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The following terms are used in American football, both conventional and indoor. Some of these terms are also in use in Canadian football; for a list of terms unique to that code, see Glossary of Canadian football .
A player doing a keepie-uppie. Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. [1] A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture.
The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games.
The following nicknames are given to a unit (defensive, offensive and special teams) or a secondary nickname given to some teams used to describe a style of play or attitude of teams at times in accordance with phrases in popular culture of the time.
Pages in category "American football terminology" The following 151 pages are in this category, out of 151 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Glossary of American football terms
In the United States and Canada, a jock is a stereotype of an athlete, or someone who is primarily interested in sports and sports culture, and does not take much interest in intellectual activity. [1] [2] It is generally applied mostly to high school and college athletics participants who form a distinct youth subculture. As a blanket term, jock can be considered synonymous with athlete. [3 ...
Glossary of football terms. Glossary of football terms may refer to: Glossary of American football. Glossary of association football terms. Glossary of Australian rules football. Glossary of Canadian football. Glossary of Gaelic games terms. Glossary of rugby league terms. Glossary of rugby union terms.
Flea flicker. A flea flicker is an unorthodox play, often called a "trick play", in American football which is designed to fool the defensive team into thinking that a play is a run instead of a pass. [1] It can be considered an extreme variant of the play-action pass and an extension of the halfback option play .