American football is a invasion sport, the purpose of which is take the ball to the opponent's court, scoring a touchdown.
The game is divided into 4 quarters, lasting 15 minutes each. Within that time limit, two teams with 11 players take turns in attack and defense.
While one team attacks, trying to get the ball into the opponent's area, the other team defends, preventing opposing players from being able to cross the field.
Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins the game, one touchdown, for example, is worth 6 points. American football was created in the U.S, from rugby in the middle of the 19th century.
american football field
The American football field is grass and has a rectangular shape, measures 120 yards long and 53 ⅓ yards wide.
Yard is a type of measure widely used in the United States, a yard equals approximately 0.915 meters. Therefore, in meters, the field measures 109.73 meters x 48.76 meters.
The white vertical lines are the yard lines. At the end of each side of the field are the
end zones, each team has its own end zone, which measures 10 yards and is the part of the field that players must reach to score a touchdown.In the middle of the final line, after the end zone, on both sides of the field there is a kind of Y-shaped beam, which serves to score extra points. This beam is 10 feet high, that is, 3.05 meters.
american football rules
The object of an American football game is take the ball to end zone from the opposing team, making a touchdown. One touchdown worth 6 points.
The team that manages to reach the most points within the 4 quarters (of 15 minutes each) of game, will be the winner. In American football, while one team attacks, the other only defends. Each team has 11 players.
A football team is divided into three groups: attack, defense It is special teams (Players specializing in set pieces are part of this group). The main position on a football team is that of quarterback, that player who participates in almost every move.
At the start of the game, a draw is made using a coin. The team that wins the toss chooses whether to start attacking or defending.
The attacking team has 4 plays to get the ball at least 10 yards out. This distance can be done by running or passing the ball between players.
If the team fails to pass the 10 yards, the ball goes into possession of the opposing team. Often, when seeing that they will not be able to overcome the necessary distance in 4 moves, players can choose to try a field goal.
Onefield goal happens when, from any part of the field, a player kicks the ball to the opening of the beam in the shape of a Y, if he hits it, he earns 3 points. That way, even losing the ball to the opponents, the team still manages to score points.
However, if the team manages to go 10 yards or more in the 4 plays, it keeps the ball. When making a touchdown, you get 6 points and the chances of trying a extra kick on the Y beam, which is worth 1 point, or make a two point conversion, which corresponds to an attempt to enter the end zone again only two yards away.
After marking the touchdown, the match also restarts and the team that was defending starts to attack and vice versa.
american football score
- touchdown - 6 points;
- field goal - 3 points;
- Extra kick - 1 point;
- Point conversion - 2 points.
american football history
American football originated in the United States, in XIX century, around the year 1867. Walter Camp, player and coach, is considered the father of the sport for formulating the rules that differentiated the sport from rugby.
American football would have been rugby inspired, an English sport whose objective is to take the ball to the opposing field and also allows for greater aggression and physical contact between players.
The popularity of the new sport began in North American universities, which created the first competitions. But quickly, still in the twentieth century, the game conquered the whole country, becoming one of the most watched and practiced sports.
In 1920, the National Football League (NFL), which manages the main championships in the United States and is responsible for organizing the super bowl, the biggest American football event in the world.
O super bowl It's the final of the American football championship. It is a great event, which, in addition to the match, features performances by famous artists, and has become a symbolic moment in American culture.
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