Football

Understanding Football's Downs, Yardage, and Stuff

The down system in 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 has four [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…]

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…]

The Essentials of Fantasy Football

Fantasy football lets you try your skills as a fantasy coach. After you choose to join either a public or private league, you scout for and draft players, compete against other fantasy coaches, and use [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…]

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…]