Eric N Craig - Important Facts about the American Football

American Football which is also called tackle football is one of the most popular sports of the United States. It is a fantastic which is played between two teams who make points by hitting the ball in the goal post on the opposite team. This game is the right combination of physical play and strategies which is used by the teams.

Facts about the American Football

The main rule of the game is to passing of the ball which can be carried around or sunning or by passing the ball to a teammate. There are various ways through which the team can earn points and the winner of the game has scored the maximum points in the whole game.

However, this game is much similar to the Canadian football, but there are some differences between these two. In America, there are different forms of football of football like high school football, college football and professional football and each game has their own rules. The major form of the professional American Football is the National Football League.

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This sport is also popular in Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, and Finland and in Mexico as well.  This game is maintained by the International Federation of American Football over the five continents where the game is played.

If you look into the history of American Football, you will find that it traces back to the earliest forms of rugby football and association football. This game was developed with several variations in the rugby football and changes in this rule were formulated by Waller Camp who is the ‘Father of American Football’.

The professional football was not developed until and the Ohio League was formed in 1903 and the American Professional Football Association came into existence in 1920 and then it's name was changed to the National Football League.

This field requires be 360 by 160 feet and the scoring area of this game is called the end zone. This game commences with the toss of a coin which determines which team gets the choice of decision. This game has the four 15-minute quarters with an intermission time of 12 minutes after the second quarter is over.

Players can use the ball in two ways, the first is that they can run with the ball that is called rushing and the second one is that they can throw or pass the ball to the teammate.

American Football is not only the major game of the United States, but it has become more popular in various other countries.

Eric N Craig is a simple person who loves football and its favorite team is the New England Patriots and was also an ex-police officer.

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