There are so many rules that even people who grew up playing and loving the game do not know. There is a reason why there are "laws" of the game in soccer (association football) and that you never hear this term mentioned in American football.
In short, no one I have ever asked this question has been able to answer.
It depends what age group you are in and what type of game you are in like a tournament or just a regular soccer game, so the answer is it really all depends
The Laws of the Game are 17 in number. They can be found clicking on the link below. It will take the user directly to FIFA's (the world's governing body for soccer) English version of the rules. There are minor variations (size of ball, duration of game, etc.) for different age groups, but the basic laws remain the same. Use the link to FIFA's (the world governing body of soccer) current English version of the rules.
What kind of football? American football, Association Football or Australian Rules?
There are so many rules that even people who grew up playing and loving the game do not know. There is a reason why there are "laws" of the game in soccer (association football) and that you never hear this term mentioned in American football. In short, no one I have ever asked this question has been able to answer.
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The real name for Soccer is Football. You use your foot, to move the ball. Football was invented before American Football, the rules were written before American Football's rules. American Football shouldn't be called Football because the foot is barely used.
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All the modern football games in the world would have originated from various games played in the middle ages, with balls of different shape. Out of these have come sports like Soccer, Rugby, Gaelic Football, Australian Rules Football, American Football and others. Many of these games share similar rules and have obvious similarities.
You can find the rules for Australian football online at websites such as Point Me To It and WikiHow. You can also find the different between Australian and American football by visiting its associated Wikipedia page.
Because it's one of the world's many football codes: association football (soccer), rugby football, Gaelic football, Australian rules football, and American/gridiron football. All of them except soccer allow use of the hands in open play. American football began as a kicking-oriented game. It wasn't until the first American colleges to play football met and standardized their rules, based on the English rugby code, that kicking played less of a role in the game. In fact, kicking remained a primary strategy until the forward pass was legalized in the early 20th century.
An American football, a Rugby football and an Aussie rules ball are all prolate spheroids (pointed ovals). A soccer ball is a sphere.
An American football, a rugby football and an Aussie rules ball are all prolate spheroids (pointed ovals). A soccer ball is a sphere.