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Flag football is a variant of gridiron football (American football or Canadian football depending on location) where, instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a down. In flag football, contact is limited between players.
This position is used in 3-4 formations, or goal line situations. Most nose tackles are 320-350 pounds, and are the biggest players on the roster. This position is the most physically demanding, due to being forced into constant double or triple teams, and needing enough speed to collapse the interior of the offensive line.
Jennifer Welter – First woman to play in a non-kicking or skill position in a men's professional football league, as running back for the Texas Revolution of the Indoor Football League in 2014. [7] [24] In 2015, Welter became the first female coach in a men's professional football league, after joining the coaching staff of the Revolution. [7]
The NFL has taken another step in its commitment to growing flag football. The league hired Stephanie Kwok to a newly created position of vice president, head of flag football. Kwok, an ...
The United States men's national flag football team often referred to as Team USA represents the United States in men's international flag football competitions. The team is governed by USA Football. As of 2024, the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) ranks the United States men's team 1st worldwide. [2]
It was a summer sneak peek as Washington hosted a 12-school 7-on-7 camp with mini-games pitting offensive and defensive skill players against each other and an intensive bigs camp for linemen.
The 2024 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championships was the 11th World Championships in men's flag football. The tournament took place in Lahti , Finland, August 27-30, 2024. The United States capture their fifth consecutive and overall sixth titles, after they defeated Austria 53–21 in the gold-medal game.
The Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee (LA28) has proposed five new sports for inclusion in the 2028 Games: flag football, baseball/softball, cricket, lacrosse and squash.