Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. The most popular of these sports world-wide is association football, also known as soccer and most commonly just football. The English language word "football" is also applied to gridiron football (which includes American football and Canadian football), Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby football (rugby league and rugby union), and related games. Each of these codes (specific sets of rules, or the games defined by them) is referred to as "football". The features that makes association football particularly distinguishable from the others is that the main game play is based solely on the foot and the ball with only one player on each team allowed to touch the ball by hand, even then only while standing in a small area and obstructive physical contact is expressly against the rules. This requires a ball controlling skill in the tips of the toes as well as speed. Gridiron types listed ab
ove are based more on physical contact, carrying or throwing the ball to move it along the field and wrestling or charging opponents is regular gameplay in most of the Gridiron disciplines. Australian and Gaelic versions are distinct again from Gridiron and rugby styles as although carrying and throwing the ball is the main practice during gameplay a player must touch the ball to a foot or bounce it to the foot every three steps. Although contact rules are much more liberal in these styles, wrestling or shirt pulling is forbidden in gaelic football. Gaelic football is also played with a round ball similar to that of IFAB (International Football Association Board) standards.
These games involve:
a spherical or prolate spheroid ball, which is itself called a football.
a clearly defined area in which to keep the ball.
a team scoring goals and/or points, by moving the ball to an opposing team's end of the field and either into a goal area, or over a line.
the goal and/or line being defended by the opposing team.
players being required to move the ball—depending on the code—by kicking, carrying and/or passing the ball by hand.
goals and/or points resulting from players putting the ball between two goalposts.
penalty actions for causing the ball to leave the area of play or excessive contact with the opposing team.
In most codes, there are rules restricting the movement of players (offside) and players scoring a goal must put the ball either under or over a crossbar between the goalposts. Other features common to several codes include points being mostly scored by players carrying the ball across the goal line and players receiving a free kick after they take a mark/make a fair catch.
Peoples from around the world have played games which involved kicking and/or carrying a ball, since ancient times. However, most of the modern codes of football have their origins in England
ove are based more on physical contact, carrying or throwing the ball to move it along the field and wrestling or charging opponents is regular gameplay in most of the Gridiron disciplines. Australian and Gaelic versions are distinct again from Gridiron and rugby styles as although carrying and throwing the ball is the main practice during gameplay a player must touch the ball to a foot or bounce it to the foot every three steps. Although contact rules are much more liberal in these styles, wrestling or shirt pulling is forbidden in gaelic football. Gaelic football is also played with a round ball similar to that of IFAB (International Football Association Board) standards.These games involve:
a spherical or prolate spheroid ball, which is itself called a football.
a clearly defined area in which to keep the ball.
a team scoring goals and/or points, by moving the ball to an opposing team's end of the field and either into a goal area, or over a line.
the goal and/or line being defended by the opposing team.
players being required to move the ball—depending on the code—by kicking, carrying and/or passing the ball by hand.
goals and/or points resulting from players putting the ball between two goalposts.
penalty actions for causing the ball to leave the area of play or excessive contact with the opposing team.
In most codes, there are rules restricting the movement of players (offside) and players scoring a goal must put the ball either under or over a crossbar between the goalposts. Other features common to several codes include points being mostly scored by players carrying the ball across the goal line and players receiving a free kick after they take a mark/make a fair catch.
Peoples from around the world have played games which involved kicking and/or carrying a ball, since ancient times. However, most of the modern codes of football have their origins in England
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