Football Basics Lessons Basics Rules of the Game Offense Defense Special Teams Strategies Plays Click on the highlighted words in the lessons to get further explanations and meanings. Take a quiz when you are ready to move on.
Football can be a very complex game to play, yet a simple game to watch.
Understanding what each player does, how teams run plays and how defenses are set up can really help. These lessons will go over football basics and get you to understand the game better and have greater enjoyment for football. Football is an exciting game, both to play and watch. Knowing more about the game of football will increase your enjoyment of the game. The following lessons have some general football principles to read about, explore, and discover.