10 Football Rules MOST Coaches & Players Don't Know

[@khalidjaii2]

This great video. I LIKE how you listed them all by chapters, for someone like me new to Football. It will help me learn one by one separately,

[@vIQtorySports]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chefchef29]

NFHS changed the rule for formations 2 or 3 years ago. You no longer need to have 7 on the line. You only need to have at least 5 on the line, numbered 50-79 and no more than 4 backs. Regarding crack back blocks, those are legal as long as they are made with open hands. You can teach your players to have their hands open, palms facing the opponent and can make the block, even with forceful contact, legally. Regarding the coin toss, I teach Rule 3 to new officials and I specifically talk about preventative officiating on the coin toss. What I tell them is to recognize when a team may be giving an incorrect choice, to ask them if what they really mean is defer. For example, team wins, they say they want to kick, you ask, you want to defer correct. In addition, when a team defers, my question to the other team is, you want the ball, correct.

[@chuckiedavidson719]

There still has to be 7 people on the line. Only the players on the ends of the line and people lined up off the ball are Eligible to receive a pass. For instance if you have a TE but he is covered up by a receiver he cannot receive a pass.

[@thewildworldofneonthomas5152]

I don't recall seeing this change in the NFHS rules, but let's break it down real quick. If you have 5 on the LOS and can only have 4 in the backfield where are your remaining 2 players supposed to line up? That's impossible, so you need 7 players on the LOS at minimum and are allowed a maximum of 4 in the backfield (off LOS)

[@Motorfuzz]

What rule set are you referring to? If NFHS, not exactly correct on everything.

[@historyrepeated4239]

Great, Chris!

[@tomservo75]

About the holding penalty, sometimes I see it go from 1st-10 to 1st-20. Other times it ends up as something odd like 1st-7 or still 1st-10. Does it matter whether it's on a run or pass play, and the location where the hold occurs?

[@KKHighlights]

6:50 shouldn’t it be players and not “receivers”?

[@jimscheiner2995]

Thanks for showing your top 10 rules. I am confused by the “Ineligible man downfield” rule on PUNTS. In the NFL, only the outside men on the punting team are allowed to run downfield before the punt. In college and high school, it appears to be a free-for-all, everyone on the punting team can run downfield immediately. Is this true?

[@Motorfuzz]

There is no restriction/foul for ineligible receivers going downfield on a punt. Now if it’s a busted play (like a bad snap) and the offense throws a forward pass over the line of scrimmage, the restriction applies.

[@clipthatfootball136]

Bonus Free Kick Rule!!

[@thewildworldofneonthomas5152]

Rule #7 might want to be rechecked. You started of by saying you need 7 "eligible receivers on the line of scrimmage" instead of 7 players one the LOS. There's a minimum of 7 players on LOS, in theory you can put 10 on the line and have just a qb in the backfield with the last man on either side of the line being eligible receivers as long as they are wearing the proper numbers.

[@sludge4125]

When me and my hoodlum friends are watching a game on tv, I make it real simple. If you can see the offender grabbing the jersey, actually having a grip on the jersey, OR the offender has his arm wrapped around the opponent, he’s guilty.

[@Matt_Fields_29]

I don't think that punt return rule is correct. When the punting team touches the punt, the ball is dead, and the receiving team gets the ball at that spot. If the receiving team touches the punt, it's a live ball, and anyone on the punting or receiving team may take possession of it.

[@vIQtorySports]

Correct. But if the punting teach touches it first, the return team can pick it up with no consequences if the player fumbles it.

[@sludge4125]

Plus, there’s a difference between the punting team touching the ball, and the punting team downing the ball.

[@jimscheiner2995]

@@vIQtorySports I’ve seen the punt return rule in action in the NFL a few times. Always wondered if it carried to college and high school as well. Thanks for the reminder!

[@joshvanriet5445]

The difference is that a kick, by rule remains a kick until it is possessed. Not looked at, not touched, not played patty cake with. Touching does not mean possession. If K is the first to touch a scrimmage kick that crosses the expanded nuetral zone, that is first touching. The spot of first touching is the enforcement spot for certain penalties.

[@Matt_Fields_29]

@@joshvanriet5445 For a punt, if the receiving team fumbles the catch, it's a live ball and anyone may scoop it up, he doesn't need to take full possession. The punting team may only down the ball if not touched by the receiving team. A kickoff is always a live ball if it lands on the ground passed 10 yards. Before the kickoff lands, only the receiving team my field the kick. That's why kickers have to bounce the ball on an onside kick attempt.

[@sophiez7952]

I am not understanding you would better show their definition on screen

[@sludge4125]

I am a rules guy, and I HATE when someone asks a question about the rules, and several turds will start giving their opinion on what they think the rule should be. Even worse are the turds, after having the official rule given to them in simple language, that continue to argue the point. They think their opinion is going to overrule the actual rule. I need to take a nap. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@roris5882]

Can't hit the QB's legs or above the waist because the refs need to protect their knees, head, and thowing arm. So just aim for their crotch and get flagged for an unsportsman. QBs are always "sliding" whenever a defender comes within 5 yards of them. If you look at a QB it's taunting.

[@Blxtzy]

Me a wr half the size of the de who I pancaked

[@warrengriggs-o2j]

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