Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Period 2 - Team Games

Due Date: Wednesday, April 29th
We will begin football this week and I want to start getting you thinking about key concepts and positions associated with football.

Please take a moment and define the following terms.  Please remember to put your name on your blog.

Line of scrimmage

Defensive back

Blitz

Interception

Cover 1

Cover 3

Wide receiver

Quarterback

Fumble

Safety

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ethan Heiberger

Line of Scrimmage - An imaginary line crossing the field which both the offense and defense can't cross until the ball is snapped

Defensive Back - Defensive players who take their position somewhat back from the line of scrimmage

Blitz - When additional players are sent to sack or rush the quarterback

Interception - When the defensive team catches the offense's pass and receive possession of the ball

Cover 1 - A man to man coverage for all the defensive backs except for one player who is not assigned a man to cover but rather plays deep to react to the play

Cover 3 - Two corners and free safety each have responsibility for a deep third of the field, while the strong safety plays like a linebacker. Prevents big pass plays and stops the run while giving up short passes

Wide Receiver - Among the fastest players on the field who catch the ball on passing plays

Quarterback - The player who runs the offense, including passing and handing off the ball

Fumble - When the offense drops the ball and the defense recovers it

Safety - When the ball is downed in your own end-zone. It is 2 points for the other team

Eric Lu said...

Eric Lu
Line of Scrimmage - An imaginary line crossing the field which both the offense and defense can't cross until the ball is snapped

Defensive Back - Defensive players who take their position somewhat back from the line of scrimmage

Blitz - When additional players are sent to sack or rush the quarterback

Interception - When the defensive team catches the offense's pass and receive possession of the ball

Cover 1 - A man to man coverage for all the defensive backs except for one player who is not assigned a man to cover but rather plays deep to react to the play

Cover 3 - Two corners and free safety each have responsibility for a deep third of the field, while the strong safety plays like a linebacker. Prevents big pass plays and stops the run while giving up short passes

Wide Receiver - Among the fastest players on the field who catch the ball on passing plays

Quarterback - The player who runs the offense, including passing and handing off the ball

Fumble - When the offense drops the ball and the defense recovers it

Safety - When the ball is downed in your own end-zone. It is 2 points for the other team

Unknown said...



Line of Scrimmage - An imaginary line crossing the field which both the offense and defense can't cross until the ball is snapped

Defensive Back - Defensive players who take their position somewhat back from the line of scrimmage

Blitz - When additional players are sent to sack or rush the quarterback

Interception - When the defensive team catches the offense's pass and receive possession of the ball

Cover 1 - A man to man coverage for all the defensive backs except for one player who is not assigned a man to cover but rather plays deep to react to the play

Cover 3 - Two corners and free safety each have responsibility for a deep third of the field, while the strong safety plays like a linebacker. Prevents big pass plays and stops the run while giving up short passes

Wide Receiver - Among the fastest players on the field who catch the ball on passing plays

Quarterback - The player who runs the offense, including passing and handing off the ball

Fumble - When the offense drops the ball and the defense recovers it

Safety - When the ball is downed in your own end-zone. It is 2 points for the other team

Anonymous said...

Line of scrimmage-Line cossing the field where the football is being hiked from that can't be crossed until the football has been snapped
Defensive Back-Player on the defnesive side that covers the middle of the field
Intercetion-When a defensive player catches a ball thrown by the quaterback and gives possesion to the defense
Cover 1-Man to man defense with one player covering the center of the field
Cover 3-Man to man defense with three defenders cover a third of the deep field
Wide Receiver-Offensive player who runs routes down field to try and catch the ball
Quarterback-Main position on offensive who calls the plays and throws the football
Fumble-When an offensive player loses possesion of the football by dropping it
Safety-A 2 point play when the defensive pushes the offense and downs them in the endzone
Zach K Pd.2

Anonymous said...

Daniel Zhang
1.) Line of Scrimmage is the imaginary line that both teams cannot cross until the ball is put into play
2.) Defensive players positioned a bit behind the line of scrimmage
3.) Additional players from the defensive team rush the quarterback
4.) All defensive backs do man-to-man coverage except for one, who is positioned deeper just in case
5.) 3 defensive backs responsible for the final 3rd while strong safety acts like a linebacker.
6.) Runs and catches the ball
7.) Distributes the ball, whether a throw or a handoff
8.) Loss of possession before being tackled or scoring
9.) A type of scoring that can happen when the ball carrier is downed in his own end zone.

Anonymous said...

Jason Peng
Period 2

Line of Scrimmage-An imaginary line separating the teams at the beginning of a play in the game of football

Defensive Back-The players on the defensive team who take a position back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished as the linebackers.

Blitz-When additional players attack, or rush, the passer during the game. Their goal is to tackle the quarterback or disrupt their throw. It comes from the word Blitzkreig

Interception- An act of a defensive player catching a forward pass by the offensive team

Cover 1- A first-day install scheme where defenders play man to man coverage defense from an outside leverage position and use the free safety help in the middle of the field

Cover 3- A scheme that shows up often in early down-and-distance situations to create an eight-man front, Cover 3 is a first-day-install defense

Wide Reciever- An offensive player who is positioned far from the end and is used usually as a pass reciever

Quarterback- A player who is positioned behind the center who directs a team's offensive plays

Fumble- Dropping or losing control of the ball, sometimes causing a turnover, or change of possession

Safety-A defensive back who normally is positioned well behind the line of scrimmage

Anonymous said...




Jake Gross

Line of Scrimmage - A fake line crossing the field which both the offense and defense can't cross until the ball is snapped

Defensive Back - Defensive players who take their position back from the line of scrimmage

Blitz - When additional players are sent to sack or rush the quarterback

Interception - When the defensive team catches the offense's pass and receive possession of the ball

Cover 1 - A man to man coverage for all the defensive backs except for one player who is not assigned a man to cover but rather plays deep to react to the play

Cover 3 - Two corners and free safety each have responsibility for a deep third of the field, also the strong safety plays like a linebacker. this play stops big pass plays and stops the run while giving up short passes

Wide Receiver - the fastest players on the field who catch the ball

Quarterback - The player who is in charge of the the offense and his job is to pass and hand off the ball

Fumble - When the offense drops the ball

Safety - When the ball is downed in your own end-zone. It is 2 points for the other team

Anonymous said...

CONNER WHITE
P2

line of scrimmage:
imaginary line crossing the field which neither side can cross until the ball is snapped

defensive back:
players who take their position farther back from line of scrimmage

blitz:
when players are rush the quarterback before 5 seconds

interception:
When the defending team catches offensive pass

cover 1:
man to man coverage for all the defensive backs except for one player who plays deep

cover 3:
Two corners and free safety each have responsibility for a deep third of the field, while the strong safety plays like a linebacker

wide receiver:
fastest players on the field who run to catch the ball on passing plays

quarterback:
player who runs offense, passes and hands off ball

fumble:
offense drops the ball, defense recovers it

safety:
ball is downed in your own end-zone. 2 points for the other team

Anonymous said...

Gabriel Barnaby
Line of Scrimmage: a line of scrimmage is an imaginary transverse line (across the width of the football field) beyond which a team cannot cross until the next play has begun.
Defensive Back: the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage.
Blitz: when additional players are sent to rush the quarterback.
Interception: an interception occurs when a forward pass is caught by a player of the opposing team
Cover 1: Cover 1 schemes employ only one deep defender, usually a safety.
Cover 3: Cover 3 refers to 3 deep defenders each guarding one-third of the deep zone.
Wide receiver: a position in American and Canadian football that functions as the pass-catching specialist.
Quarterback: a player positioned behind the center who directs a team's offensive play.
Fumble: occurs when a player who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed (tackled) or scoring.
Safety: (play) a scoring play which results in two points being awarded to the scoring team. (Position) defensive backs who line up from ten to fifteen yards behind the line of scrimmage.

Anonymous said...

Line of scrimmage - The imaginary line separating the teams at the beginning of a play.

Defensive back - A football cornerback or safety who is responsible for covering receivers in the defensive backfield

Blitz - When additional players are sent to rush the quarterback

Interception - A pass being caught by an opposition player

Cover 1 - Man-to-man coverage for all the defensive backs except for the safety who is not assigned a man to cover but rather plays deep

Cover 3 - The two corners and free safety each have responsibility for a deep third of the field, while the strong safety plays like a linebacker

Wide Receiver - One of the fastest players on the field who usually catch the ball

Quarterback - The players who either passes or hands of the ball

Fumble - When the offensive team loses the ball and the defensive team recovers it

Safety - When the other team receives 2 pints when the ball is downed in your end zone


Ryan Ullman
Period 2

Anonymous said...

Marcus Culotta

Line of scrimmage- The imaginary line on the field which both teams cannot cross until the ball is snapped

Defensive Back- Defensive players who are positioned farther back from the line of scrimmage

Blitz- When the defensive players rush the QB before the count is up

Interception- When the defensive team catches the offensive team's pass and gains possession

Cover 1- When everyone else covers a man except one player who stays deep

Cover 3- 3 deep defenders each guarding one-third of the deep zone

Wide Receiver- The key player in passing plays the receives the pass, usually the fastest player on the team

Quarterback- The player who controls the offense and passes the ball

Fumble- When the offense drops the ball while in possession and the defense picks it up and gains possession

Safety- When the offense loses possession in their own end-zone, this rewards the defense with two points.

Anonymous said...

Arshaan Sunda
Line of Scrimmage - An imaginary line separating the offense and defense which both can't cross until the ball is snapped

Defensive Back - Defensive players who stand away from the line of scrimmage

Blitz - When players are sent rush the quarterback to force a mistake or get a sack

Interception - When the defense catches the offense's pass and gains possession

Cover 1 - A man to man coverage for all the defensive backs except for one player who is not assigned a man to cover but instead plays deep to cover for any mistakes

Cover 3 - Two corners and free safety play in the deep third of the field, the strong safety plays like a linebacker.

Wide Receiver - On of the players on the field that tries to catch the ball on passing plays

Quarterback - The player who passes and hands off the ball

Fumble - When the offense drops the ball

Safety - When a player is tackled in thier own end-zone. It is two points for the other team and the other teams possesion