Hip Your Chick 06/11/2012

Hip YOUR Chick 4th and Inches Magazine wants to spread the knowledge of the game to everyone who wants it. This section is for fellas who need help explaining the game to his lady, or if you’re a lady that wants to hip yourself to the game, this feature is for you! This is the feature of the magazine in which we will, in a sense, “Hip Your Chick”!!! We’ll get her football terms and knowledge of the game up to par. We will start off with basic terms that you can start your chick out with that will help her keep up with the game, as well as a penalty that she will see called in a game. The goal of the game of football is to score a touchdown. The field is 100 yards. You have 4 downs to get 10 yards. Every 10 yards gives you a new 4 downs to get 10 more yards. When you see it on the field or on the screen it will say 1st down and 10. When you gain yards, those yards are subtracted from the 10 yards. For example, if on 1st down and 10 you gain 5 yards, then the next play will be 2nd down and 5. If you gain 5 more yards, then the next play will be 1st down and 10 again. If you only gain 3 yards, it will be 3rd down and 2. If you cannot get a first down on the first 3 plays, you can either go for the 1st on 4th down, punt the ball to the other team (which means kick the ball away to the other team), or you can kick a field goal if you are close enough to the end zone (that means attempt to kick the ball through the yellow post behind the touchdown). Penalty- Holding Courtesy of NFL.com Holding is a penalty in which one player impedes another player from the opposite team by grabbing the other player. Offensive holding is a 10 yard penalty and they repeat the down (review earlier explanation of downs) Defensive holding is a 5 yard penalty. This penalty can cancel out a great play, offense or defense. Next week ladies and gents we’ll review this info and go over the positions on the field and what each does. We’ll get you ready for football season!!!