NFHS FOOTBALL TEST EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS {GRADED A}
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NFHS FOOTBALL TEST EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS {GRADED A}
Blocking below the waist - CORRECT ANSWER Permitted in free-blocking zone
with players on the line at snap, immediate action
Entire body of the number - CORRECT ANSWER Must be a single solid color
contrasting with jersey col...
NFHS FOOTBALL TEST EXAM 2024 WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS {GRADED A}
Blocking below the waist - CORRECT ANSWER Permitted in free-blocking zone
with players on the line at snap, immediate action
Entire body of the number - CORRECT ANSWER Must be a single solid color
contrasting with jersey color
Horse-collar foul enforcement - CORRECT ANSWER Enforced as a live-ball foul
Instant replay use - CORRECT ANSWER Allowed for postseason contests by state
association adoption
Field of play - CORRECT ANSWER Area within sidelines and goal lines
Free-blocking zone disintegration - CORRECT ANSWER Exception for blocking in
the back ends after ball leaves zone
Blocking below the waist on free kick - CORRECT ANSWER Legal for teammates
when R1 gains possession
End of a down - CORRECT ANSWER When live ball becomes dead
Double foul extension - CORRECT ANSWER Period extended if double foul on last
timed down
Fair catch signal - CORRECT ANSWER Any receiver can signal during legal kick
flight
Succeeding spot - CORRECT ANSWER Where ball was last snapped or free kicked
Illegal fair-catch signal - CORRECT ANSWER Signal by R1 during scrimmage kick
behind neutral zone
Weather delay halftime agreement - CORRECT ANSWER Coaches can shorten
halftime after weather delay
,9th grade and above inflation pressure - CORRECT ANSWER Inflation pressure 12
1/2 to 13 1/2 psi
8th grade and below inflation pressure - CORRECT ANSWER 12 1/2 to 13 1/2 psi
Dead ball is - CORRECT ANSWER is a ball not in play. The ball is dead during the
interval between downs.
Live ball - CORRECT ANSWER is a ball in play. A ball becomes live when the ball
has been legally snapped or free kicked and a down is in progress.
Loose ball is - CORRECT ANSWER is a pass, fumble or a kick. The terms "pass,"
"fumble" and "kick" are sometimes used as abbreviations when the ball is loose
following the acts of passing, fumbling or kicking the ball. A loose ball which has
not yet touched the ground is in flight. A grounded loose ball is one which has
touched the ground. Any loose ball continues to be a loose ball until a player
secures possession of it or until it becomes dead by rule, whichever comes first.
Batting is - CORRECT ANSWER is intentionally slapping or striking the ball with
the arm or hand.
Blocking - CORRECT ANSWER obstructing an opponent by contacting him with
any part of the blocker's body. ART. 2 . . . In blocking, a player may contact
opponents with the arms or hands provided the technique is legal. The legal
techniques are as follows: a. Closed or cupped hand technique: 1. The elbows
may be inside or outside the shoulders. 2. The hands must be closed or cupped
with the palms not facing the opponent. 3. The forearms are extended no more
than 45 degrees from the body. b. Open hand technique. The hand(s) shall be: 1.
In advance of the elbow. 2. Inside the frame of the blocker's body; the frame of
the blocker's body is the front of the body at or below the shoulders. 3. Inside the
frame of the opponent's body, except when the opponent turns his back to the
blocker during the block or after the blocker is committed to his charge. The
frame of the opponent's body is at the shoulders or below other than the back. 4.
At or below the shoulders of the blocker and the opponent, except when the
opponent squats, ducks or submarines during the block or after the blocker is
committed to his charge. 5. Open, when the palm(s) are facing the frame of the
opponent or when the forearms are extended beyond the 45 degree angle from
the body.
Blockers hands - CORRECT ANSWER The blocker's hand(s) may not be locked nor
may he swing, throw or flip the elbow or forearm so that it is moving faster than
the blocker's shoulders at the time the elbow, forearm or shoulder contacts the
,opponent. The blocker may not initiate contact with his arm or hand against an
opponent above the opponent's shoulder, but he may use his hand or arm to break
a fall or maintain his balance.
Offensive players blocking hands - CORRECT ANSWER may also use his hands or
arms: a. When he is a runner, to ward off or push any player. b. During a kick, to
ward off an opponent who is attempting to block him. c. To push, pull or ward off
an opponent when the ball is loose if he may legally touch or possess the ball if
such contact is not pass interference, a personal foul or illegal use of hands.
Defensive blocking - CORRECT ANSWER Use unlocked hands, hand or arm to
ward off an opponent who is blocking him or is attempting to block him. b. Push,
pull or ward off an opponent in an actual attempt to get at the runner or a loose
ball if such contact is not pass interference, a personal foul or illegal use of
hands.
Blocking article 6 - CORRECT ANSWER When a player on defense uses a hand or
arm, the hand must be in advance of the elbow at the time of the contact and at
the shoulder or below unless the opponent squats, ducks or submarines.
Blocking below the waist article 7 - CORRECT ANSWER is making initial contact
below the waist from the front or side against an opponent other than a runner.
Contact with an opponent's hand(s) below the waist that continues into the body
below the waist is considered blocking below the waist. Blocking below the waist
applies only when the opponent has one or both feet on the ground.
Chop block article 8 - CORRECT ANSWER is a combination block by two or more
teammates against an opponent other than the runner, with or without delay,
where one of the blocks is low (at the knee or below) and one of the blocks is
high (above the knee) ( Table 9-3-6 ).
Interlock block article 9 - CORRECT ANSWER occurs when one player grasps or
encircles a teammate just prior to or while blocking an opponent.
Blindside block article 10 - CORRECT ANSWER is a block against an opponent
other than the runner, who does not see the blocker approaching.
Section 4 article 1 Catch - CORRECT ANSWER is the act of establishing player
possession of a live ball which is in flight, and first contacting the ground
inbounds while maintaining possession of the ball or having the forward progress
of the player in possession stopped while the opponent is carrying the player who
is in possession and inbounds.
, Catching article 2 and article 3 - CORRECT ANSWER Catching is always preceded
by touching the ball; thus, if touching causes the ball to become dead, securing
possession of the ball has no significance. ART. 3 . . . A simultaneous catch or
recovery is a catch or recovery in which there is joint possession of a live ball by
opposing players who are inbounds.
Section 5 article 1 clipping / blocking - CORRECT ANSWER a block against an
opponent when the initial contact is from behind, at or below the waist, and not
against a player who is a runner or pretending to be a runner.
section 5 article 2 blocking in the back - CORRECT ANSWER is a block against an
opponent when the initial contact is in the opponent's back, inside the shoulders
and below the helmet and above the waist, and not against a player who is a
runner or pretending to be a runner.
Section 7 article 1 loss of down and article 2 - CORRECT ANSWER action which
starts with a legal snap (beginning a scrimmage down) or when the ball is kicked
on a free kick (beginning a free-kick down). A down ends when the ball next
becomes dead.
ART. 2 . . . Loss of a down is the loss of the right to replay a down.
Section 8 Encroachment - CORRECT ANSWER occurs when a player is illegally in
the neutral zone during the time interval starting when the ball is marked ready
for play and until the ball is snapped or free kicked as in 6-1-3a or 6-1-3b . For the
purposes of enforcing encroachment restrictions, an entering substitute is not
considered to be a player until he is on his team's side of the neutral zone.
Encroachment also occurs when a player violates the free kick restrictions as in
6-1-4 .
Section 9 article 1 fair catch - CORRECT ANSWER A fair catch is a catch by a
receiver of a free kick in or beyond the neutral zone to the receiver's goal line, or
of a scrimmage kick beyond the neutral zone to the receiver's goal line, after a
valid signal, under conditions in which the receiver forfeits the right to advance
the ball in return for protection from being blocked or tackled by an opponent.
Section 9 article 2 Awarded Fair Catch - CORRECT ANSWER occurs when the
offended team chooses to take the ball after enforcement of a foul for kick-
catching interference.
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