The Basics Of American Football Scoring System For Betting

   Betting on American football games if you don't know the rules is as good as cranking up the stakes, increasing your chances of losing without any chance of potentially increasing your earnings. You need to know the basics of the game and the scoring system in order to be able to assess the different teams and have an idea of how well they will perform.

Plays are called by the head coach or quarterback, who is the attacking lynchpin of every team. Although the term usually refers to teams on the attack, dending teams also use set plays to stop their opponents from going forward. To get the ball in play, the team on the offensive has thirty seconds and in that time they can also kick a field goal.

The scoring system is as convoluted and interesting as the rest of the game itself. A touchdown is scored when a team crosses the opposing team's goal line with the ball, or catches or collects the ball while in the end zone. They do not have to place the ball on the ground though – like in rugby. It is worth six points.

An extra point can be earned by kicking the ball through the posts or uprights ( as they are called) after a touch down – similar to rugby.

If the kicker is near the end zone to kick the ball through the posts, then a field goal worth three points can be achieved.

Finally if an attacking player is tackled with the ball in his hands in his own end zone, two safety point is awarded to the defensive team.

So now you have it. Go place your bets: bet on hockey or nfl betting odds is a good starting point.