enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Association football tactics and skills - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football...

   With the aim of keeping the ball in control, this tactic involves three, four or five defenders where the full backs normally are positioned slightly higher than the centre halves. [17] [18] [13]: 20 This strategy is at times referred to as time-wasting if the ball controlling side isn't actively looking to initiate an attack.

3. List of formations in American football - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_formations_in...

   38 refers to the positions of the defensive players on the line of scrimmage. Two "3" techniques (DT, lined up outside of the guards) and two "8" techniques (DE, lined up outside of end man on line of scrimmage). The DT's are the only down lineman. Two standup players (Monster and Rover) are in "5" techniques.

4. American football strategy - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football_strategy

   By far the most common alignments are four down linemen and three linebackers (a "4–3" defense) or three down linemen and four linebackers ("3–4"), but other formations such as five linemen and two linebackers ("5–2") or three linemen, three linebackers, and five defensive backs ("3–3–5") are also used by a number of teams.

5. Panenka (penalty kick) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panenka_(penalty_kick)

   In association football, the panenka is a technique used while taking a penalty kick in which the taker, instead of kicking the ball to the left or right of the goalkeeper, gives a light touch underneath the ball, causing it to rise and fall within the centre of the goal, deceiving the goalkeeper who will most likely have committed to a dive away from the centre.

6. Gap (American football) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap_(American_football)

   To be aligned on the inside of a tackle is a 4i technique. And to be aligned on the outside shoulder of a tackle is a 5 technique. [18] Assignments of 7 and 9 are not universal, but a 7 can mean a player on the inside shoulder of a tight end, and a 9 technique is usually a couple feet on the outside away from any blocker.

7. Stance (American football) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stance_(American_football)

   Stance is the position an American football player adopts when a play begins. There are three common stances used by linemen : two-point, three-point, and four-point. The stance names reference the number of points where a player's body is touching the ground while down in the stance.

8. Glossary of association football terms - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_association...

   A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...

9. American football plays - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football_plays

   In American football, a play is a close-to-the-ground plan of action or strategy used to move the ball down the field. A play begins at either the snap from the center or at kickoff. Most commonly, plays occur at the snap during a down. These plays range from basic to very intricate. Football players keep a record of these plays in a playbook. [1]