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American Football Rules and Regulations, Exams of Social structure and social organization

A comprehensive overview of the rules and regulations governing american football. It covers a wide range of topics, including player designations, ball possession, penalties, and various game situations. The document delves into the specifics of legal and illegal actions, such as blocking, tackling, and kicking, as well as the definitions of key terms like 'live ball', 'fumble', and 'illegal kick'. It also outlines the responsibilities of different player roles, such as the runner, the kicker, and the offensive blocker. The document serves as a valuable resource for understanding the intricacies of the game and ensuring compliance with the official rules.

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NFHS FOOTBALL TEST EXAM
Blocking below the waist is permitted in the free-blocking zone when all players
invloved are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone at the snap; the contact is in
the zone, and the block is an immediate, initial action following the snap.
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Effective with the 2024 season, the entire body of the number shall be a single solid
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The horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul.
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By state association adoption, use of instant replay is allowed only for postseason
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The field of play is the area within sidelines and the goal lines.
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NFHS FOOTBALL TEST EXAM

Blocking below the waist is permitted in the free-blocking zone when all players invloved are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone at the snap; the contact is in the zone, and the block is an immediate, initial action following the snap. T/F T Effective with the 2024 season, the entire body of the number shall be a single solid color that clearly contrasts with the body color of the jersey. T/F T The horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul. T/F T By state association adoption, use of instant replay is allowed only for postseason contests. T/F T The field of play is the area within sidelines and the goal lines. T/F T

The free-blocking zone disintegrates and the exception for an offensive lineman to block in the back is not to continue after the ball has left the zone. T/F T When R1 gains possession of a free kick, blocking below the waist by teammates is legal. T/F F A down ends when the live ball becomes dead. T/F T If there is a double foul during the last timed down of a period, the period is automatically extended. T/F T Any receiver may signal for a fair catch while any legal kick is in flight. T/F T The succeeding spot is where the ball was last snapped or free kicked. T/F F

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A place-kick following an awarded fair catch may score a field goal. T/F T The kickers may not advance a recovered free kick. T/F T The distance penalty for any foul may be declined. T/F T A foul that occurs simultaneously with the snap is an exception to the all-but-one enforcement principle. T/F T The re-entry of a disqualified player is an illegal participation foul. T/F T If an inadvertent whistle sounds during the last timed down of a period, the period must be extended by an untimed down. T/F

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The penalty for a chop block is 5 yards. T/F F Fouls that occur after an inadvertent whistle can only be dead-ball fouls. T/F T The penalty for illegal handing is 15 yards and loss of down. T/F F Forward pass interference can occur behind, in or beyond the neutral zone. T/F F If a substitute or replaced player influences the play, it is illegal participation. T/F T A football jersey does not need to completely cover the shoulder pads and all pads worn above the waist on the torso. T/F F If during a down in which time expires, K1 holds during a successful field-goal attempt, the period is automatically ended and the score is canceled. T/F F

It is not a touchdown when a runner advances from the field of play so that the ball penetrates the vertical plane of the opponent's goal line. T/F F Touching of a low scrimmage kick by any player is ignored if it occurs in or behind the expanded neutral zone. T/F T No foul causes loss of the ball. T/F T The penalty for blocking after giving a valid or invalid fair-catch signal is 15 yards. T/F T Pass interference restrictions on a legal forward pass begin for B with the snap. T/F F K's free-kick line after a safety is the 30-yard line. T/F F The enforcement spot for any foul by the defense is the previous spot when the run ends in the end zone and would result in a safety. T/F F

It is permissible for state associations to approve an extension of the team box and to determine the individuals who may be in the extended area, provided such extension is the same for both teams. T/F T It is legal for a player to conserve yardage by intentionally throwing an incomplete forward pass if, the passer has been beyond the lateral boundary of the free- blocking zone as established at the snap; and the pass reaches the neutral zone, including the extension beyond the sideline. T/F T A blindside block is a combination block by two or more teammates against an opponent other than the runner, with or without delay, where one of the blocks is below the waist and one of the blocks is above the waist. T/F F Only the referee may order the ball changed between downs. T/F F When a foul is committed with less than two minutes remaining in either half, the offended team will have the option to start the game clock on the snap. T/F T The number "00" is a legal number. T/F F

c. Kick-catch interference. K free kick from K's 30-yard line. d. Kick-catch interference. R first and 10 on K's 40-yard line or K free kick from K's 25- yard line. d During a punt from K's 22-yard line, K40 contacts punt returner R5 at R's 49-yard line before the kick arrives. R5 had signaled for a fair catch. The kick bounces back to K's 47-yard line where it is recovered by R33. What is the final result following any potential penalty enforcement? a. Kick-catch interference. R first and 10 on K's 36-yard line. b. Kick-catch interference. R first and 10 on K's 32-yard line. c. No foul. R first and 10 on K's 47-yard line. d. None of the above a A has third and 11 on B's 28-yard line. A12 runs to B's 17-yard line and out of bounds. During the run A44 commits an illegal blindside block at B's 11-yard line. Which spot is the foul enforced from? a. The previous spot. b. The spot of the foul. c. The end of the run. d. None of the above. C 9th grade and above inflation pressure Inflation pressure 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 psi 8th grade and below inflation pressure 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 psi

Dead ball is is a ball not in play. The ball is dead during the interval between downs. Live ball is a ball in play. A ball becomes live when the ball has been legally snapped or free kicked and a down is in progress. Loose ball is is a pass, fumble or a kick. The terms "pass," "fumble" and "kick" are sometimes used as abbreviations when the ball is loose following the acts of passing, fumbling or kicking the ball. A loose ball which has not yet touched the ground is in flight. A grounded loose ball is one which has touched the ground. Any loose ball continues to be a loose ball until a player secures possession of it or until it becomes dead by rule, whichever comes first. Batting is is intentionally slapping or striking the ball with the arm or hand. Blocking obstructing an opponent by contacting him with any part of the blocker's body. ART. 2... In blocking, a player may contact opponents with the arms or hands provided the technique is legal. The legal techniques are as follows: a. Closed or cupped hand technique: 1. The elbows may be inside or outside the shoulders. 2. The hands must be closed or cupped with the palms not facing the opponent. 3. The forearms are extended no more than 45 degrees from the body. b. Open hand technique. The hand(s) shall be: 1. In advance of the elbow. 2. Inside the frame of the blocker's

Blocking article 6 When a player on defense uses a hand or arm, the hand must be in advance of the elbow at the time of the contact and at the shoulder or below unless the opponent squats, ducks or submarines. Blocking below the waist article 7 is making initial contact below the waist from the front or side against an opponent other than a runner. Contact with an opponent's hand(s) below the waist that continues into the body below the waist is considered blocking below the waist. Blocking below the waist applies only when the opponent has one or both feet on the ground. Chop block article 8 is a combination block by two or more teammates against an opponent other than the runner, with or without delay, where one of the blocks is low (at the knee or below) and one of the blocks is high (above the knee) ( Table 9-3-6 ). Interlock block article 9 occurs when one player grasps or encircles a teammate just prior to or while blocking an opponent. Blindside block article 10 is a block against an opponent other than the runner, who does not see the blocker approaching.

Section 4 article 1 Catch is the act of establishing player possession of a live ball which is in flight, and first contacting the ground inbounds while maintaining possession of the ball or having the forward progress of the player in possession stopped while the opponent is carrying the player who is in possession and inbounds. Catching article 2 and article 3 Catching is always preceded by touching the ball; thus, if touching causes the ball to become dead, securing possession of the ball has no significance. ART. 3... A simultaneous catch or recovery is a catch or recovery in which there is joint possession of a live ball by opposing players who are inbounds. Section 5 article 1 clipping / blocking a block against an opponent when the initial contact is from behind, at or below the waist, and not against a player who is a runner or pretending to be a runner. section 5 article 2 blocking in the back is a block against an opponent when the initial contact is in the opponent's back, inside the shoulders and below the helmet and above the waist, and not against a player who is a runner or pretending to be a runner. Section 7 article 1 loss of down and article 2 action which starts with a legal snap (beginning a scrimmage down) or when the ball is kicked on a free kick (beginning a free-kick down). A down ends when the ball next becomes dead. ART. 2... Loss of a down is the loss of the right to replay a down.

Section 9 article 5 illegal fair catch signal is any signal by a runner: a. After the kick has been caught. b. After the kick has been recovered. Section 10 field areas ART. 1... The field is the area within the boundary lines and the endlines. ART. 2... The field of play is the area within the boundary lines and the goal lines. ART. 3... The side zones are the areas bounded by the sidelines, the hash marks and the goal lines. ART. 4... The end zones are 10 yards in depth and are located at each end of the field between the goal line and the end line. The goal line is in the end zone and a team's end zone is the one it is defending. Section 11 Fighting Fighting is any attempt by a player or nonplayer to strike or engage a player or nonplayer in a combative manner unrelated to football. Such acts include, but are not limited to, attempts to strike an opponent(s) with the arm(s), hand(s), leg(s) or foot (feet), whether or not there is contact. Section 12 First Touch During a free kick it is first touching if the ball is touched in the field of play by any K player before it crosses R's free-kick line and before it is touched there by any R player. ART. 2... During a scrimmage kick it is first touching if the ball is touched by any K player in the field of play and beyond the expanded neutral zone before it is touched there by R and before the ball has come to rest. Section 13 Force

Force is the result of energy exerted by a player which provides movement of the ball. The term force is used only in connection with the goal line and in only one direction, i.e., from the field of play into the end zone. Initial force results from a carry, fumble, kick, pass or snap. After a fumble, kick or backward pass has been grounded, a new force may result from a bat, an illegal kick or a muff. ART. 2... Responsibility for forcing the ball from the field of play across a goal line is attributed to the player who carries, snaps, passes, fumbles or kicks the ball, unless a new force is applied to either a kick, fumble or backward pass that has been grounded. ART. 3... The muffing or batting of a pass, kick or fumble in flight is not considered a new force. ART. 4... Force is not a factor: a. On kicks going into R's end zone, since these kicks are always a touchback regardless of who supplied the force. b. When a backward pass or fumble is declared dead in the end zone of the opponent of the player who passed or fumbled, with no player possession. Section 14 formations A scrimmage formation requires a minimum of seven A players legally on their line at the snap. ART. 2... A scrimmage kick formation is one in which no player is in position to receive a hand-to-hand snap from between the snapper's legs, and at the snap, either: a. A player is in position with a knee on the ground 7 yards or more behind the line of scrimmage, in position to be the holder and receive the long snap and with another player 3 yards or less behind that player in position to attempt a place kick, or b. A player is 10 yards or more behind the line of scrimmage and in position to receive the long snap. Section 14 article 3 free kick formations free-kick formation is a formation used for a free-kick down. Following the ready-for- play for a free-kick down and until the ball is kicked: a. All R players must be behind their free-kick line. b. All K players, other than the kicker and holder, must be behind their free-kick line.

Section 16 article 2 multiple fouls fouls and penalties two or more live-ball fouls (other than nonplayer or unsportsmanlike) are committed during the same down by the same team at such a time that the offended team is permitted a choice of penalties. Section 16 article 2 Nonplayer or unsportsmanlike fouls and penalties a noncontact (other than unintentional contact as specified in 9-4-8 ) foul while the ball is dead or during the down which is not illegal participation and does not influence the play in progress. Section 16 article 2 Player fouls and penalties a foul (other than nonplayer or unsportsmanlike) by a player in the game hereafter referred to as a foul. Section 16 article 2 post scrimmage fouls and penalties a foul by R (other than an illegal substitution or illegal participation foul that occurs at the snap) when the foul occurs: 1. During scrimmage kick plays, other than a try or successful field goal. 2. During a scrimmage kick play in which the ball crosses the expanded neutral zone. 3. Beyond the expanded neutral zone. 4. Before the end of a kick. 5. And K will not be next to put the ball in play. Section 16 article 2 simultaneous with the snap fouls and penalties an act which becomes a foul when the ball is snapped or free kicked. Section article 3 ART. 3... No foul causes loss of the ball.

SECTION 17 FREE-BLOCKING ZONE LEGAL BLOCKING BELOW THE WAIST AND LEGAL

BLOCK IN THE BACK ART. 1. The free blocking zone is a rectangular area extending laterally 4 yards either side of the spot of the snap and 3 yards behind each line of scrimmage. A player is in the free-blocking zone when any part of his body is in the zone at the snap. SECTION 17 FREE-BLOCKING ZONE LEGAL BLOCKING BELOW THE WAIST AND LEGAL BLOCK IN THE BACK ART. 2 blocking below the waist is permitted in the free-blocking zone when the following conditions are met: a. All players involved in the blocking are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone at the snap. b. The contact is in the zone. SECTION 17 FREE-BLOCKING ZONE LEGAL BLOCKING BELOW THE WAIST AND LEGAL BLOCK IN THE BACK ART. 3 blocking in the back is permitted in the free-blocking zone when the following conditions are met: a. By offensive linemen who are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone at the snap. b. Against defensive players who are in the zone at the snap. c. The contact is in the zone. SECTION 17 FREE-BLOCKING ZONE LEGAL BLOCKING BELOW THE WAIST AND LEGAL BLOCK IN THE BACK ART. 4 the free blocking zone disintegrates and the exception for a player to block below the waist and/or the exception for an offensive lineman to block in the back is not to continue after the ball has left the zone. SECTION 18 FUMBLE