The NFL is one of the most followed sports leagues in the world, even with many people still not getting close to it because they find the rules of American football too complicated to understand.
However, in this note you will be able to learn the essentials to enjoy this sport, understand the Super Bowl, fully enjoy one of the most anticipated games in the world year after year, and learn how to score a touchdown, the climax of American football.
HOW IS AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYED?
American football is a collective sport that is played in formations of 11 against 11, whose objective is to obtain a touchdown or accumulate an advance with the greatest number of yards possible on each play executed by the offense.
Meanwhile, each team has a defensive part in charge of stopping the offense of its rival on duty.
Teams ready to start the actions in the Super Bowl (Photo: AFP)
WHAT DOES THE 1 AND 10 MEAN IN AMERICAN FOOTBALL?
A first down means when the offense got the ball 10 yards and got all four chances to try to go the same distance again.
HOW LONG IS AN NFL GAME?
Each NFL football game lasts 60 minutes and is divided into four 15-minute quarters, but it is stretchable because an incomplete pass or a player leaving the field causes the clock to stop. This generates that you can arrive up to 3 hours.
Box of Los Angeles Rams during the dispute of the Super Bowl 2022 (Photo: AFP)
WHAT IS A TOUCHDOWN? HOW IS A FIELD GOAL SCORED?
The touchdown occurs when a team’s offense scores and is worth six points, while the field goal occurs when special teams kick the ball into the uprights at the end of the end zone. The latter, the field goal, is worth three points.
