Football Glossary
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- pass interference
Any player of Team A or Team B who is beyond the neutral zone and interferes with an eligible's opportunity to move toward or catch a pass. Examples include: Early contact, playing through the back, an arm bar, a cutoff, face guarding with or without contact, hook and turn. Foot entanglement is not pass interference if you are playing the ball. The result is a 15-yard penalty from the previous spot or, if by Team B, an automatic first down. - pass pattern
A predetermined path that receivers take to help quarterbacks quickly locate them. - pass rush
A defender’s attempt to tackle or hurry a member of the offensive team attempting to pass the football. - personal foul
The official, with one arm extend in front of his body, will take his other hand in a striking motion against the extended arm's wrist. - pitch
The act when the quarterback tosses the football on a lob trajectory, most often to a running back. - place kick
An action in which the ball is kicked from a tee or from the hold of a member of the kicking team. It is used for field goals and kickoffs. - play-action pass
A play in which a fake hand-off precedes a pass attempt. This fake is designed to draw in the linebackers and defensive backs and to slow the pass rush by making the defense think the play is a run. - player disqualification
The official using one hand with his fist closed, will make a movement from in front of his chest to over his shoulder, indicating the disqualification of the player. - player possession
A player gains possession when he is firmly holding or controlling a live ball or a ball to be free kicked. - pocket
The area behind the offensive line where the quarterback is protected by his blockers. - possession
Having control of the ball. - post scrimmage
Post scrimmage is the spot, other than an attempted or successful field goal, where the scrimmage kick ends. - previous spot
The previous spot is the spot where the previous snap occurred. - punt
Kicking the ball after dropping it and before it reaches the ground. Offensive teams that have failed to cover 10 yards in their first three attempts often punt on the fourth down. - punt coverage
The action of the players of the punting team running downfield when the ball is punted in an attempt to tackle the opponent who has fielded the punted ball, down an unfielded ball by touch or secure against a fumbled fair catch attempt. - punter
The kicker who punts the ball, primarily on fourth down when an offense is not in position to kick a field goal or attempt another play to try for a first down. - pylon
A short orange cone or marker at each of the end zone's four corners.
