The Rules of Football

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The Rules of Football

• By
• Derek Uffelmann

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The Game

• There are eleven players from each team on the
  field at one time
• One side has the ball (offense)
• The other side tries to stop the
• offense from progressing (defense)

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The Game continued

• A football field is 100 yards long
• It is also 53 yards wide
• The parameters of the field are defined with
  lines painted white
• These are known as out of bounds lines

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Game continued

• Inside the lines is known as the playing field
• Outside the lines are known as the out-of-bounds
• As soon as the football or a player who has the
  football touches or goes over the out-of-bounds
  line, the play is over

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Game continued

• The length of the game varies from level to level
• The NFL and college have four quarters, each 12
  minutes long
• High School football has four eight minute
  quarters

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Playing the game

• Before a play can happen both the offense and
  defense get in a huddle
• In the huddle one person speaks and tells the
  rest of the team the play of defense they are
  going to run

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Playing the game cont.

• Then they break the huddle and line up at the
  line of scrimmage
• The imaginary line at the football which
  separates offense and defense

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Playing the game cont.

• The play begins with the center hiking the ball
  to the quarterback
• The quarterback then gets the ball to one of the
  other players on the team
• Either by handing it off or passing it to another
  teammate

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Playing the game cont.

• The football can only be advanced forward in the
  air once during a play
• The ball can be thrown backwards as many times as
  they want
• Known as a backwards lateral
• A quarterback can only pass the ball if he is
  behind the line of scrimmage

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Offense

• Coaches choose between calling a running or
  passing play
• They choose the play based on defensive
  tendencys and formations

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Routes for receivers

in
out
post
slant
Fly or fade
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Defense

• There are two basic types of defenses
• Man to man, where the defensive backs guard one
  single player
• Zone, is where they cover only one area on the
  field

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Defense

• The coach picks plays based on what the offense
  tends to do

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Penalties

• 15 yard penalty
• Unsportsmanlike conduct
• Illegal block
• Pass interference
• 10 yard penalty
• Holding
• 5 yard penalty
• Delay of game
• Offsides
• encroachment

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Miscellaneous

• Audibles
• Both teams can change the play they called in the
  huddle at the line of scrimmage

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Scoring

• Touchdown
• Field Goal
• Safety
• Two Point Conversion
• Extra Point

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