Football is a wonderful sport…particularly the NFL. It has been my preferred spectator sport because I was a little girl, sitting on my Dad’s lap watching his favourite team play. There is a thing so good (especially if you have a favourite team) about listening to the thousands of people today in the stadium cheer, or at times boo, when a touchdown is scored or the defense intercepts the ball. OK, I know if you’re reading this you are possibly a girl wanting to know more about the sport, so what I just mentioned may perhaps not make a lot sense to you. But, have no fear! I am here to give you a quick guide to football so you can impress your boyfriend, or to have a lot more enjoyable hanging out with your husband on a Sunday afternoon when he’s watching the game.
This know-how comes from 40 years of watching football, and even though I never played (I WAS a cheerleader for quite a few years and that is as close as we girls can get), I have earned the respect of lots of a man by figuring out my stuff about football. I’m also way far more obsessed about my favourite team than most men I know!
#1 – The object of the game is to outscore the opponent by advancing the football into your finish zone scoring as several touchdowns as probable. This is carried out by the OFFENSE. Meanwhile, the DEFENSE tries with all their may well to cease the offense from scoring a touchdown.
There are two end zones on the playing field – 1 for each and every team. They are located at every single end of the field where the aim posts are located (hopefully no explanation necessary right here).
A TOUCHDOWN is worth six points and is scored when a player catches or carries the ball into their finish zone. After scoring 7m , an attempt to kick an further point by means of the purpose posts is created. If prosperous, it is worth 1 point and tends to make it a total of 7 points scored in that series.
A further way to score is called a FIELD Objective. If a group thinks they won’t be capable to make it in the finish zone for a touchdown (for numerous reasons), they could try to score by kicking a field purpose, and it is worth 3 points.
#2. – Remain with me right here. Each and every group has a series of DOWNS in order to get the ball to their finish of the field to score. A team has to take the ball ten yards every single time to be in a position to advance, and they have 4 attempts to do so. For instance, the group starts the series with the ball on the 20 yard line. They run the ball for 3 yards and get tackled (see, you are studying the lingo!). They nonetheless have 7 yards to go to make the Initial DOWN. Let’s say the next play they go 9 yards, this means they not only get a Very first DOWN, they get to start out over with what is known as a 1ST AND ten….which indicates a different 1st down and 10 yards to go to get another 1ST AND 10, and so on. If the group does not make the ten yards within the four attempts, they have to kick the ball to the other group. It is actually a little much more involved then this, but I’m just trying to give you the extremely fundamentals!
#3 – Whilst the OFFENSE is trying to score a TOUCHDOWN by passing and/or operating the ball toward their finish zone, the DEFENSE is trying to quit the other team from advancing! This is accomplished by TACKLING the OFFENSIVE players, trying to SACK THE QUARTERBACK, or trying to INTERCEPT the ball though it is being thrown. This is also extra complicated than described, but the much more you watch the extra you will catch on!
#4 – In the NFL, a game is created up of 4 QUARTERS. Every QUARTER is 15:00 minutes long (I am certain you will notice that it really is not in fact 15 minutes in real-time). It goes like this 1ST QUARTER, 2ND QUARTER, HALFTIME, 3RD QUARTER and 4TH QUARTER. If, when the game is over and there is a tie, it will go into OVERTIME and the first group to score will win.
Nicely, this is a extremely simple and broad description of the game of football. I hope it’s a commence toward you feeling comfortable with watching a game! Most of the girls I know that do not like football, just have no clue to what the sport is about, much much less know any of the facts or lingo. I definitely feel that if they had a small additional understanding about the game, they may possibly uncover it thrilling to watch…plus a lot of guys feel a football-watching girl is a attractive point!