High School Football RULES!

Welcome to the 2025 Season! Listen here for the 2025 NFHS rules updates along with a couple other topics around basic kicking rules and formations.

In this episode we go over the Pregame topics.  YES! you should have a pregame with your crew. Yes! you can continue to get better. Yes! someone will blow it off but it's important to move from the office to the field and the best way is to discuss a few key topics each week.

Link to the document we discuss during the podcast: 

https://mshsl.arbitersports.com/Groups/103385/Library/files/2023-24/FB%20Pre-Game%20Topics.pdf

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In this episode we go over the 2023-2024 Football Points of Emphasis put out by the NFHS.  

Points of Emphasis Discussed:

• Helping the Runner
• Communication Between Coaches and Game Officials 
• Game Management

 

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The 2023 Season is here! In this episode we go over the 2023-2024 Football Rules Changes put out by the NFHS.  The BIG RULE CHANGE: Change in basic spot penalty enforcement! Here us discuss all the new scenarios and what might need further clarification down the road.

New Rules Discussed:

• Clarification that towels do not have to be the same solid color for each player
• Clarification on the inbounds/out of bounds status of a player
• The addition of criteria to help identify players who should be defined as defenseless receivers.
• An intentional grounding exception
• Removal of "intentional" form pass interference
• Change in Basic Spot Penalty Enforcement. 

 

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Rule 10! We get into enforcements and specifically special enforcements and the All-But-One rules and how to think about it logically. 

 

10-1 Procedure After Foul

10-2 Double and Multiple Fouls

10-3 Types of Play

10-4 Basic Spot

10-5 Special Enforcement Rules

10-6 Enforcement Spots, All-But-One Principal

 

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9-1 Helping the Runner

9-2 Illegal Use of Hands and Holding

9-3 Illegal Blocking

9-4 Illegal Personal Contact

9-5 Noncontact Unsportsmanlike Conduct

9-6 Illegal Participation

9-7 Illegal Kicking and Batting

9-8 Non Contact Unsportsmanlike Conduct

9-9 Unfair Acts

 

 

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5-1: Series of Downs

5-2: Down after Penalty

5-3: The Line to Gain and Measurements

 

 

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8-1: Point Values

8-2: Touchdown

8-3: Try

8-4: Field Goal

8-5: Force, Safety and Touchback

 

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7-1: Before the Snap

7-2: Formation/Position, Numbering and Action at the Snap

7-3: Handing the Ball

7-4: Fumble and Backward Pass

7-5: Forward-Pass Classification

 

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6-1: The Kickoff and Other Free Kicks

6-2: Scrimmage Kicks

6-3: Touchback

6-4: Summary of Scrimmage Kick and Free-Kick Activities

6-5: Fair Catch

 

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