Rules of American football

I didn’t know rules of American football until today. I did know that it is about going forward but I didn’t know the exact rules. I decided to learn some rules of American football and today I watched several Youtube videos to learn them.

Objective: Scoring more points than opponent team

Team consists of 46 people 11 people in a team get on to the field

Size of field: 100 yard * 53 yards

Start with Kick off

4 Downs to make 10 yards If you make 10 yards, you get another set of 4 downs.

Scoring

• Touchdown: 6 points - Cross the end line
• Extra points: 1 or 2 points - Can score 1 or 2 extra points after touchdown
• Field goal: 3 points - Team with a ball can score by kicking ball between posts and over the crossbar
• Safety: 2 points - Tackling offense team behind their end line

4 x 15 min (NFL) Overtime is played if it is a tie

Some termionoloy

• Fumble
• Interception
• Sack
• Incomplete pass
• Penalty (Yellow flag)
• Challenge (Red flag)
• Timeout (3 x timeouts for each half)