All About the Game of American Football (Part 2) :

👉 All About the Game of American Football (Part 1)

All About the Game of American Football (Part 2) :

If you look into the history of this game, you will find that it traces back to the earlier forms of rugby football and association football. Actually, it can be mainly said that the American football was in turn developed with several variations in the rugby football, and the changes in the rule were formulated by Walter Camp who is actually referred to as the 'Father of American Football'.

However, the professional football was not introduced until 1892 and the Ohio League was formed in 1903 which is the foremost Professional 'league' and the American Professional Football Association came into existence into 1920 and the name was changed to the National Football league or NFL after some years.

The field used for playing the game should necessarily be 360 by 160 feet and the scoring area in 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. The game is split into four 15-minute quarters with an intermission time of 12 minutes after the second quarter is over.

Players can advance the ball in two different ways wherein the first one is that they can run with the ball which is also called as rushing and secondly they can throw or pass the ball to the teammate. American football has grown to be a major game not only in the United States but in various other countries wherein it has really turned into a very popular sport both for the spectators and players.