Below, we've created a simple American football rules guide for beginners. This will provide you with a basis to understand how American football is played, and what the players, referees, and coaches are doing on the field.

The goal of this tutorial is to help you understand the basic concepts behind offensive football plays and learn how to communicate those concepts to your players and fellow coaches. We’ll go through all the important terminology, and provide some useful coaching tips, diagrams and sample plays to illustrate the most important points.