FOOTBALL 101
How Do You Play Flag Football?
OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME
- Two teams of five players each compete against each other.
- To outscore your opponents by scoring touchdowns and converts.
- One team, “the offense”, has possession of the ball and attempts to move the ball across their opponent’s goal line.
- They do so by passing and running the ball towards their opponent’s goal line.
- The opposition, the “defense” attempts to stop them from accomplishing the task.
- Players attempt to stop the ball carrier by grabbing and removing one of the flags worn on each Player’s hips; this is referred to as “flagging” or non-contact tackling.
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