Scarcity - Always be aware of who your opponents have drafted.

7. Year End (came on strong vs. faded late) - If two players are ranked right next to one another, think of what is going into the ranking. Did one player come on strong at the end of the season? Is one of the players injury prone? Who is playing on a better team? Answering these questions will help who to decide on - surprisingly it often is not who is ranked higher.

8. Monitor the Bye Week - Make sure you monitor when your players bye week is. You can really set yourself up for failure if everyone has a bye on the same week.

9. Kickers & D wait until the end - This is a golden draft rule. Take a kicker in the last round and defense in the second to last round

10. Don't overrate sleepers and rookies - Rookies typically play like rookies. Don't get caught up in the hype. The only rookie position we would recommend taking could be a running back. With a plethora of fantasy information there are not many true sleepers these days.

Follow and test these tips now at your fantasy sports league. Enjoy the game!

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