How to Play American Football
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- Learn how to play american football with this guide from wikiHow: www.wikihow.com/Play-American...
0:00 Overview of American Football
0:27 The kickoff
0:36 The down system
1:24 Punting on 4th down
1:48 Scoring a touchdown
2:03 Scoring an extra point or a two-point conversion
2:18 Kicking a field goal
2:48 What happens after a team scores
2:59 Winning the game
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I needed this since I'm joining my high school football team. Thank you.
No way. Same
Bro same
you’re joining the team and don’t know how to play??
im afraid its too late if youre watching this to join a highschool team. at least in texas
@@blipzillagd2394 it's good to try new things
Thank you, I’m still confused 💀💀💀
I learned how to play from playing football games on my phone lol, the rules will be easier to understand while playing it
same and i play football on a team 💀
@@financehd2750 what games did you play?
At some point it sounded like quidditch rules to me. But I get why Americans see soccer as more boring compared to football since it seems like a lot of things can happen in split seconds with American football while soccer involves a lot of passes and scores come few between and far between.
lol same, the rugby one was so much easier to understand lmao.
You lost me at the first minute
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😂😂😂😂
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Wym it lost me till 3:11
Hahahah so true
As s soccer ( football ) fan watching this, I realized how simple soccer is 💀
Agreed! I did not know American football is complicated. I'd rather stick with basketball. 😂
Agreed.. score a gol.. 1 gol.. 😂😂
Right 😅
Fr
Nah basketball is simple
This game is more complicated than finding Pi value
It isnt she just complicated it
Thanks for the explanation. I still didnt understand.
As someone who likes football, this is kind of a confusing guide that adds a lot of unnecessary explanation so I’ll try to explain it a little simpler (updated after a while to be a bit easier to follow):
Basic gameplay loop:
-The offensive team has the ball, and is trying to move it to the other side of the field, while the defensive team is trying to prevent them from doing that at all costs.
-The blue line shows where the line of scrimmage (the starting line) is, and the orange/yellow line marks 10 yards from the initial line of scrimmage. At the end of every play, the line of scrimmage is moved to wherever the last player to hold the ball was tackled.
-The offense has 4 attempts (downs) to try to bring the ball from the initial line of scrimmage to the orange line. If they succeed, the down counter resets to 1 and the offense keeps the ball for another 4 attempts, rinse and repeat. If they fail, the ball is turned over to the defense and the starting line is wherever the ball touched the ground at the end of the previous 4th down. (Usually with a punt)
-When the offense successfully reaches the other side of the field, they gain 6 points immediately. The offense then has two options: Kick the ball into the goalpost for 1 point (Field Goal), or get the ball from the 10-yard line to the endzone in a single play for 2 points (2-point conversion). If it’s 4th down and the offense believes they’re pretty close to the endzone, they can kick the ball into the goalpost (Field Goal) without scoring a touch down first for 3 points.
-The ball is turned over to the other team after every touchdown or Field Goal when the scoring team’s kicker kicks the ball as far as he can towards the other endzone (kickoff), then a player from the previous defense can catch the ball and run as far as he can before he gets tackled. The next first down starts wherever that player who caught the ball was tackled.
-The previously described gameplay loop repeats for four quarters with a halftime show at the end of the second quarter. Each quarter is 15 minutes of in-play time, but the amount of time the games last vary because the timer pauses a lot.
You can stop here, but here’s some smaller stuff that you might need to know:
-You don’t really need to know any positions other than Quarterback, Runningback, and Receiver. These are the offensive positions that are holding the ball 90% of the time.
-A “Sack” is when the defense tackles the Quarterback (the guy who throws/hands off the ball) before he has the chance to move it up the field. It’s a big deal because it puts the offense farther away from the first down line.
-Whenever a referee throws out a yellow flag, it indicates a foul (holding, false start, facemask, etc.), and whatever team that player was on gets a penalty between 5 and 15 yards.
-Interceptions work pretty intuitively: when a player on the defense catches a pass that was meant for a player on the offense, the player that caught the ball has a free chance to run as far up the field as he can until he gets tackled, then the teams switch sides at whatever line the player went down at.
-Fumbles work identically to interceptions, but instead of catching a pass, it’s when an offensive player drops the ball and a defensive player picks it up off the ground.
-When the ball is kicked across the field after a post-touchdown turnover, if the ball lands in the opposite endzone, that’s called a “touchback,” and the first line of scrimmage will be 20 yards from the endzone.
-If the defense pushes the offense far enough back so the ball is down in the endzone to the offense’s backside, that’s called a “Safety” and the defense gains two points.
That’s about all I can think of, anything outside of these rules is going to be some technicality in the rule book and is rarely seen. If you can understand this explanation, you can understand a game of American football. If you’re watching it on a TV, there’s probably gonna be someone in the room who can answer any questions I didn’t answer in this comment.
The NFL season generally starts around late August to September and ends around Early February with the Super Bowl. I hope to see everyone there cheering on their favorite team 🏈🏈🏈
Thanks man✌🏻
I’m still lost 💀
thanks alot I've been trying to learn football you know just for fun and this helped a whole bunch
Thank you so much for making this video, I never understood how this game works
Thank you
thanks i am currently joining the middle school football team ! this was very helpful
Same to 😨
Me too I have never played football my life tho 😅
Me too
Me too
well I hope you made the team and I'm glad it help and I wish many wins to your team
I love how American sports are overcomplicated.
for real, I’m American and I got lost before the first minute
thank u so much
Thanks
This helps a lot
Thanks for the video. I’ll still do my cycling.
I just want to mention one additional way to score points that is not explained in the video. A safety is when an offensive player is either tackled in the opponent's endzone or runs out the back of the endzone. The result is that an opposing team is rewarded two points and a kickoff will follow. I'm a huge football fan and even I'm learning new things, like if you score a safety on a PAT then it counts for 1 point instead of 2.
So either get tackled in the wrong end zone commit a Dan orlovsky
Yeah I was about to mention that too, they didn't talk about safties.
Best explanation for a beginner
me watching this cuz i wanted to join the football team in highschool 😭
Sameeeee I don’t know anything 😭
Im from europe and ive never played American football in my life bro
@@pop-cornchicken4134 I want to play a sport and I kinda want to join the football club because you cant join a team until 6th grade.
@@BlazeBoi283 do football man. its the best way to go and it builds your body.
@@dustinwheelies3004 aight I will see to it
Needed dat thanks g
Bro you don’t know what football is!
What are you british
@@greencapdanebramage8362 he prob knows what american football is, but doesn’t know how to play it, like me
plus i’m italian
@@blipzillagd2394 that is a good point
Let me explain it in simple terms 😌👇🏻
American football, unlike soccer, is played with an oval-shaped ball and involves both running and throwing the ball to score points. Here's a simplified breakdown:
* The Field: Imagine a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
* The Teams: Two teams of 11 players each take turns on offense (trying to score) and defense (trying to prevent the other team from scoring).
* Scoring: Teams score by advancing the ball down the field and either:
* Running the ball into the opponent's end zone (like a soccer goal) for a touchdown (6 points).
* Kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal (3 points).
* Moving the Ball: The offense gets four tries (downs) to advance the ball at least 10 yards down the field. They can do this by either running the ball or throwing it to a teammate. If they succeed, they get another set of four downs. If they fail to gain 10 yards after four downs, the other team takes over on offense.
* The Game: The game is divided into four quarters, each 15 minutes long. The team with the most points at the end wins!
Tbh I’m just tryin to learn so I can keep up with the guys! They loose me so quick and I love watching because I mean it’s a bunch of huge dudes tackling each other who wouldn’t think it’s fun?! But I would actually like to understand what Im watching at some point.
If you have any questions please ask me. I love teaching people about my favorite game!
This is all very easy to understand it’s just the downs where my brain goes 💫💫💫
Okay thank you yes 🙌
i thought the game was more complicated because of the numbers on the field. i thought those numbers meant something more than measurements lol
Never understood this weird sport i keep seeing in american movies, but it looks fun
Even before the video I read the comments and I expect a roller coaster 😅
Let me stick with FIFA football. I can't understand anything 😭🤣😭🤣
when did sports stop being fun and start being so damn confusing...
Exactly!
🔫 Always has been
Seriously tho this is easier to understand than cricket
It’s not that hard if you just start watching
@@j-tundifanclub6565 fr people don't understand. I watched this video cuz i was more focused on baseball than football so i watched it again and realised how easy it was.
Its fun! When you finally understand it will be fun
I'm just training and getting in Dempsey football
To paraphrase Rick & Morty, American Football sounds like Rugby with extra steps. 😅😅😅
Jee thx helped a ton 🙄
Yes 🙌
THIS SHIT IS LIKE TUG OF WARS BUT WITH CHECK POINTS AND TACKLES
I would say this was really helpful But it was really Confusing !
Lol, you need a guy to hold down "the ball" to kick it with the foot in "football'.
I'm confused with this and I want to understand football so bad
im joining as a newbie in american football high school team, so thanks
watching this because im joining football in school
Need to watch a game. Here in NZ rugby is the main game. They seem similar. I have to say, aside from the brute force of the game (rugby) it is mostly slow and I find hard to watch...give me English football any day! It is faster and fast more skillful looking.
I'm a soccer player and I've never known the football rules so I'm here to understand what tf is going on
Same
Same
"soccer"
I already know how to play yet im eatching this
I hope you guys know it’s never to late to start.
I played madden for 1 or 2 week (s) and I knew all of this. It’s not that complicated when you understand it.
Im playing madden mobile and i dont understand they randomly kickoff
me watching this cause im gonna go to a game and have no idea what will happen
thats more easy than i thought
Is it just the QB throwing the ball and his team catching it and the other team tackling them before they get to the other side
Crazy game
Ofc it's American
Me watching because my gym class is making us play football:,)
nah bruh just skip that day ain’t no way a jelly bean fan is gonna play a sport.
@@prestigeonroblox ongod bruh, probably some 13 year old wanting to be unique
@@aadead2908 damn ain’t have to do me like that😔 im trying to do a sport while im waiting for basketball season
@@prestigeonroblox LOL you didn’t have to do them like that
Anyone else got contacted by their school's Coach to play but has no idea how to. 😂
me bro
My son
3:11
This finna be me
Yes visto ✅
Watching this before senior year state
Is this a Scramble ball or football
I just wanted to know if blue or orange won the game.
I lost it at yards... yards...yards😮💨
I’m about to join middle school football team for 7th and possibly 8th and high school 3:11
I didn’t mean to put the 3:11 thing
when it said it was popular i immediately go lost
I'M STILL CONFUSED 😹😹😹
I’m only Learning because I can play with Gavin
i love playing football with Gavin
Where is Gavin now?
Do dogeball and curling
I don't know and then I was dum
Why does everyone but me understand football and that's like 50% of what they talk about, and it's so hard to learn it bruh
wait can you say that all again but make it understandable
Like baseball this game is made to constantly halt gameplay just to jam as many commercial breaks as they can for the TV audience.
No. Bad opinion. Don't get bombed.
Ncaa should created new rules 8 huddle up and 8 no huddle 2 2 point Aversion keep 3 time out score in non red zone touch down kick off 75 yard line score in red zone kick off 50 yard line 4 coached challenge
Also, the down system is the most confusing thing
It’s really not. 4 downs to get 10 yards. 🤷
I cant believe american football has the exact same rules as football
Whats the point of the metal U
its called an upright teams can use it to get an extra point after a touchdown or to score a field goal
National guy volleyball league
this game more complicated then math class 😭
Stop saying "their" end zone
It gives the idea that they are scoring on "their" own end zone!!
Siiiiuuuuu 😎
i got tired of explaining to girl..
Okay this is fucking confusing than math
Its like detroit lions and college football
The real football is a lot safer and easier
You can play soccer (real football) without having to wear helmet and armor you can play soccer even if you are naked
The American football for me looks dangerous and doesn’t make sense that the name is football it’s like fighting
Pansy sport.
i have not played a single game and I want to join 8th grade middle is it too late
it’s never too late to start, go out there n start practicing
Why it is called football they all play with their hands
Because at the beginning they kick the ball im assuming.
Handball is already created 🤷🏾♂️
European activity
Handegg
@@JosephMendoza1054 💀💀 fr
Não entendi nada 😢
can anyone help me im still confused
Sorry nah I'm watching this video even tho I'm English
I joined it just to fuck up people 😅 never knew the positions besides mine which I was a linemen
I'm a girl and I want to play football 🏈
Confusing
American rugby
Mad confusing
i always thought American "football" was shit but
after watching this video i realised i was
Right!
I googled this because i thought it be interesting..... buuuut im still confused id rather watch proper football or as some of you call it "soccer"
I already knew all of this pov:
Are you allowed to pass the ball to a teammate when the QB throws it to you
maybe but why would you
You are but it has to go backwards or side to side
It's popular only in the US 😂
No shit. Hence the name, “American Football.”
I’m pretty sure in order for a sport to be popular (outside of their own country),
You will need relevant teams and influence the sport towards other countries, if a country does neither of these, then it might not be popular outside of that certain country
Les tl on est la
I know FOOSBALL....but to explain it to my Brazilian Wife...this video is not good for that.
You have good graphics...but please try again.
Rugby is better like this is so confusing 😂
I been watching football since I was a little kid I have played it before why am I watching this 😂
same here man, we jus bored lmao
THE GAME IS SUPER COMPLICATED UNLIKE SOCCER HOW YALL GET HAPPY WATCHING THIS
Why is it so different from football and rugby 😢
I was lost at about 1:28
I will probably never understand
I'm still confused
Never understood this weird sport, they call it football but the play it with hands😹🤦.
Because it evolved from the term “rugby football” used in England up until about the late 19th century
Am lost!!!!!