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  2. Glossary of association football terms - Wikipedia

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    A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...

  3. Rationing - Wikipedia

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    Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, [1] or an artificial restriction of demand. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one's allowed portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time. There are many forms of rationing, although rationing by price is ...

  4. Rationing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services, or an artificial restriction of demand. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one person's allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.

  5. Glossary of American football terms - Wikipedia

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    In American football, only one offensive player can be in motion at a time, cannot be moving toward the line of scrimmage at the snap, and may not be a player who is on the line of scrimmage. In Canadian football, more than one back can be in motion, and may move in any direction as long as they are behind the line of scrimmage at the snap.

  6. Football - Wikipedia

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    The various codes of football share certain common elements and can be grouped into two main classes of football: carrying codes like American football, Canadian football, Australian football, rugby union and rugby league, where the ball is moved about the field while being held in the hands or thrown, and kicking codes such as association football and Gaelic football, where the ball is moved ...

  7. All-purpose yardage - Wikipedia

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    All-purpose yards or all-purpose yardage is a gridiron football statistical measure. It is virtually the same as the statistic that some football leagues refer to as combined net yards. [1] In the game of football, progress is measured by advancing the football towards the opposing team's goal line.

  8. Triple option - Wikipedia

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    The wishbone formation. The wishbone triple option can use several formations including the flexbone or Maryland I.The wishbone triple option is a running play where either the fullback, the quarterback, or one of the halfbacks (also called "running backs" [RB] or "tail backs") runs the ball.

  9. Turnover on downs - Wikipedia

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    A football team has four plays (three in Canadian football) to advance the ball at least ten yards or to score.Any ground gained during each down short of these ten yards is kept, and any ground lost must be regained in addition to the ten yards.