NFHS Study Session Part I
Targeting is an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an opponent above the shoulders with
the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulders. - ANS-True (2-20-2) NEW!!!
No defensive player shall commit any illegal personal contact foul listed in Rule 9-4-3 against
the passer. - ANS-True (9-4-3, 9--4-4) NEW!!!
The game officials shall assume authority for the contest, including penalizing unsportsmanlike
acts, at least 30 minutes prior to the scheduled game time - an earlier time if requested by the
state association. - ANS-True (1-1-7) - Officials should be on the field taking authority 30
minutes before the contest as mandated by the NFHS.
The penalty for both offensive and defensive pass interference fouls is 15 yards. - ANS-True
(7-5-10 Penalty Table 7-5) RULE CHANGE FROM 2013.
After the ball is marked ready for play and until the ball is kicked, K must have at least two
players on each side of the ball. - ANS-FALSE (6-1-3b new) K must have at least four players
on each side of the ball from the ready-for-play signal until the ball is kicked.
The moisture-absorbing, solid-color towel worn by a player can be ball- or penalty flag-colored. -
ANS-FALSE (1-5-3a(5)a): 2013 rule change. Towels may be one solid color except the color of
a penalty flag or the football.
It is unsportsmanlike conduct for a player whose helmet comes completely off during a down to
continue to participate beyond the immediate action in which the player is engaged. -
ANS-FALSE (9-6-4g) 2013 rule change. Continuing to play once the helmet has come
completely off is an illegal participation foul.
The accidental touching of a loose ball by a player who was blocked into the ball is ignored and
does not constitute a new force. - ANS-True (8-5-1b) 2014 rule change.
A defenseless player is a player who, because of his physical position and focus of
concentration, is especially vulnerable to injury. - ANS-True (2-32-16 NEW, 9-4-3i(3))
When a ball is loose during an illegal kick, it does not retain the same status as prior to the
illegal kick. - ANS-FALSE (2-24-9) NEW! An illegal kick is any intentional striking of the ball with
the knee, lower leg or foot which does not comply with Articles 3 and 4. When the ball is loose
following an illegal kick, it retains the same status as prior to the illegal kick.
If a free kick goes out of bounds between the goal lines untouched inbounds by R, the ball is put
in play by R at the inbounds spot. - ANS-True (6-1-9)
Targeting is an act of taking aim and initiating contact to an opponent above the shoulders with
the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulders. - ANS-True (2-20-2) NEW!!!
No defensive player shall commit any illegal personal contact foul listed in Rule 9-4-3 against
the passer. - ANS-True (9-4-3, 9--4-4) NEW!!!
The game officials shall assume authority for the contest, including penalizing unsportsmanlike
acts, at least 30 minutes prior to the scheduled game time - an earlier time if requested by the
state association. - ANS-True (1-1-7) - Officials should be on the field taking authority 30
minutes before the contest as mandated by the NFHS.
The penalty for both offensive and defensive pass interference fouls is 15 yards. - ANS-True
(7-5-10 Penalty Table 7-5) RULE CHANGE FROM 2013.
After the ball is marked ready for play and until the ball is kicked, K must have at least two
players on each side of the ball. - ANS-FALSE (6-1-3b new) K must have at least four players
on each side of the ball from the ready-for-play signal until the ball is kicked.
The moisture-absorbing, solid-color towel worn by a player can be ball- or penalty flag-colored. -
ANS-FALSE (1-5-3a(5)a): 2013 rule change. Towels may be one solid color except the color of
a penalty flag or the football.
It is unsportsmanlike conduct for a player whose helmet comes completely off during a down to
continue to participate beyond the immediate action in which the player is engaged. -
ANS-FALSE (9-6-4g) 2013 rule change. Continuing to play once the helmet has come
completely off is an illegal participation foul.
The accidental touching of a loose ball by a player who was blocked into the ball is ignored and
does not constitute a new force. - ANS-True (8-5-1b) 2014 rule change.
A defenseless player is a player who, because of his physical position and focus of
concentration, is especially vulnerable to injury. - ANS-True (2-32-16 NEW, 9-4-3i(3))
When a ball is loose during an illegal kick, it does not retain the same status as prior to the
illegal kick. - ANS-FALSE (2-24-9) NEW! An illegal kick is any intentional striking of the ball with
the knee, lower leg or foot which does not comply with Articles 3 and 4. When the ball is loose
following an illegal kick, it retains the same status as prior to the illegal kick.
If a free kick goes out of bounds between the goal lines untouched inbounds by R, the ball is put
in play by R at the inbounds spot. - ANS-True (6-1-9)
