Football Basics: Change Of Ball Possession

The team who possess the ball has the higher chance of scoring a touchdown, a field goal and all other types of football score. This does not negate the fact that the team which is playing the defense can make scores, even a touchdown.The possession of the ball is probably next to conquering yards when it comes to the degree of importance. The team who possess the ball is called as the offense. The other two units of the team will then protect the offense unit to create scores. The defense team, on the other hand, will try to delay the other team's chances of making scores by tackling their offense unit or by intercepting the ball.The offense maintains the possession of the ball until one of the following occurs:Failure to advance ten yards for the first four downs or one play - Each team is given four attempts to complete the 10 yards. If they do so, they will be awarded another 10 yards until they score a touchdown. However, there are many occasions that would make it impossible to get the first 10 yards. In this case, the ball will be given to the other team. After a touchdown - Once a touchdown is completed, a team will be given a chance to get two conversion points by advancing the ball towards the end zone or one conversion point by kicking the ball through the goal posts. Most teams choose the latter. After either of these, the team who was playing the defense will receive a kick off from the other team. Through a punt - There are two occasions when a punt is used, one is when completion of the fourth down is impossible and two, by kicking the ball when it accidentally falls to the ground. A punt can be forfeited by the defense to earn their touchdown.Through an interception - During a forward pass, the defensive team can catch the ball, called interception. The player or team who catches the ball can run with it until he scores, gets tackled or chased towards the sidelines. Through a fumble - A fumble is made by the defensive player who recovers a ball from the offense team. Again, the player who catches a fumble can maintain possession of the ball until he makes a score, commit an out of bounds penalty or gets tackled by the defense team. There are other ways to take possession of the ball such as when the defensive team fails a field goal attempt, when a safety was made or during a rare occasion of fumbling the ball towards the end zone in which case the possession of the ball goes to the other team and the game will be reset at their 20-yard line.
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