NFHS Football Definitions (All solved)
Dead Ball correct answers The ball is not live, including the time between downs Live Ball correct answers A ball legally snapped or free kicked, and is in play until it is dead Loose Ball correct answers A ball not in possession - a pass, kick or fumble Batting correct answers Intentionally slapping or striking the ball with the hand or arm Blocking correct answers Obstructing an opponent with use of the body Chop Block correct answers Combination high and low block. Low means the knees or below, high means above the knees. This is an illegal act, even in the free blocking zone Interlocked Blocking correct answers Grasping or encircling a teammate's arms or legs while blocking an opponent. Catch correct answers Establishing player possession of a live ball in flight and must touch in bounds (one foot) except for forward progress Clipping correct answers Initial contact is from behind and below the waist against a non ball-carrier Block in the Back correct answers Initial contact is inside the shoulders, meaning the hands are on the numbers Encroachment correct answers Any player illegally in the neutral zone before the snap or free kick. The neutral zone is established by the referee's ready for play whistle Illegal Signal correct answers The runner makes a fair catch signal after their catch or recovery Force correct answers What made the ball go from the field of play into the end zone Forward Progress correct answers The spot where the ball carrier advanced toward his opponent's end zone before being pushed back Double Foul correct answers Both teams foul where penalties offset. Do not include non-player fouls, UC or PSK fouls Multiple Foul correct answers Two plus fouls by the same team during the same down ( (except non-player and UC); the opponent chooses which penalty to accept PSK Foul correct answers Team R fouls on their side of the expanded neutral zone before the kick ends
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