Football Field: The Principle of Conquering by Inch or by Yard
The basic principle behind American Football is to conquer the territory of the other team in order to gain points. Every inch of the playing field is very important and very hard to earn. Once the teams take their positions in the field, they would cover as much field as they can while preventing the other team to do the same. As the game goes, the players would defend the field they have gained behind them and they would try to do all the offensive techniques they could to push the other team back to their zone as far back as they could. Ultimately though, they would use the entire ground they have recovered to get a touchdown.
In summary, the football team who has covered more distance is more likely to win the game. Thus, the team who has conquered more yards gets to score more often and the team who has allowed the other team to conquer their yard will lose more possibilities of scoring.
The entire playing field is 100 yards taken from the entire length of the football field which is 120 yards. You would notice that a football field has markings, which are distinguished by their measurement in yards. These guide the players and the viewers on how much distance one team has covered. In the middle of the field is a horizontal line that divides the playing field into two this is the original line of scrimmage. As the game goes along however, with advances and retreats from both teams, the line of scrimmage will be changed depending on where the ball was last seen during the previous play.
From the original line of scrimmage, the yardage is indicated by how close a specific line is to the end zone. Thus, from the mid-field or original line of scrimmage, the yardage starts at 40 yards down to 10 yards. On the other hand, yard lines are measured by fives; however, markings are made every 10 yards. Each yard is indicated by the hash marks which are located on both sides of the field.
At all sides of the playing field are the boundary lines, the shorter ones are called the end lines while the longer ones at the sides are called sidelines. The end zone, the area where touchdowns are scored, cover a stretch 10 yards from the goal lines to the end lines. Located behind the end zones are the goal posts.
As one would realize, all players have to conquer each other’s zone, either to score or to prevent the other team from scoring.
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