What does it mean when they say a player takes of plays in football?
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He doesn't give his best effort on every play. This is easily misdiagnosed sometimes, because of the scheme, and the play. It usually refers to defensive lineman. Sometimes they are supposed to rush the Qb and sometimes they have to stay put to cover the run, so it looks as if they are not giving the best effort.
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In NFL as well as College, you are not allowed to Trip anyone. It s a Personal Foul, and 15 yard or the result of the play is awarded to the other team.\n\nTripping:  Using your leg,to swing at another play in an effort to knock them to the ground.
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It means to be the referee, or refereeing. To direct the game, u know, faul or not.\n\nThis is the dictionary definition which has nothing to do with the sports meaning: \n\n    The purchase of securities on one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy.\n\n\n\nWOW that's nice, copy my answer you imature jerk.
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THIS IS AMERICAN FOOTBALL DUMMY!!!!\n\nDee Dee Dee
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It's just like football, except the players wear belts with small strips of paper on them. When the defenders pull off the belt, then it is just like a tackle. The play is then dead
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When a player goes over the line of scrimmage before the play starts (it's the same in football).
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No, it means they have someone a bit better, but if he/she goes down they can rely on you to get the job done. Plus you'll get to play against the really bad teams, or when your team is up by 15-20 points.
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They are both running parallel at the same speed....at the reciever.\n\n(I don't know what downfield means or which way is left in relation to downfield...so, I assumed they are running parallel in the same direction)
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FIFA World Cup issued new guidelines for interpreting the offside law in 2003 and these were incorporated in law 11 in July 2005. The new wording seeks to more precisely define the three cases as follows:\n\nInterfering with play means playing or touching the ball passed or touched by a teammate. \nInterfering with an opponent means preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent's line of vision or movements or making a gesture or movement which, in the opinion of the referee, deceives or distracts an opponent. \nGaining an advantage by being in an offside position means playing a ball that rebounds to him off a post or crossbar or playing a ball that rebounds to him off an opponent having been in an offside position. \nIn practice, a player in an offside position may be penalised before playing or touching the ball if, in the opinion of the referee, no other team-mate in an onside position has the opportunity to play the ball.\n\nThe referees' interpretation of these new definitions is still proving controversial until this day, largely over what movements a player in an offside position can make without being judged to be interfering with an opponent.
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There are a lot, and college and pro are different. I guess to start assume the offense is on the 20 yard line. They have 4 tries to go 10 yards. They move closer each time they run or throw the ball, or they might get it on the first try. If they get the 10 yards it is called a first down. After getting a first down they get 4 more tries, or a new set of downs. Normally teams don't go for it on 4th down, unless they MUST win the game or they only have a yard or 2 to get the first down. If you go for it on 4th and don't get the first down, then you have to turn the ball over to the other team right there and this usually gives the other team excellent field position. On the 4th down teams usually punt, or if they are on the other teams' 30 or 40 yard line they may try a field goal. That's basically how the offense moves, there are so many variables.. Penalties, sacks, interceptions,etc...You could fill a book about the rules of football. My advice to you is sit down and watch a few games by yourself. It's not difficult, you'll start to figure it out. Also, there are a ton of books that can help with basic understanding. Good luck.
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Center\nA player position on offense. The center snaps the ball to the quarterback.
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Here is a simplified definition of American football.\n\nThe object of football is to score as many points as you can.  The team on offense, tries to score the points by getting the ball into the endzone.  They do this by either throwing or handing the ball to a player on their team.  The offensive player with the ball tries to run into the endzone for the score.  The defense tries to prevent this from happening by tackling the offensive ball carrier.  \n\nEach time the offense gets the ball into the endzone, they get 6 points.  After this score, a touchdown, a kicker tries to make an extra point by kicking the ball through the goal posts.  If the offense cannot get the touchdown, or move the ball ten yards forward in 3 tries, on the 4th try they can try to have the kicker kick the ball through the goal posts for 3 points.  If they are too far away, they must punt the ball to the defense, who will become the offense.\n\nThere are 11 players on offense, and 11 on defense.  \n\n(This is my first post, so I don't know how good this will be, but I hope it helps.  I left out many of the more detailed and complicated rules to explain the basic gameplay.)
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when a pick's called the defender catches up to the person on offense. the stall count resumes at where it was before the pick was called\n\nGO ULTIMATE!
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In football, a player in a position can choose from a set of numbers designated to their position.  \nAll sports: Rookies sometimes don't get the numbers they want because they are already taken by someone else on the team, and some teams retire the numbers of great players and nobody can ever wear the number on that team.
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Control the defensvie playcalling, after the defensive line pushes the Guards and the Tackles off the play he goes in and gets the ball carrier. Depending on what kind of package they are in hell play zone coverage in the seam between the safties and the d-line or play man on a tightend or running back trying to sneak into the flat if they are running a pro set or some kind of spread offense that the defense wasnt ready for.
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Illegal Substitution: It's illegal to break the huddle with 12 players. This happens from time to time if a player comes into the game without properly informing the player he's replacing. \n\nIllegal Motion: A reciver or back is allowed to be in motion prior to the snap as long as he isn't moving towards the line of scrimmage. When he is, illegal motion is called.
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Objective: American football is played by two teams who will have eleven players on the field at any one time. The object of the game is to get the ball to the opponents end of the field, and score more points than the opposing team.\n\nTo start a game, the referee will toss a coin. The visiting captain calls. The winner of the toss can decide whether to start in offense (receive the kick) or defense (deliver the kick). When play restarts in the second half, the captain who lost the toss at the beginning of the game chooses.\n\nIf a game goes into overtime, the first team to score wins, so the captain will almost always choose to go on the offense. Teams change ends at the start of the quarter.\n\nPlaying time lasts for one hour, divided into four fifteen minute quarters. There is a fifteen minute break between the second and third quarters (each half of the game).\n\nThe clock is stopped when the ball is not in play, when a foul has been committed, or when a fair catch has been caught. The clock is also stopped for time outs. Both teams are allowed three time outs, lasting a maximum of two minutes each, in each half.\n\nBoth the clock and the game itself are stopped two minutes from the end of each half by the referee to allow the teams to plan their strategies.\n\nIf the scores are level at the end of the fourth quarter, overtime will be played. In NFL games, only one period of overtime is played, and if the scores are still level, the game is declared a draw. For championship and playoff games, periods are played until a winner is decided (the first team to score).\n\n\n\n\nMORE COMPLEX RULES\n\n\n\nKick off \nTop of page\n\nPlay starts with a kick off at the start of the second half, but when the teams turn around and change ends at the start of the first and third quarters, play is started from the same position on the field as where it finished, but in the opposite half of the field. The same team will keep possession.\n\nThe kick-off is used to restart play after all point-afters and field goals. The kick-offs are always taken from the 35-yard line, unless a penalty has been given. The team making the point after always restarts the game with a kick-off. If the kick is unsuccessful, the defense starts play from their own 25-yard line and so they become the offense.\n\n\n\nScoring \nTop of page\n\nAs with many sports, the object is to score more points than the opponents. There are several different ways of scoring in American football.\n\nThe largest single score comes from a touchdown. This is worth six points. It is scored when an offensive player runs into the opposing end zone while in possession of the ball. A receiver can also make a catch delivered into the same area. The ball does not have to be actually 'touched down' on the ground for the points to be scored.\n\nA successful touchdown is followed by a kick through the goalposts, known as the conversion, or 'point-after'. This is worth one point. For this, the ball is placed on the 2-yard line and snapped (passed backwards through the legs) to the kicker, who tries to kick it over the crossbar and between the upright posts.\n\nA player can touch the ball onto the ground in the end zone without their whole body being in the end zone, and the touchdown still counts. However, the scoring player must not be pushed or helped in any way by other players.\n\nThe next type of scoring is called the field goal. A field goal counts as three points. It is taken from 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage (the line where the last play ended, so the next play is made from there), to give the kicker more time, and some protection from the defense. Again, the ball must be kicked through the posts. The kicker is credited for the kick from whatever distance it was taken from.\n\nThe fourth and final way of scoring is called the safety. Two points are awarded to the offensive team when the defensive team are caught in possession of the ball in their own end zone.\n