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Process Essay: How To Play Football

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This paper will be a guide on how to play football. Some of the things that I will cover in this document will be the rules to football. Also I will give an explanation on how the scoring of football works. I will explain the different players that make up a football team.
Football is a sport that is play on a very big field. The field is 100 yards long and 53 yards wide which includes the opponent end zone. There are white Markings on the field to represents the yards. The numbers on the field have multiples of 10. There are two end zones on a football field. One end zone is all the way to the left and the other all the way to the right. If you reach the other team end zone you get points. I will include a picture of a football field …show more content…

There are quite a few ways to rack up points in football. One way is by getting a touchdown in the game. A touchdown is when you get the football into the opponent end zone. This can be achieved by throwing the ball or by running with the ball. Touchdowns are worth six points which are the most point you can attain in the game. After a touchdown a team has a chance to score addition points. Following a touchdown or TD a team has a chance to kick the ball into the goal post which is worth one point. They can also run or throw the ball into the end zone for two points. A third way to achieve points is by getting tackle in your own end zone which is called safety points. If the opposing team tackles you in your end zone you get two points. This doesn’t happen often because the other team will let the player with the ball get out his end zone before tackling him. The last way to collect points is by kicking the ball. If you are unable to get a touchdown you can kick the ball for two points. This method of scoring is call field goal and can be done from anywhere on the field. To get the points you must kick the ball between the goal post. The goal post is located in the end zone. On the left picture below you can see a player kicking the ball into the field goal. On the right picture you can see the referee indicating that the kick is

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