June 1

KEY TERMS

DEFINTION OF MY PROJECT

My project is about coaching football and the techniques you need to know in order to have a very good football team.

Out of Bounds- The region of the field touching or outside the sidelines and end lines; as soon as a ball carrier or the ball itself touches out of bounds, the play is over

Tackling- Contacting a ball carrier to cause him to touch the ground with any part of his body except his hands, thereby ending the play

Touchdown- When a team crosses the opponent’s goal line with the ball, catches a pass in the opponent’s end zone, or recovers a loose ball in the opponent’s end zone; earns a team 6 points

Red Zone- The imaginary area between the defense's 20-yard line and its goal line from which the offense is most likely to score points

Receiver- An offensive player who catches or attempts to catch a forward pass

Quarterback- The leader of a team’s offense, he takes the snap from the center and either hands the ball to a running back to run with, passes it to a receiver or runs with it himself; he also communicates each play to his teammates

Possession- To be holding or in control of the football

Pass Rush- A surge by defenders to get past blockers and sack the quarterback

Line of Scrimmage- An imaginary line which no player may cross before the snap; each team has its own line of scrimmage, separated by the neutral zone

Kickoff- when a player kicks a ball from a tee at his own 30-yard line (35 in college) to the opposing team, whose player tries to advance it the other way; used to start the game, the second half and overtime, and to restart play after each score.


Interception- A pass caught in the air (picked off) by a defender whose team immediately gains possession of the ball and becomes the offense

Fumble- When a ball carrier loses possession by dropping the ball or having it knocked away before a play ends; the first player to regain possession of the loose ball is said to make the recovery, and his team becomes the offense

Field Goal- A place kick that passes above the crossbar and between the uprights of the goalpost, earning the team that kicked it 3 points

First Down- The first chance out of 4 that a team on offense has to advance 10 yards down the field; as soon as it gains those yards, it earns a new first down

End Zone- The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, which a team on offense tries to enter to score a touchdown

Blitz- A play where the defensive team sends players rushing towards the line of scrimmage as soon as the ball is snapped to try to sack the quarterback

Lateral- A pass thrown to a teammate backwards from the team’s line of scrimmage or parallel to it; unlike a forward pass (which can be thrown only once per play), players may lateral the ball as often as they want