Advancing The Ball Towards The End Zone

A football game is opened with a toss coin which decides who will receive or kick the ball. Once the opening kickoff is accomplished, the battle for the possession of the ball begins. The team who is in possession of the ball (called the offense) will work to ensure that the ball remains in their offense unit's possession in order to advance it towards the end zone of the opponents. Otherwise, they would prevent the offense team from scoring as they deliver defensive tactics.There are several ways by which possession of the ball can be done including receiving the ball from a kickoff, by way of safety, punt, turnover and turnover on downs. The team which possesses the ball will be given 4 attempts or downs to advance the ball for 10 yards. If this was successfully made, the team will be given another four downs to move the ball 10 yards or more, and so on until a touchdown is made or until the other team successfully intercepts the ball. After every play, the officials will measure the distance covered or lost by the offense team. Yards can be lost if the ball carrier is tackled behind the line of scrimmage. This may happen if the player steps back and the defense team tackle him down.If on the third down the offense team has not yet covered 10 yards, they may opt for a punt. Most teams choose to kick the ball in order to cover as much distance. However, there is a danger to this. Once the ball is set off the air, the Returner of the other team can intercept it and run it back down the field. The offense of the kicking team will then have to tackle the Returner before he comes back to the field or successfully makes a touchdown. If, however, the offense team chooses to continue with its fourth down, they will have to complete the ten yards, failure to do so will force them to surrender the ball to the other team.The game will reset for the other team. The same number of downs will be awarded and the same rule of awarding more downs will apply. However, this time the line of scrimmage will be changed according to where the ball was last spotted.The play would end once either of the team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball towards the end zone such that the possessor of the ball crosses the opponent's goal line.
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