What is the 5 yard rule in football ?(no contact with receiver)?
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Question by |\|ero: What is the 5 yard rule in football ?(no friend with receiver)?
Hi,
i got 2 questions in this area football. there is this 5 yard rule that i dont really get. that beyond 5 yards from the line of scrim i cant touch a receiver.
i thought that as a linebacker i may possibly block anyone anytime when a wanted, only exeption of course when the ball is in the air, i cant touch the receiver when i cover him.
so im a new linebacker in germany, we play NCAA rules as far as i know.
Does it really mean that beyond 5 yard from the LOS i cant touch anyone? only tackling the ball carrier?
2. question: what involves blocking someone who has no ball? so, what the real difference between tackling and blocking, seen from the rules?
i know that i can do nearly anything to the ballcarrier. i just want to know my borders when blocking a non ballcarrier.
is it allowed to block like getting low and striking him with my shoulders in this legs for example?
and can i tie my arms around him or would that be holding? that would be nearly a tackle
what in this area pulling my arms forward while blocking him low, without tieing around him. just so that he cant go to right or left, i reckon that would be no holding??!
thankfulness for answers from the Football Nation
Best answer:
Answer by Just Plain Joe
The “no friend with 5 yards rule” is commonly referred to in the NFL as the “Ty Law Rule”, a rule that Peyton Manning had place in because with a playoff game against the Patriots, the Colts thought that the Patriots DB’s were a small too physical for them, and it threw off the timing of their quick offense. But basically the rule states that neither the DB or the WR can touch each other beyond 5 yards.
And the difference between tackling and blocking is simple, tackling is basically trying to bring someone down by grabbing them, while blocking is basically pushing someone around.
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ACTUALLY, most of the rules that state the defensive backs can’t touch the receiver stems from one man. Watch the Steelers D in the 70′s, more specifically look for #47 Mel Blount. Blount is the reason that defensive backs aren’t allowed friend with 5 yards. Not a fan of the Steelers, but Mel was so physical and intimidating, he’s the reason the rules were changed.
Friend is permitted only if the defensive player and receiver are going for a ball and the friend is incidental.
Now the real answer:
The NFL has a rule in which the defensive back may only friend a receiver within 5 yards of the LOS when a pass play is occurring. Beyond that zone it is a 5 yard AFD enforcement. This rule was made in 1979.
To my knowledge the NCAA has not adopted it. As long as the receiver is a potential blocker he may be legally contacted in the fron above the waist by a defensive player.
In question 2 you have committed the following penalties in order of description: illegal block below the waist, holding, and holding. Anytime you use your arms to hinder an opponent who is not the runner from moving freely, it is either holding or illegal use of the hands.
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