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Understanding American Football's Downs, Yardage, and Stuff
The down system in American football keeps the game interesting. After all, if the offense kept running plays but never got anywhere, the sport would be really boring. Using the down system, the offense [more…]
How the Football Season Is Set Up
The American football season is different for high school, college, and pro teams. Teams at every level play during a standard season and are governed by various football leagues, such as the NFL and NCAA [more…]
Tailoring Your Football Coaching Goals to an Age Group
Every child on your team is different in so many ways. Some are gifted runners, others can make dazzling catches, and some struggle simply to grasp the basic techniques of the game. Regardless of the strengths [more…]
How to Fill Out Your Fantasy Football Roster
When draft day arrives, all the owners in a fantasy football league gather at a central location. The goal for each owner is to draft a team roster of 15 to 18 players. [more…]
Fantasy Football Mistakes to Avoid
If you're new to fantasy football, you run the risk of making rookie mistakes, such as auto-selecting your lineup or ignoring the NFL schedule. Here are some top missteps novice fantasy football coaches [more…]
Fantasy Football Terms You Need to Know
Like the rest of the sports world, fantasy football has a lingo all its own. The slang terms are all fairly easy to grasp and fun to use, so don’t be scared off! The following list will help you get a [more…]
Football Coaching Geared to Kids of Different Ages
Part of your football coaching responsibility is knowing and understanding what to expect — both physically and emotionally — from youngsters who play the game at a particular age level. [more…]
How Football Developed as a Game in the United States
American football evolved from two games that were popular in other parts of the world: soccer and rugby. The first form of American football emerged on November 6, 1869, when teams from Princeton and [more…]
NFL Playoffs and the Super Bowl
After the regular football season, the NFL schedule moves into the playoffs, which ultimately lead up to the Super Bowl. In regular-season games, teams compete for the best win-loss records, and those [more…]
How to Play Fantasy Football
Fantasy football lets you try your skills as a fantasy coach. After you join a league, you scout for and draft players, compete against other fantasy coaches, and use all your skills to make it to the [more…]
How to Start a Fantasy Football League
If you want to, you can start your own fantasy football league. It only takes a few steps, and you’re ready to begin the season. Here’s how: [more…]
Joining Fantasy Football Public or Private Leagues
When you decide to play fantasy football, you can join either a public or a private league. Which type you join depends on your skills and experience as a fantasy football coach. [more…]
Research Fantasy Football before Game Play
As you prepare for an upcoming fantasy football draft, you should rely on several resources for info and help, including televisions shows, magazines, and Web sites. Keep in mind that a well-prepared coach [more…]
Developing Your Fantasy Football Team Roster
When you research your fantasy football league and find out how many roster spots you have, you can turn your attention to preparing for your draft based on those requirements. [more…]
Understanding Fantasy Football Snake and Auction Drafts
Fantasy football offers two basic types of drafts: the snake draft and the auction draft. If you're new to fantasy football or don't want to make a huge time commitment, you should play in a snake draft [more…]
Coaching Football by Motivating Players
Football is the ultimate team game, and you need to motivate your players to work as a team. Although the sport allows individuals in some positions (such as quarterbacks, who can elude defenders and scramble [more…]
Fitting Football Equipment on a Child for Safe Play
When playing football, kids must be outfitted for safety. In addition to organizing practices and teaching skills, good football coaches need to know how to properly fit equipment, such as helmets and [more…]
Football Coach's Halftime Talk to the Team
While coaching your football team for the first half of a game, you see all sorts of things: players scoring touchdowns, dropping passes, making diving tackles, and fumbling the ball, among others. So, [more…]
How Fantasy Football Game Play Is Scored
To win in fantasy football, your team needs to score more points than any other team in your league. A fantasy team scores points based on each player’s performance and personal stats, in addition to the [more…]
Fantasy Football Team Management
After you draft your fantasy football roster, you have to be proactive and manage your team each week — if you want to win your league.
The most important responsibility a fantasy coach has is to field [more…]
Common Football Terms to Know
Football fans have their own language when they talk about the game. To keep up, it’s useful to know what terms like down, extra point, safety, and snap mean. [more…]
Football Players' Roles in Team Offense and Defense
Whether on an offensive or defensive line, each player in a football lineup has a specific job to do. The following figure shows the 4-3 defense (a four down linemen and three linebacker scheme) lined [more…]
What Football Playing Field White Lines Mean
White lines on a football field are critical to playing the game. By knowing what yard lines, hash lines, and end lines represent, you’ll have an easier time following the game. [more…]
How Football Game Time Is Measured in Quarters
To keep things in small, easily digestible chunks, every football game is divided into quarters and these quarters are divided into smaller segments whenever the game clock stops [more…]
How Football Teams Can Score Points in Game Play
When a team has possession of the football, it can score points in several ways. Touchdowns, extra points, two-point conversions, field goals, and safeties all can increase a team's score. [more…]
