How to Play American Football?
June 28, 2023

For decades American football has been both famous and extreme sport that involves 11 people in two groups opposing with each other on a rectangular grassland field. It can be played either professionally or just for fun among its fans to enjoy the moment. The objective of the play is scoring more than opposing team during the four quarters of the game. In order to win the game, you should be able to understand the rules of the game and also be well-trained prior to the play.

You have to be aware of the main goal of the game

The main point form an American football performance is to score points either by running or just kicking the ball toward the end of field, specifically named end zone among its fans. So, once four quarters are over, team members that have most points on the board will be winner of the game.

What is an end zone?

So, once you hear new term “end zone”, don’t be confused, it just simply means an area each team has behind them. During the game, players try to reach the end zone of another team while they also strive to protect their own end zone form their opponents. There is a structure like Y named the field goal accommodated at the end of the line, and it is used to strike a goal with the help of kicks.

Time division of the game

When it comes to the timeline of the game, it’s divided into 4 quarters that are 15 minutes each, and there is a break between second and third periods so-called “halftime”, which is 12 minutes long. The game starts when the ball is moved off the ground and into the hands of the players, and it finishes when it either touches the ground or when the player holding the ball is tackled and his knee or elbow contacts the ground. There are few rules that are mandatory to obey if a player doesn’t want to be exiled, but that’s a different story.

Rules

There are two fundamental structural components of American football that govern the game – the downs system and kickoff. The first kickoff – the head referee tosses a coin and the host team opts for a side of that coin, if his choice matches to the side of the coin, then, the captain of that team can decide to kick the ball and give the game beginning to give this chance to the guests.

Down – the offense is given four downs to advance the ball at least ten yards (9.1 meters) toward the end zone. With each new down a new play begins. The count resets to the first down, which is frequently denoted as “1st and 10” to emphasize that the normal 10 yards (9.1 m) are once again necessary to reset to the first down, if the target of 10 yards (9.1 m) from the first down is completed before the fourth down is over. Otherwise, there are one through four downs. The ball is turned over to the opposing team if four downs go by without returning to the first down.

Composition of the team

How the team is constructed and the role of each player is essential to be justified prior to playing the game.

Offensive team comprises the following players:

-The quarterback who passes the ball to a runner or sends a pass to a running back, fullback, tight end, or wide receiver.
-Center, two guards, and two tackles constitute the offensive line. Their mission is to guard the players from the defense in the process of handing off or passing the ball. The center is in front of the quarterback, he “snaps” the ball to him. The guards on either side of the center while the tackle lines up on the shoulders of the center.
-Wide receivers, if a pass is being thrown, cross the line of scrimmage and receive the ball.
-The running back’s priority consists of receiving the ball from the quarterback and rushing with it to the end zone.
-Tight ends help defending the edges of the line and are allowed to catch the ball while being passed.

 Defensive team comprises the following players:

-Linebackers makes sure of ball to be caught and rushes through the game field and are allowed to forcefully suspend quarterback.
-The defensive line’s agenda is just to put offensive line under duress.
-Cornerbacks and safeties, who protects players that attempt to run the ball down the field past the defense line or receive a pass.

Scoring principles

Worth 6 points touchdown is deemed successful when a player delivers the ball to the appropriate end zone.

A player who kicks the ball between the goal posts to score an extra point after his team scores a touchdown earns one point. The play is known as a two-point conversion, and is worth two points when the touchdown play is followed by a throwing or rushing play into the end zone rather than a punt.

A player, who kicks the ball between the goal posts without preliminary touchdown is granted with 3 points and this goal is called field goal.

A safety is worth 2 points and is when a player is tackled while still in possession of the ball and is so far down the field that he is in his own end. zone.