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How to Play Powder Puff Football

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Powder puff football is essentially a version of traditional American football in which there is less contact and more emphasis on offense. Powder puff football is a fun game that incorporates many of the rules of its more violent counterpart. If ... more »

How to Play Touch Football

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These rules for informal backyard touch football games are among countless variations. League rules are much more rigid and complex... more »

How to Prepare for a Football Game Like a Pro

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Before every NFL game, there are some hard and fast rules you must follow and some rituals you can design for yourself... more »

How to Punt a Football

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You may have to give up the ball, but you can make it a lot tougher for the other team to get it to your end zone... more »

How to Read the Defense Like a Quarterback

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The game of football moves at the speed of thought and the quarterback is at the center of a maelstrom. Nevertheless, the quarterback must make instant decisions or the defense will be in his midst and the play will result in negative yardage. ... more »

How to Run a Football Defense: 3-3

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The 3-3 defensive pattern is used against an active passing offense. The integrity of the defending line is sacrificed to cover triple and double receivers... more »

How to Run a Football Defense: 4-4

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This is a well-balanced defense with great flexibility. It has the advantage of four linebackers, but sacrifices the integrity of the line... more »

How to Run a Football Defense: 5-3

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This is a great defense. Similar to the 5-2, it differs in bringing the strong safety forward as a third linebacker, which provides an excellent running defense with few holes... more »

How to Run a Football Defense: 6-2

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This is a strong line formation meant to put pressure on the offensive passing game. The center is left uncontested as the nose guard is shifted to a guard position... more »

How to Run a Football Defense: Goal Line

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It's down and goal: The offense must be frozen. Set up this gap defense and stop your opponent cold... more »

How to Run a Football Offense: Blast

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Similar to the dive, this is another short-yardage play that takes advantage of the strong side of your line... more »

How to Run a Football Offense: Slant

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This is a good, quick pass play for short-yardage situations. Three receivers go out, but it's the flanker who's the target... more »

How to Run a Football Offense: Sweep

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Everyone sweeps quickly to the right on this play, using the strong side of the line to juggernaut the running back through... more »

How to Sack a Quarterback in Football

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No other defensive play, outside of a turnover, helps a defense and hurts an offense more in American football than a quarterback sack. Every time a defensive player sacks a quarterback it demoralizes an opposing offense and forces it to call ... more »

How to Set Up a Super Bowl Pool

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There's nothing like a friendly little you-pick-the-score game to liven up the office during Super Bowl week. This pool, built around a simple visual chart, calls for no skill or knowledge of the game (although the winner may deny that)... more »

How to Sing Philadelphia Eagles Fight Songs

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The Philadelphia Eagles are one of the National Football League's most venerable franchises. Fans can learn to sing multiple versions of the club's most famous fight song, "Fly Eagles Fly.".. more »

How to Sing Tennessee Titans Fight Songs

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The Tennessee Titans relocated to the Volunteer State in 1997, after playing for decades in Houston as the Oilers. In the years that followed, the Titans appropriated the old "Oilers Fight Song" as their own... more »

How to Spike a Football

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Spiking the ball is an appropriate exclamation point after scoring a touchdown, but getting the right bounce is crucial... more »

How to Tell When a First-Round NFL Pick Might Be a Bust

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When training camp kicks into gear, first-round picks are under careful watch to see how they’re panning out, and the positive signs--making spectacular catches, staying late at practice to lift weights, running the fastest 40-yard-dash on the ... more »

How to Throw a Football Like a Pro

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The most important player on a football field is the quarterback. The most important skill a quarterback has, besides the ability to lead his or her team, is throwing the football. Like anything else in sports, throwing a football is about solid ... more »

How to Train to be a Faster, Better Receiver

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Receivers need a weight lifting workout to make them faster, not weight them down... more »

How to Watch NFL Games Online For Free

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Being a fan of any NFL team that is out of your viewing market can be frustrating. The NFL Sunday Ticket can be expensive for the average fan. The same can be said for going to a bar every Sunday to watch your favorite NFL team. There is a way ... more »

How to Adjust a Football Mouthpiece

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One of the most important pieces of football equipment is rarely seen by fans, but possibly the best protection for a football player. A football mouthpiece is a football player's best protection against tooth loss, gum protection and, most ... more »

How to Around the world / soccer/ football

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So you want to know how to do the "around the world". I guess you all know what it is otherwise you wouldn't be here. I promise you, that after this, you'll have a much better idea how to do it... more »

How to be a good tight end

By Darren Price

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The tight end position in football is important to most offenses. The player in this position has many responsibilities. They tight end is expected to be both a lineman and a receiver. They must learn every running play so they can fulfill ... more »

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