NFHS Football Vocabulary 2025/2026
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Batting - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Batting is intentionally slapping or striking the ball
with the arm or hand.
Block - Below waist - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 7 . . . Blocking below the waist
is making initial contact below the waist from the front or side against an
opponent other than a runner. Contact with an opponent's hand(s) below
the waist that continues into the body below the waist is considered
blocking below the waist. Blocking below the waist applies only when the
opponent has one or both feet on the ground.
Block - Blindside - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 10 . . . A blindside block is a block
against an opponent other than the runner, who does not see the blocker
approaching.
Block - Chop - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 8 . . . Chop block is a combination
block by two or more teammates against an opponent other than the
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,runner, with or without delay, where one of the blocks is low (at the knee or
below) and one of the blocks is high (above the knee) (Table 9-3-6).
Block - Interlocked - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 9 . . . Interlocked blocking occurs
when one player grasps or encircles a teammate just prior to or while
blocking an opponent.
Block below the waist - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 2 . . . Blocking in the back is a
block against an opponent when the initial contact is in the opponent's
back, inside the shoulders and below the helmet and above the waist, and
not against a player who is a runner or pretending to be a runner.
Blocking - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 1 . . . Blocking is obstructing an opponent
by contacting him with any part of the blocker's body.
Blocking - Closed - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Closed or cupped hand technique: 1
- elbows may be inside or outside of the shoulders; 2 - hands must be
closed or cupped with palns not facing the opponent; 3- Forearms are
extended no more than 45 degrees from the body
Blocking - Defense player - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 5 . . . A defensive player
may also: a- unse unlocked hands, hand or arm to ward off an opponent
who is blocking him or attempting to block him; b- Push, pull or ward off an
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,opponent in an actual attempt to get atthe runner or a loose ball if such
contact is not pass interference, a personal foul or illegal use of hands.
Blocking - Offense player - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 4 . . . An offensive player
may also use his hands or arms: a - when he is the runner; b- during a kick,
to ward off oppoentn trying to blok him; c - to push, pull or ward off an
opponent when the ball is losse if he may legally tough or possess the ball
if such contact is not a foul
Blocking - Open - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. Open hand technique. The hand(s)
shall be: 1 - advanced of the elbow; 2- insde frame of blockers body; 3-
inside frame of the opponents body (except when opponent turns his back
to the blocker during the block); 4- at or below the shoulder of the blocker
and opponent, except when the opponent squats, ducks or submarines
during the block; 5- open, when the palms are facing the frame of the
opponent
Blocking Below the waist - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 2 . . . Blocking below the
waist is permitted in the free-blocking zone when the following conditions
are met:a. All players involved in the blocking are on the line of
scrimmageand in the zone at the snap.b. The contact is in the zone.
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, Blocking in the back allowed how? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 3 . . . Blocking in
the back is permitted in the free-blocking zone when the following
conditions are met:a. By offensive linemen who are on the line of
scrimmage and in thezone at the snap.b. Against defensive players who
are in the zone at the snap.c. The contact is in the zone.
Can a blocker swing his elbow? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 3 . . . The blocker's
hand(s) may not be locked nor may he swing, throw or flip the elbow or
forearm so that it is moving faster than the blocker's shoulders at the time
the elbow, forearm or shoulder contacts the opponent. The blocker may not
initiate contact with his arm or hand against an opponent above the
opponent's shoulder, but he may use his hand or arm to break a fall or
maintain his balance.
Can a defensive player lead with an elbow? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 6 . . .
When a player on defense uses a hand or arm, the hand must be in
advance of the elbow at the time of the contact and at the shoulder or
below unless the opponent squats, ducks or submarines.
Can foul cause loss of the ball? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 3 . . . No foul
causes loss of the ball.
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Batting - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Batting is intentionally slapping or striking the ball
with the arm or hand.
Block - Below waist - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 7 . . . Blocking below the waist
is making initial contact below the waist from the front or side against an
opponent other than a runner. Contact with an opponent's hand(s) below
the waist that continues into the body below the waist is considered
blocking below the waist. Blocking below the waist applies only when the
opponent has one or both feet on the ground.
Block - Blindside - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 10 . . . A blindside block is a block
against an opponent other than the runner, who does not see the blocker
approaching.
Block - Chop - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 8 . . . Chop block is a combination
block by two or more teammates against an opponent other than the
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,runner, with or without delay, where one of the blocks is low (at the knee or
below) and one of the blocks is high (above the knee) (Table 9-3-6).
Block - Interlocked - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 9 . . . Interlocked blocking occurs
when one player grasps or encircles a teammate just prior to or while
blocking an opponent.
Block below the waist - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 2 . . . Blocking in the back is a
block against an opponent when the initial contact is in the opponent's
back, inside the shoulders and below the helmet and above the waist, and
not against a player who is a runner or pretending to be a runner.
Blocking - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 1 . . . Blocking is obstructing an opponent
by contacting him with any part of the blocker's body.
Blocking - Closed - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a. Closed or cupped hand technique: 1
- elbows may be inside or outside of the shoulders; 2 - hands must be
closed or cupped with palns not facing the opponent; 3- Forearms are
extended no more than 45 degrees from the body
Blocking - Defense player - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 5 . . . A defensive player
may also: a- unse unlocked hands, hand or arm to ward off an opponent
who is blocking him or attempting to block him; b- Push, pull or ward off an
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,opponent in an actual attempt to get atthe runner or a loose ball if such
contact is not pass interference, a personal foul or illegal use of hands.
Blocking - Offense player - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 4 . . . An offensive player
may also use his hands or arms: a - when he is the runner; b- during a kick,
to ward off oppoentn trying to blok him; c - to push, pull or ward off an
opponent when the ball is losse if he may legally tough or possess the ball
if such contact is not a foul
Blocking - Open - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔b. Open hand technique. The hand(s)
shall be: 1 - advanced of the elbow; 2- insde frame of blockers body; 3-
inside frame of the opponents body (except when opponent turns his back
to the blocker during the block); 4- at or below the shoulder of the blocker
and opponent, except when the opponent squats, ducks or submarines
during the block; 5- open, when the palms are facing the frame of the
opponent
Blocking Below the waist - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 2 . . . Blocking below the
waist is permitted in the free-blocking zone when the following conditions
are met:a. All players involved in the blocking are on the line of
scrimmageand in the zone at the snap.b. The contact is in the zone.
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, Blocking in the back allowed how? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 3 . . . Blocking in
the back is permitted in the free-blocking zone when the following
conditions are met:a. By offensive linemen who are on the line of
scrimmage and in thezone at the snap.b. Against defensive players who
are in the zone at the snap.c. The contact is in the zone.
Can a blocker swing his elbow? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 3 . . . The blocker's
hand(s) may not be locked nor may he swing, throw or flip the elbow or
forearm so that it is moving faster than the blocker's shoulders at the time
the elbow, forearm or shoulder contacts the opponent. The blocker may not
initiate contact with his arm or hand against an opponent above the
opponent's shoulder, but he may use his hand or arm to break a fall or
maintain his balance.
Can a defensive player lead with an elbow? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 6 . . .
When a player on defense uses a hand or arm, the hand must be in
advance of the elbow at the time of the contact and at the shoulder or
below unless the opponent squats, ducks or submarines.
Can foul cause loss of the ball? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔ART. 3 . . . No foul
causes loss of the ball.
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