A fumble in American American football, known in the United States simply as football and often as gridiron or tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. The ball can be advanced by carrying it and Canadian football Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played almost exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play 110 yards long and 65 yards (59 m) wide (100 m × 60 m), attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area (end zone). In Canada, the occurs when a player, who has possession and control of the ball, drops the ball. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking or successful handing that results in loss of player possession. A fumble may be forced by a defensive player who either grabs or punches the ball or butts the ball with his helmet (a move called "tackling the ball"). A fumbled ball may be recovered and advanced by either team (except, in American football, after the two-minute warning in either half or 4th down, when the fumbling player is the only offensive player allowed to advance the ball, otherwise the ball is ruled dead at the spot of recovery if the ball bounces backwards or spotted at the point of the fumble if the ball travels forward). It is one of three events that can cause a turnover In American football, a turnover occurs when the team with the ball loses possession of the ball through either a fumble or interception. Generally, a team that commits fewer turnovers will win the game, though this isn't always the case (the other two being an interception An interception or intercept is a move in many forms of football, including Canadian and American football football, as well as rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football and Gaelic football, and involves a pass being cut off by an opposition player who usually gains possession for their team or turnover on downs), where possession of the ball can change during play.
Under American rules a fumble may be confused with a muff The following terms are used in American football and Canadian football, but see also the glossary of Canadian football. A muff occurs where a player drops a ball that he does not have possession of, such as while attempting to catch a lateral pass In American football a lateral pass or lateral, officially referred to as a backward pass, and an "onside pass" in Canadian football; is a sideways or rearward throwing of the football. The pass cannot itself advance the ball, though of course the receiver can advance after catching it. This is distinguished from a forward pass, which or improperly fielding a kicking play such as a punt A punt in some codes of football, especially American football, rugby league and rugby union, is performed when the ball is kicked without letting it hit the ground first—in contrast to a drop kick. In Rugby football codes, the ball may be punted in open play by any player in order to gain field position, or a short-high punt known as an up and (you can't "fumble" a loose ball The following terms are used in American football and Canadian football, but see also the glossary of Canadian football). The result is the same and most announcers will still call it a fumble. Ball security is a term used to describe the ability of a player to maintain control over the football during play and thus avoid a fumble.
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