Across
- 1. When a player drops the football after they caught it. Any time this happens in flag football it is a down.
- 3. Moving the ball from the line of scrimmage to the quarterback. The center does this.
- 6. When the offensive team reaches the endzone with the football.
- 7. We do NOT do this in 5 on 5 flag football: Drop kicking the football using the top of your foot.
- 9. When the defense crosses the line of scrimmage to go after the quarterback.
- 11. Being on the wrong side of the line of scrimmage when the ball is hiked to the quarterback. OR moving past the line of scrimmage before the ball is hiked.
- 12. When the offense gets their flag pulled behing their own goal line.
- 13. Throwing the football to a receiver down the field. This must occur from behind the line of scrimmage.
- 14. An imaginary line that separates the offensive from the defense. Where the play starts.
- 16. You get 4 of them. It starts with the snap from the center to the quarterback and ends when the ball is dead.
Down
- 2. Throwing the football underhand to a receiver to the side of you or behing you. Can occur anywhere on the field.
- 4. When a defensive player catches a pass intended for an offensive player.
- 5. When the quarterback hands the running back the football
- 8. The area of the field from the goal line to the end line and between the sidelines. This is where you go to score a touchdown.
- 10. The player who runs the offense and throws the ball.
- 15. The player who hikes/passes the ball to the quarterback.