Football

Football

Football, also called American Football, is a team sport consisting of two teams each of which can have 11 players on the field at any given time.

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50 defence

Sports; Football

A once popular college defence with 5 defensive linemen and 2 linebackers.

Formation

Sports; Football

The arrangement of players on a team prior to the ostensible beginning of a play.

Punter

Sports; Football

A kicker who specialises in punts as opposed to kickoffs or field goals.

Players who may legally touch a forward pass. On the passer's team, these are: the ends, the backs, and (except in the NFL), one player in position to take a hand-to-hand snap, i.e. a T quarterback; ...

Prevent defence

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A defensive strategy that utilises deep zone coverage in order to prevent a big pass play from happening downfield, usually at the expense of giving up yards at shorter distances. Often used against ...

Crackback block

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An illegal block delivered below the opponent's waist by an offensive player who had left the area of close line play and then returned to it, or was not within it at the snap. The term is also used ...

Counter

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A running play in which the running back will take a step in the opposite direction of the play, only to get the handoff in the other direction. Weak side linemen will sometimes pull and lead the ...