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American football

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ID 737392 Last modified 07.05.2019
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Domain ball games - throwing games
American football
  • USAs ja Kanadas mängitav ragbile lähedane pallimäng, mida mängivad kaks võistkonda
  • a game similar to rugby that is played by two teams of eleven players using an oval-shaped ball
  • an American game that is played between two teams of 11 players each and in which the ball is moved forward by running or passing
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  • Eesmärk on teenida vastasest rohkem punkte, viies palli üle tema väravajoone või lüües läbi värava. Väljaku mõõtmed on 109,7 x 48,8 m. Ovaalne pall on nahaga kaetud.
  • Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents' end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts.
  • ... it differs from soccer chiefly in allowing players to touch, throw, and carry the ball with their hands, and it differs from rugby in allowing each side to control the ball in alternating possessions.
Ameerika jalgpall
American football
Usage examples
  • American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of association football and rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6, 1869, between two college teams ...
Good to know
  • in AM, use football
gridiron football

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ID 752471 Last modified 10.05.2024
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Domain sport
  • USAs ja Kanadas mängitav ragbile lähedane pallimäng, mida mängivad kaks võistkonda. Eesmärk on teenida vastasest rohkem punkte, viies palli üle tema väravajoone või lüües läbi värava. Väljaku mõõtmed on 109,7 x 48,8 m. Ovaalne pall on nahaga kaetud

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