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Intro:
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| defense: the (part of the) team in charge of preventing the offense from scoring; also known as the defensive team down: one of the 4 opportunities the offense has to gain 10 or more yards, once in possession of the ball. If the yardage is attained, the offense gets a "first down" and 4 more tries for another. end zone: the scoring area located at either end of the football field, 10 yards deep and the width of the playing area. A team can score by having a player, in possession of the ball, place it in the other team's end zone. goal posts: Y-shaped structures at the far end of each end zone. The active area begins just over the 10 foot high horizontal bar and between the two vertical ones which span eighteen feet and six inches. offense: the (part of the) team in charge of driving the ball down the field to score; also, also known as the offensive team passing play: the alternative to the above. An attempt to advance the ball by throwing it down the field quarterback: (also known as: Big Man on Campus) the key offensive player in charge of initiating the play that's been called by the coaching staff. running play: simply, an attempt to get a first down by having a member of the offense run with the ball rather than throw it. snap: the quick movement at the beginning of an offensive play that results in the quarterback getting possession of the ball |
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Grasp the primary objective
In a game of football, one
team of players tries to score points by putting
the ball in their opponents' "end zone" using any
combination of "running plays" and "passing plays",
or by kicking the ball through a set of upright
"goal posts" at the back of that end zone. The
opposing team tries to prevent them from doing any
of those things, and then regain the ball for
themselves so that they can try to score points.
