The sports world has always been filled with competition, but perhaps there is no greater rivalry between two sports than Football vs. Hockey . Football and hockey are very similar yet very different in many ways. Football, the American version of the game that originated in England, is one of the most popular spectator sports in America. Hockey , a sport that is much less popular in the United States, was born from a similar game from England called field hockey . Football and hockey are different in the ways they are played, but Football vs.
Hockey isn’t won or lost on the field or ice. Football vs. Hockey is decided by which sport has the fans’ support behind it. Football season normally starts after all of the hard work done during summer training camp and preseason has been completed. The National Football League (NFL) holds its annual draft around late March to early April where college football players hope to be chosen by an NFL team so they can start playing for money right away instead of going to school for free and playing for a scholarship while there.
The first week of Football is the same across all teams, but after that each team’s schedule is different depending on their division. Football has a total of 16 regular season games followed by four single elimination playoff games leading up to the NFL championship game known as the Super Bowl . Football players are divided into offense and defense. Football offenses have nine players who go out on the field for each play while Football defenses have 11 players on the field for each play.
Football offenses try to advance the ball down the field through passing or running with it until they get close enough to score either by kicking the ball through the goal posts (field goals) or carrying it over into their opponent’s end zone (touchdowns). defenses stop their opponents from scoring by tackling the player who has the Football or by forcing them to make a mistake such as throwing an interception. Football teams have three different units: offensive, defensive and special teams.
Football strategy is much more complicated than hockey strategy because Football players need both mental and physical abilities in order to be good at the game. Football requires its players to know every one of their teammates’ jobs on each play because they could be playing with someone different ever time depending on that person’s position. On many plays Football players must quickly get into formation before the ball is snapped so that everything goes according to plan when it is kicked off . Every Football play starts from a set place called the line of scrimmage where only certain positions can be played.
After three harsh downs and failing to make ten yards Football players must turn the ball over to their opponents or they will lose possession of it. Football is played either outdoors or in domes because playing Football in cold weather can be hazardous to players’ health as well as those watching the game from the sidelines. The National Football League (NFL) is divided into two conferences called American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Each conference is then divided into four divisions: East, West, North and South.
Every season, all 32 NFL teams compete against each other to see which one will make it to the Super Bowl and who will hoist up that illustrious trophy at season’s end. Hockey, like Football , is a sport that would be very unlikely to exist without its parent from England . Many of the basic rules of Hockey were made by Football players during Football’s early days. Hockey players have two units: offense and defense. Each team has six players on the ice at one time, three forwards , two defenseman and a goalie .
Offensively, each team tries to maneuver the puck across the ice and past their opponent’s goalie in an effort to score goals which are worth one point. Defense prevents their opponents from scoring goals by blocking shots as well as intercepting passes intended for their offensive teammates. A major difference between Football and Hockey is seen when it comes to special teams . In Football there are kicking teams who only kick off during games while there are also punting teams in Football who only have the responsibility of kicking the ball when it is their turn to do so.
Hockey does not have separate units for special situations during games which makes every player responsible for covering his own end, offense and playmaking . Hockey can be played indoors or outdoors but unlike Football, playing hockey outside is much more common than Football. An explanation for this would be weather conditions including extreme heat, cold, rain and snow that can cause health issues if precautions are not taken beforehand or if Football players decide to ignore unpromising weather. There are five divisions in both the Eastern Conference and Western Conference in Hockey: Atlantic, Northeast, Southeast, Central and Pacific.
Each division is up of three teams each except for the Pacific Division, which has four teams. Every finished season the top three teams in each division going to battle against one another for a spot in the Stanley Cup playoffs . The two teams who emerge victorious have a chance at winning the hockey’s holy grail : the Stanley Cup . Football and Hockey are both great sports but Football is much more strategic while Hockey is faster-paced and action-packed. Football requires mental acuity , physical prowess and teamwork while Hockey does not require any strategy at all.
Football can be played outdoors or indoors but Hockey needs to be played outside in order to avoid health issues like heat stroke, hypothermia and frostbite. Football has sixteen regular games compared to Hockey’s 82-game schedule many of which are back-to-back games. Football is divided into two conferences, the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC), and four divisions: West, North, South and East with each division containing three teams except for the NFC West which has four teams.
Hockey does not have conferences or divisions but they do have five divisions: Atlantic, Northeast, Southeast Central and Pacific. Football’s season culminates in a big championship game called the Super Bowl where league champions from both conference come together to battle it out for supremacy. Hockey’s season culminates in a grueling set of 16 elimination games called the Stanley Cup playoffs.
