QB Talk—A New Way To Talk Football Episode # 8

A Few More Football Terms and explanations to help you Talk the Talk • Touchdown: = 6 Points. When the QB or one of his offensive players has the ball in his hands and any part of the football crosses the opponent’s goal line that’s a touchdown • Point After: = 1 point. The offense automatically gets a chance to try to score a point after by having the kicker kick the ball over the horizontal bar between the 2 goal posts, (the crossbar). If the ball goes over the crossbar the team earns one point • 2 Point Try: = 2 points. The offensive team can decide to go for 2 points instead of 1 point by having the QB pass the ball, or run the ball, or hand off the ball to another player to run the ball and try to cross the goal line again. The 2 point play is much riskier than the 1 point play so it depends on the time left in the game and the current score of each team whether to try it • Field Goal: = 3 points. The kicker kicks the ball and tries to get it over the crossbar. Kicking a field goal is usually a longer distance for the kicker to reach the crossbar so scoring a field goal is not automatic • Safety: = 2 points for the opposing team that is playing on defense when this play occurs. When the QB is tackled behind his own goal line the other team earns 2 points.