i just don't get the concept of football, how to play, yardage, points, EVERYTHING..please help~~ with excessive details and no opinions just straight facts please
Innapropriate comments will not be appreciated.
thank you
2006-09-20 13:14:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Alright a question worth answering, thank you.
Football is played on a field which is exactly 100 yards from goal to goal. The game starts with a coin toss which is one thing that does not happen in any other sport and this determines which team will get the ball first and which side the other team wishes to defend against for the first and fourth quarter or the second and third quarter. The first thing that happens in a game is called a kickoff, which is when one team kicks the ball across the field to the other team. The other team tries to run into the other teams endzone and score. Along the way they have 4 chances to move the ball ten yards at a time. They can do this by throwing the ball or by running the ball. If the team doesnt get to a place they feel comfortable after three downs they can do one of three things, either go for the yards to make the ten, punt the ball which is kick the ball to the other team, or go for a field goal which is kicking the ball between the yellow posts which are located at the end of the endzone.
That is basically the point of the game and what they are achieving.
The point system is;
when they score a touchdown, which means run into the other teams endzone with the ball they score 6 points.
After the touchdown they can either kick for a point or do another play to get into the endzone for two points.
Another way to score is called a safety. This is when you tackle the other team when they are still inside their endzone, this will give the team that makes the tackle 2 points.
Along the way there are obstacles to get to the endzone. The receivers are being covered by defenders and you block for everything. The other teams goal is to not allow you to get any points so they will try their best to knock down passes and tackle against the run so no yardage is gained. Also to make things harder, there are penalties such as offsides, which means that the defensive team went before the ball was snapped and this gives the offensive team 5 yards. On the same lines there is a false start which means that a player on the offensive side of the ball went before the ball was snaped to the quarterback and that team will loose 5 yards. There are other penalties such as holding, facemask (grabbing or tackling by a players facemask), personal fouls, roughing the kicker, roughing the passer, chop in the back, illegal formations, halo rule (being within 2 yards of the kick returner before he catches the ball)
There are three time outs given to each team for each half of the game, there are also two challenges given to each team, but they can only be used as long as the challenging team has a time out to use. The challenge means they are not agreeing with the refaree's call on the field and want the ruling overturned.
The positions are;
on offense
The quarterback (the guy throwing the ball)
The full back (runs the ball)
The half back (runs the ball)
wide receivers (catch the ball)
tight end (either lineman or receiver)
the line consists of the center, the guy who snaps the ball to the quarterback, two guards and two tackles, the guards stand on both sides of the center, and the tackles next to the guards.
On defense there are
linemen who run through the offensive line to attack the quarterback, safety's, defensive ends, and line backers, they are all there to keep the oponent from gaining yardage.
besides offense and defense there is a special teams. These are teams for kickoff, field goal blocking, punt return, punt on offense, and fieldgoal on offense, kickoff return. they are there for those reasons only.
This is really all I can think of right now, but if you have any other questions i will try to answer those too
2006-09-20 21:24:12 · answer #1 · answered by Southie9 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How To Explain Football
2017-01-19 03:45:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
American football is played with two teams. There are 11 players on the feild at once for both teams. The feild is 100 yards long and 50 yards wide. The object of the game is to move the ball to the other end of the feild to score a touchdown. You have 4 downs to gain 10 yards to get a fresh set of downs (4 more down) If you do not reach 10 yards in 4 downs you loose the possion and the other team takes over. You can punt the ball on 4th down so you can set the other team back further on the feild.
Scoring - 6 points for a touchdown, 1 point for a PAT (Point After Attempt, when you score a touchdown you get to kick the ball through the uprights), 3 points for a feild goal (kind of like the PAT but you dont have to score before you can kick it), and 2 points for a saftey (When you tackel the other team in there own endzone)
To start the game, one team kicks the ball off to the other team, who catches it and tries to return it.
The offense consists of 11 players who are the quarterback (general of the offense), 5 linemen, 2 ends, 2 runningback, and a fullback. There are other ways to set up your offensive but this is a pretty basic way of explaining it
The defense consists of 11 players who are 4 down linemen, 3 linebackers and 2 conerback and 2 safties.
In order for the offense to move the ball, they can run it or pass it.
2006-09-20 13:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by Kmaldona 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go to www.nfl.com. About halfway down the page click on rule book. Read the Beginner's Guide and Football Basics to start.
2006-09-20 18:54:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's big sweaty guys tackling eachother. That's pretty much it
2016-03-17 23:24:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plenty of great answers already for this
2016-08-08 15:29:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously you need to research it. No way is someone getting into detail on Yahoo answers. Read books, surf the net, ask people you know. Experience is the best way to learn. Also the Patriots are the best team. :)
2006-09-20 13:22:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
go to
www.wikipedia.com
and search for football
2006-09-20 13:20:31 · answer #8 · answered by Antwaan M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same question shows up again
2016-08-23 07:14:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
jUST WATCH ANY TEAM COACHED BY BILL
BELLICHEK, AND STAY AWAY FROM WATCHING ANY
TEAM COACHED BY HERM EDWARDS!
2006-09-20 13:55:44 · answer #10 · answered by Levittown Tony 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋