Football is a team sport in which two 11-player teams compete on a 120-yard rectangular field with goal lines on each ends. A football is an inflated oval-shaped ball made of cowhide or rubber.
The offence, or team in possession of the ball, tries to move the ball down the field by rushing or passing it, while the opposing team tries to stop them and take control of the ball. The offence must gain at least 10 yards in four downs, or plays, or the ball will be turned over to the opposing team; if they do, they will be granted a new set of four downs.
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The goal of the game is for one team to score more points than the other. This is done by advancing the football down the field as far as possible and scoring as many points as feasible. A touchdown, an extra point conversion, a two-point conversion, a field goal, or a safety are all ways to score.
For a football game, the clock runs for 60 minutes. The game is divided into two 30-minute halves and four 15-minute quarters. A football game lasts about three hours on average.
The Playing Field
Each team has a 10-yard end zone on the 100-yard playing field. Stripes stretch the length of the field and are spaced at 5-yard intervals. Shorter lines, known as hash marks, are used to designate each single yard interval down the field. The football pitch is 160 feet long and 160 feet broad.
The goal line is the line that separates the end zone from the playing field. The end zone is sometimes known as the goal line, or the 0-yard line. From there, numbers denote 10-yard intervals up to the 50-yard line, which denotes the field’s centre. Yardage markers decrease every ten yards (40, 30, 20, 10) after reaching the 50-yard line until they reach the opposite goal line.
Teams
Football is a sport in which two teams compete against one other. At any given time, each side is allowed to have eleven men on the field. A penalty is incurred when there are more than 11 players on the pitch. Substitutions are allowed at any time, but players can only enter the field when the ball is dead and play has come to a halt.
Offense, defence, and specialised players, known as “special teams,” make up each squad. When a team possesses the ball, they are regarded to be on offence, and they use their offence players to try to run or pass the ball forward toward the opponent’s end zone. Meanwhile, the opposing team, which is deemed to be on defence, will employ its defence players to try to prevent the opposing team from moving the ball forward. The teams will employ their special teams units if a kicking play is likely.
The Beginning of the Game
When one of the teams kicks the ball to the other, the game begins. Each team’s captains and the referee assemble in the middle of the field for a coin toss to determine which side will kick. The winner of the coin toss has the option of kicking the ball to the opposing team or receiving the kickoff from the opposing team to begin the game, effectively picking whether they want to be on offence or defence first.