ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
One of the more overlooked aspects of playing football is how to hold a football correctly.
Surprisingly, some players at even the professional level seem to forget at times how to correctly hold a football.
If you’re relatively new to the game, you might wonder why this Is so important.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
While most scores in football games result in a team scoring six points, three points or one point on a play, there are some rare plays that result in two points.
One is a two-point conversion after a touchdown, and the other is a safety.
The safety in football is both a scoring play that results in two points and also the name of a position on defense.
In this article, we’ll be discussing the point-scoring play, not the position.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
In football, you’ll sometimes see penalties called before a play even starts — these are what’s know as dead-ball fouls.
Dead-ball fouls can also occur after a play has concluded as well — with many of these being personal foul calls for late hits and the such.
The most common pre-snap dead ball foul is the false start that’s committed by the offense.
But, another one that can happen — but isn’t called as often — is a snap infraction.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
There are a few plays in football that look similar, but actually have different outcomes — one such comparison is a touchback vs safety.
In both of these plays, a player is either tackled or downed in their own end zone with possession of the football.
On one hand you have a touchback — the team with the football gets an offensive possession started at their own 25-yard line.
On the other hand, a safety — the team with the football not only loses possession of the football altogether, but the opposite team scores 2 points.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
Wide receivers spend a lot of time building up the basic skills their position requires.
This includes speed, agility, strength, explosion and soft hands, to name a few.
One “skill” that is often overlooked, though, is the ability of wide receivers to line up correctly and to explode off the line of scrimmage.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
In short-yardage situations, a football offense will often change their playcalling approach to gain just a yard or two.
On third-and-2, for example, most teams will call plays that have the objective of only gaining those two yards necessary.
Instead of spreading the field out and calling a long passing play, for example, the offense may bring in extra offensive linemen, tight ends and fullbacks to power the ball forward a few yards on the ground.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
If you watch an NFL game, you might think that all touchdowns are worth 7 points.
That’s because in most cases, when a team scores a touchdown, you’ll see their score increase by 7 points.
But, if you’re new to the game of football, what you might not realize is that there are two (2) parts to every touchdown.
When a player crosses the goal line with the ball in his hand, his team scores 6 points.
Then, that team has the opportunity to score one (1) additional point through what’s known as a PAT — or a Point After Touchdown.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
Practice is one of the most important aspects of being a football coach.
While there’s so much focus on games and which team wins or loses, the real time youth football players learn is during practice.
A practice that’s run effectively will teach players great on-field skills as well as valuable lessons they may take with them throughout their entire lives.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
If you’re going to teach the game of football to youth players, you’ll need to teach them what all the terms of the game mean.
At the same time, it’s equally important for players to understand football lingo.
Here are 50 football terms all players and coaches must know.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
The 2-point stance is one of three main stances players will align themselves in before the snap of the ball.
The other are the 3-point stance and the 4-point stance.
Linebackers and members of the defensive secondary have long used this stance.
But, in recent years, the 2-point stance has become very popular, especially for edge rushers on defense.
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