Can someone teach me how to play football?

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#1 Turk_Brown
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American Football, dont ask me to Google it or Wikipedia it cause thats what im doing but i still wanna learn from any of you guys if you would be so kind? also whats a "1st and 10"
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#2 andyboiii
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1st and 10 is called a first down

watch my runs in my blog and you'll see it 

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#3 peypan
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wow its a complicated sport with alot of penalties, ill let someone else explain it, sorry.
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#4 nickmag
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The way I learnt was to watch a game with someone who knew the rules and would explain things... and play the video games :P
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#5 Mumbles527
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One team gets the ball and tries to get it to the opposite side of the field, the other team tries to stop them.  Then they switch!
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#6 Turk_Brown
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1st and 10 is called a first down

watch my runs in my blog and you'll see it 

andyboiii

wow were those you?

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#7 Sir_Marwin
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One team gets the ball and tries to get it to the opposite side of the field, the other team tries to stop them.  Then they switch!Mumbles527
And the key is to run really fast :)
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#8 apples001
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have razor blades protrude from your body (no one will tackle you) and wear a metal glove and magnetize the ball (easy catch)
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#9 andyboiii
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[QUOTE="andyboiii"]

1st and 10 is called a first down

watch my runs in my blog and you'll see it

Turk_Brown

wow were those you?

 yea man I was a Running Back btw what position do you want to play? are you a big guy? small guy?

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#10 dirtyd100
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Just join your school's team and you'll learn real quick.
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[QUOTE="Mumbles527"]One team gets the ball and tries to get it to the opposite side of the field, the other team tries to stop them. Then they switch!Sir_Marwin
And the key is to run really fast :)

and protect the one with the ball 

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[QUOTE="Sir_Marwin"][QUOTE="Mumbles527"]One team gets the ball and tries to get it to the opposite side of the field, the other team tries to stop them. Then they switch!sinistergoggles

And the key is to run really fast :)

and protect the one with the ball

Or try to tackle the guy with the ball :o That is, if he is on the other team :P
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#13 isaach11687
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It is kind of a turned based sport but not exactly. First theres the coin flip to see who gets to choose if they want to kick or recieve. If you kick then you will get the ball 1st in the next half. Theres 4 quarters by the way and 2 quarters equals a half. Once the team kicks or recieves, then the recieving team will have 4 trys to get 10 yards. if they don't succeed then i t is the other teams ball. But what most teams do is on their 4th try they kick the ball, A.K.A. punt the ball to the other team to make them start farther away from the goal. To score just get the ball to the "Endzone" or in other words all the way down the field. A touchdown is worth 6 points, a field goal is worth 3, and Extra point, which is a kick right after a touchdown is worth 1 point, and a 2-Point Conversion is worth 2 points. 2 point conversions can be down right after a touchdown but are very risky. Thats the basics.
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#14 Turk_Brown
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[QUOTE="Turk_Brown"][QUOTE="andyboiii"]

1st and 10 is called a first down

watch my runs in my blog and you'll see it

andyboiii

wow were those you?

 yea man I was a Running Back btw what position do you want to play? are you a big guy? small guy?

I don't know anything about postions, all i know about American Football is you have to get the ball to the other side of the field to score a touchdown and touchdowns score 6 points. And thats it.

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#15 dirtyd100
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[QUOTE="andyboiii"][QUOTE="Turk_Brown"][QUOTE="andyboiii"]

1st and 10 is called a first down

watch my runs in my blog and you'll see it

Turk_Brown

wow were those you?

yea man I was a Running Back btw what position do you want to play? are you a big guy? small guy?

I don't know anything about postions, all i know about American Football is you have to get the ball to the other side of the field to score a touchdown and touchdowns score 6 points. And thats it.

Just join the school's football team. 

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You suck.
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#17 Turk_Brown
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Just join your school's team and you'll learn real quick.dirtyd100

I live in the UK, I dont go to school, and im pretty sure theres no place here for me to play it.

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#18 dirtyd100
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[QUOTE="dirtyd100"]Just join your school's team and you'll learn real quick.Turk_Brown

I live in the UK, I dont go to school, and im pretty sure theres no place here for me to play it.

Oh, then idk sorry.

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#19 ninersfan343
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get a copy of madden.  it will be very confusing at first but thats how I learned to play
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#20 Turk_Brown
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get a copy of madden.  it will be very confusing at first but thats how I learned to playninersfan343

Well thats what i did, after watching the superbowl when i was over in America i wanted to know more so i got a copy of madden 07, and now it's confusing so i wanted to know about it.

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#21 Mumbles527
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This should clear it all up for you:

 

Now you get it, right!? 

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#22 isaach11687
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Each team has 11 players on either side. Theres an offense which is trying to score and defense which is trying to stop the offense from scoring. Offensive players vary from handing the ball to a "Running Back" which then is in charge of running down field to gain as much yards as possible. He has blockers,AKA Offensive Guards, Offensive Tackles, and centers which will help in his goal. A "Quarter Back" can also throw to a "Wide Reicver" or "Tight End" Tight Ends are also used for blocking.
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#23 turbo_20000
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i dont know much about it either so i carnt realy tell you sorry :)
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#24 Turk_Brown
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Each team has 11 players on either side. Theres an offense which is trying to score and defense which is trying to stop the offense from scoring. Offensive players vary from handing the ball to a "Running Back" which then is in charge of running down field to gain as much yards as possible. He has blockers,AKA Offensive Guards, Offensive Tackles, and centers which will help in his goal. A "Quarter Back" can also throw to a "Wide Reicver" or "Tight End" Tight Ends are also used for blocking. isaach11687

Is the Running Back the guy behind the guy who's touching his a** before passing the ball to him.... if that made any sense??

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#25 Wren28
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Why don't you read Wikipedia's article on it? It explains American football quite a lot.
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