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Show FOOTBALL EXPLAINED ' By IKE YOUNG- (Coach. Sll ilBvillc High School) ' r x , i I)o you understand eunuch about the playing of fmiibyll to appreciate appreci-ate it? "When you really understand under-stand the objectives of the ame it Incomes infensely inleresiini;. To the uninformed spectators the inline looks like a brului lieel'or-all fiiiht for a ball. Hut a knowledge of the fundamentals runs the ftht-iiiir ftht-iiiir mix-up into a highly oriranm'd , and scientific jjnme that requires ( brains as well as brawn. J In this article I will attempt to explain some playing objectives also I wii ecpain the starting: of a i:ame which involves the kickoff. ' The football field must be TH yards long between the 1:0a 1 posts. It must be. Hid feel wide. Knd zones are extended the width of the field 3(1 feet behind' each pail. The playing play-ing field is marked with white lime every ten yards to aid the referee in determining the yards gained by each play. Each team defends the end zone and goal at its backhand tries to prevent the other leant from advancing the ball toward it. Before the game is started the two commencing Captains are called call-ed together by the referee, one of the Captains is asked to call heads or tails as a coin is tossed up. The Captain winning the toss may choose to kick off or defend a certain cer-tain goal. "'The ball is kicked to start Maine. The team which kicks off must place the ball on the ground 40 yards from their own go.-il line and then their best kicker kicks the ball as far toward their opponents t goal as possible. The rcvemnt: : team pIiM-es themselves in the other! end id" the field, (near their own' goal) in best position to receive1 the kicked ball. The object of the! team receiving the ball is to catch ( it and run with it as far toward! their opponents goal line as possible. The hjeet of the kicking team is to kick the ball as far possible to-' ward (heir opponents goal, and then j run down and stop their opiwinents ' from advancing the ball back. The, ten men who run down to stop the advance of the opponents niusr be behind the ball when it is kicked. Another point to remember is that if the receiving side fumbles the ball l he team kicking may recover ir. When the receiver has "been tackled and downed by the team kicking off, the referee blows his whistle and the teams line up on each side of the ball. The game and excitement' is now on. Each earn trying to advance the hall to their opponents goal line. Next w e e k I will ex pi a i n i h e game continuing from where I leave it in this article. I will ex: plain scoring and other points you must understand to appreciate the j-'ame. |