Why is is called American Football, when more than 95% of the game , the ball is in the players hands ?

Answer 1

When you kick off, you kick the ball with your foot.
When you try a field goal, you kick the ball with your foot.
When you try an extra point, you kick the ball with your foot.
When you punt, you kick the ball with your foot.

Why is a Soccer ball called a soccer ball?

Answer 2

Sports isn't my thing, but I do like football. I looked this question up and found this site: http://www.sportslore.com/guest/guest15.htm . The whole story is there.

Football didn't actually start as soccer. It began as rugby. Rugby was developed at the Rugby School in England in the 19th century. I understand that Rugby is a really tough sport. The point of the game is to move the ball forward by running with it or by kicking. It can be pretty much a "free for all." I understand that as soccer began to catch on in England, America came up with their own "toned down" version of rugby, football.

Answer 3

The name hand ball was already taken. Football in europe is American soccer. So they choose American Football so as to not get confused with Euporean football. Yes mostly with their hands but the game moves along while they are on their feet.

Answer 4

The word "soccer" actually comes from England, where the modern version of the game originated. In England, there were two types of football: rugby football and association football. The slang term for rugby football was "rugger," and the slang for association football was "assoc." The word "assoc" gradually evolved into "soccer," which was much easier to say. When association football was introduced to North America, gridiron football (the type played by the NFL and in the Super Bowl) was already well established. To avoid confusion, Americans adopted the British nickname "soccer" for the new sport.

Answer 5

Both American football and soccer have their origins in varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, and American football is directly descended from rugby football.

Rugby was first introduced to North America in Canada, brought by the British Army garrison in Montreal which played a series of games with McGill University. Both Canadian and American football evolved from this point. For an in-depth overview of the differences and similarities of Canadian football and American football see: Comparison of Canadian and American football

American colleges spearheaded the growth of football. The first inter-collegiate football game was played between Rutgers and Princeton Universities on November 6, 1869. The game was won by Rutgers (6-4) although "The game, which bore little resemblance to its modern-day counterpart, was played with two teams of 25 men each under rugby-like rules, but like modern football, it was 'replete with surprise, strategy, prodigies of determination, and physical prowess,' to use the words of one of the Rutgers players." - Rutgers Football

American football in its current form grew out of a series of three games between Harvard University and McGill University of Montreal in 1874. McGill played rugby football while Harvard played the Boston Game, which was closer to soccer. As often happened in those days of far from universal rules, the teams alternated rules so that both would have a fair chance. The Harvard players liked having the opportunity to run with the ball, and in 1875 persuaded Yale University to adopt rugby rules for their annual game. In 1876 Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia formed the Intercollegiate Football Association, which used the rugby code, except for a slight difference in scoring.

In 1880 Walter Camp introduced the scrimmage in place of the rugby scrum. In 1882 the system of downs was introduced to thwart Princeton's and Yale's strategy of controlling the ball without trying to score. In 1883 the number of players was reduced, at Camp's urging, to eleven, and Camp introduced the soon standard arrangement of a seven-man offensive line with a quarterback, two halfbacks, and a fullback.

On September 3, 1895 the first professional (American) football game was played, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, between the Latrobe YMCA and the Jeannette Athletic Club.

Answer 6

It is call a football And It is meant to be hold by players
to run to the end of the field to score points.


iT IS NOT SOCCER. OR RUBY

It is the amercian way of playing a egg ball sport

Answer 7

American usually have their own way of doing thing like left hand driving , right side lanes and the football.

Answer 8

To irritate the rest of the world....arrogant bastards arent we?...No I would agree that American Football got its name from football which we call soccer lol ...hey we still havent converted to the metric system we are very self contained in this country.

Answer 9

B/c you have to use your feet to start the game, you have to kick off to the other team. Your feet are used many times in a football game, to kick off or to pass.

Answer 10

American football is just like rugby