FOOTBALLCORE 9

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

PLAYER POSITIONS

Primary Responsibilities

• Defensive line: Responsibility is to sack the quarterback and stop the run.

• Linebacker: LB’s job is to prevent the ball from being caught and to help stop the running backs.

• Safety: Responsibility is to prevent the long pass. The safety is the last line of defense.

• Ends: The ends/receivers job is to run passing patterns and catch a pass from the quarterback.

• Tackle: The tackles job is to protect the quarterback from being sacked and block for the running backs.

• Center: The centers job is to snap the ball to the quarterback, and then help protect the quarterback.

• Running Back: The running back’s job is to carry and run with the ball.

• Quarterback: The quarterbacks job is the leader of the offensive team. The QB calls the plays and either passes or hands off the ball to another player.

Terminology

• Down: One complete play or attempt to gain ground.

• End Zone: The area t the end of each field where a touchdown or safety is scored.

• Field Goal: A place kicked ball that passes in between the goal post and counts for three points.

Continued• Interception: A ball that is intended for an offensive

player, which is caught by a defensive player.• Kickoff: The kick used to start each half of the game

or to start playing again after a point has been scored. (the scoring team kicks to the other team)

• Punt: A ball kicked to change possession on fourth down.

• Lateral Pass: A pass thrown or tossed to the side or behind the thrower and the line of scrimmage.

Continued…..• Line of Scrimmage: an imaginary line across

the width of the field that marks where a play must start; where the ball was when the previous play ended.

• Touchdown: A score counting for six points made by carrying or receiving the ball over the goal line into the end zone.

• Safety: When a defensive player tackles an offensive player with the ball in the end zone.

CLASS PLAYER POSITIONSOFFENSE:

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R T C T R

QB

RB RB

TACKLES AND CENTER ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO CATCH A PASS

CLASS PLAYER POSITION

• DEFENSE:

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DL DL DL

LB LBLB

S S

THE FIELD-----------------------------100 YARDS-----------------------------

ENDZONE

CENTERLINE

SIDELINE

ENDLINE

GOALPOSTS