Football

Football

Football, also called American Football, is a team sport consisting of two teams each of which can have 11 players on the field at any given time.

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creating space

Sports; Football

When a player from the attacking team moves without the ball to draw defenders away from the ball carrier and give him space.

crossing pass

Sports; Football

A pass from an attacking player near the sideline to a teammate in the middle or opposite side of the field; used to give the teammate a good scoring opportunity.

crossbar

Sports; Football

The horizontal beam that forms the top of a goal and sits on top of the two posts; it is 24 feet long and supported 8 feet above the ground.

cut down the angle

Sports; Football

When the goalie comes out of the goal several feet to make himself closer and larger to an attacker, leaving the attacker less net to shoot at.

bubble

Sports; Football

Portion of the defensive line where there is no defensive lineman; typically the gap in question is the responsibility of a linebacker who is two or more yards behind that location; best point of ...

bunch

Sports; Football

A tightly-aligned group of two or three quick offensive receivers, typically used to run a screen to the backmost of the group of receivers or to run a rub pattern or illegal pick play; receivers ...

Correct ball-carrier technique in which a ball carrier who no longer has any daylight which to run lowers his shoulder and explodes into defenders to gain a few more yards before he is tackled. This ...