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American football

vr.tr.american-football · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain American football, relay its rules, variants and organisation from sports sources, describe the variants its aliases name, and distinguish it from association football, rugby and Canadian football.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain American football, relay its rules, variants and organisation from sports sources, describe the variants its aliases name, and distinguish it from association football, rugby and Canadian football.

A team sport played mainly in the United States in which two teams of eleven players advance an oval ball down a rectangular field by running and passing to score, chiefly by reaching the opposing end zone; it is a form of gridiron football distinct from association football. The registry aliases name variants such as college football, flag football, indoor football and wheelchair football, and the mens and womens games.

What it is for: Playing a gridiron team sport with an oval ball.

It can be explain the sport and rules; relay variants and organisation; describe named variants; distinguish it from related codes.

Distinguishing features

Oval ball

End-zone scoring

Downs and gridiron field

Helmets and pads

What it looks like

A contact game on a lined rectangular field with goalposts, players in helmets and pads moving an oval ball.

Physical character

players: eleven per side note

ball: oval note

registry parent: gridiron football note

How it is recognised

Gridiron game with an oval ball and end zones

College, flag, indoor and wheelchair football

Association football uses a round ball and feet; rugby and Canadian football have different rules

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

gridiron football

is contrasted with -

association football

is contrasted with -

rugby football

is contrasted with -

Canadian football

In practice

Families and kinds

college football

flag football

indoor football

wheelchair football

Standards and regulation

Rules of the governing leagues and bodies

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing with association football

Confusing with rugby

Ignoring safety concerns

Also called

indoor American footballmen's American footballwomen's American footballcollege footballWheelchair Footballflag footballTouch footballCollege flag football

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What American football is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is American football, and how does it differ from association football, rugby and Canadian football? definition
  2. Is the question about a variant such as flag football? boundary

Variants

Variants.

Variants

Variants.

  1. What are college, flag, indoor and wheelchair football? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific variant? action
Rules Rules.

Sources.

Play

How it is played.

Play

Play.

  1. How is American football played and scored? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Positions

Positions.

Positions

Positions.

  1. What are the main positions and roles? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Organisation Organisation.

Sources.

Leagues

Leagues.

Leagues

Leagues.

  1. How is American football organised into leagues and college play? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary

International

International.

International

International.

  1. How is American football played beyond the United States? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Context.

Context.

Safety

Safety.

Safety

Safety.

  1. What safety concerns such as head injury are discussed, as sources describe? provenance
  2. Is medical guidance left to professionals? boundary

Codes

Football codes.

Codes

Codes.

  1. How does American football fit among the football codes? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the related code? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should variants be separate entries?
  • How should the codes be distinguished?
  • How should safety topics be presented?
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