American football is a primitive "sport" Ianho.
It amounts to two teams of men who each try to move a ball down a field in a series of what are called downs. The most that they are allowed is 4 downs but strategically that is often considered 3 downs by the coaches in the game. At the end of 4 downs, 4 attempts to move the ball at least 10 yards, the other team takes over the ball wherever it is at the time. Since it is often possible to score by kicking the ball or to place the other team at a disadvantage by kicking the ball to them and then stopping them short of gaining ground, the first 3 downs are the real attempt in most cases at moving the ball. It is a rare circumstance where the 4th attempt really makes sense from a strategic point of view. Only the time spent actually trying to move the ball counts as time played so the clock is often stopped between plays. A 60 minute game often lasts well over 2 hours for this very simple reason. There are various forbidden plays and movements that can result in penalties to the team who causes the infraction but detailing them would be a waste of time and effort here. There are also some sophisticated ways of using the clock itself to a team's advantage but until you understand the basics the finesse will be meaningless. Scoring is done in 4 ways. Moving the ball the length of the field to an opponent's end zone gets you 6 points. Kicking the ball through the opponent's goal posts in what is called a field goal scores 3 points. Kicking the same ball the same way right after scoring the 6 point "touchdown" scores an extra point. Finally, stopping your opponent in their own end of the field before they can get the ball out of their own end scores a "safety" which is 2 points. A typical game is composed of 6 point touchdowns with 1 point points after the touchdown. When a team is frustrated trying to move the ball down the field, they will sometimes be close enough to the other end to score a 3 point field goal. A safety, worth 2 points, is quite rare in the game since it means that the strategy of the team who is scored against is comparable to that of a beginning team with no experience in the game. Everything else that you see commented on by the game announcers is little more than trying to fill the silence that would otherwise exist for much of the total game time.
It amounts to two teams of men who each try to move a ball down a field in a series of what are called downs. The most that they are allowed is 4 downs but strategically that is often considered 3 downs by the coaches in the game. At the end of 4 downs, 4 attempts to move the ball at least 10 yards, the other team takes over the ball wherever it is at the time. Since it is often possible to score by kicking the ball or to place the other team at a disadvantage by kicking the ball to them and then stopping them short of gaining ground, the first 3 downs are the real attempt in most cases at moving the ball. It is a rare circumstance where the 4th attempt really makes sense from a strategic point of view. Only the time spent actually trying to move the ball counts as time played so the clock is often stopped between plays. A 60 minute game often lasts well over 2 hours for this very simple reason. There are various forbidden plays and movements that can result in penalties to the team who causes the infraction but detailing them would be a waste of time and effort here. There are also some sophisticated ways of using the clock itself to a team's advantage but until you understand the basics the finesse will be meaningless. Scoring is done in 4 ways. Moving the ball the length of the field to an opponent's end zone gets you 6 points. Kicking the ball through the opponent's goal posts in what is called a field goal scores 3 points. Kicking the same ball the same way right after scoring the 6 point "touchdown" scores an extra point. Finally, stopping your opponent in their own end of the field before they can get the ball out of their own end scores a "safety" which is 2 points. A typical game is composed of 6 point touchdowns with 1 point points after the touchdown. When a team is frustrated trying to move the ball down the field, they will sometimes be close enough to the other end to score a 3 point field goal. A safety, worth 2 points, is quite rare in the game since it means that the strategy of the team who is scored against is comparable to that of a beginning team with no experience in the game. Everything else that you see commented on by the game announcers is little more than trying to fill the silence that would otherwise exist for much of the total game time.
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