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AH360 PhotographyFrequently asked questions about High School Football Answer:Coming from the perspective of a Sports Photographer, the average High School Football game will probably last just over 2 hours but can be as long as 3 hours or as short as an hour and 45 minutes. This will largely depend on if both teams run or pass the ball more (Run heavy games usually move faster because the clock rarely stops). For a more literal definition of how long a High School Football game can last, let’s discuss the official times starting with How Long A high School Football Quarter Lasts: Varsity Football
Junior Varsity Football
When Does A High School Football Season Start in 2022? (By State)A lot of people new to Highschool Football don’t really even know how long a typical season will last. Heck, I didn’t before I became a football photographer. Most High School Football Seasons will start in August but there are several states with September starts. August 4th- Hawaii. August 11: Alaska. Aug 18: Georgia, Arizona Kentucky, Indiana, North Dakota, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin. August 25th: Alabama, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia. August 31st: Minnesota (Or Sept 1st). Sept 1st: Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana. Sept 8th- Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Rhode Island How Much Does a High School Football Coach Make in 2022?As of August 8th, 2018, the average salary for a High School Football Coach was about $45,862 per Year. This can be a bit deceiving though because there are some coaches actually making upwards of $87,000 a year, while others on the low end are hitting $16,000 per year. So, it’s not what most coaches make, it’s simply the average in a field that seems to have a lot of disparity. A significant amount of High School Football Coaches, if you happen to be looking for a job, are going to land between $27,000 and $55,000. Most salaries (According to Zip Recruiter) seem to vary based on years of experience and location. The biggest shocker to me is that Florida apparently ranks 49th our of 50 for average salaries? Someone needs to explain that one since this state pumps out so much college and NFL talent. What Should You Wear To A high School Football Game in 2022Question seems a bit odd I know, but people have asked! So, from my time attending High School football games I would say you dress as you would for any sport. Find some team clothes, from the two schools attending, or even pro teams, and your set. You will likely have two sets of attendees: Teens and Parents. You really can’t go wrong being trendy or old fashioned lol. What Size Is A High School Football in 2022High School FootballsYour Junior Varsity and Youth Football players will soon be an “adult” and therefore will need a football to match his (Or Her) growing hand size and skill at the next level (High School). High school footballs made by most manufacturers are built to standards outlined by the NFHS and NCAA. From this point forward, the footballs will roughly be the same size.
As a reference point, College Football Sizes are:
More Questions Coming Soon, And Feel Free To Ask Your Own!A football is a ball inflated with air that is used to play one of the various sports known as football. In these games, with some exceptions, goals or points are scored only when the ball enters one of two designated goal-scoring areas; football games involve the two teams each trying to move the ball in opposite directions along the field of play. The first balls were made of natural materials, such as an inflated pig bladder, later put inside a leather cover, which has given rise to the American slang-term "pigskin". Modern balls are designed by teams of engineers to exacting specifications, with rubber or plastic bladders, and often with plastic covers. Various leagues and games use different balls, though they all have one of the following basic shapes:
The precise shape and construction of footballs is typically specified as part of the rules and regulations. The oldest football still in existence, which is thought to have been made circa 1550, was discovered in the roof of Stirling Castle, Scotland, in 1981.[1] The ball is made of leather (possibly from a deer) and a pig's bladder.[2] It has a diameter of between 14–16 cm (5.5–6.3 in), weighs 125 g (4.4 oz) and is currently on display at the Smith Art Gallery and Museum[3] in Stirling. Association football[edit]Law 2 of the game specifies that the ball is an air-filled sphere with a circumference of 68–70 cm (27–28 in), a weight of 410–450 g (14–16 oz), inflated to a pressure of 0.6 to 1.1 atmospheres (60–111 kPa or 8.7–16.1 psi) "at sea level", and covered in leather or "other suitable material".[4] The weight specified for a ball is the dry weight, as older balls often became significantly heavier in the course of a match played in wet weather. There are a number of different types of football balls depending on the match and turf including: training footballs, match footballs, professional match footballs, beach footballs, street footballs, indoor footballs, turf balls, futsal footballs and mini/skills footballs.[5] Most modern Association footballs are stitched from 32 panels of waterproofed leather or plastic: 12 regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons. The 32-panel configuration is the spherical polyhedron corresponding to the truncated icosahedron; it is spherical because the faces bulge from the pressure of the air inside. The first 32-panel ball was marketed by Select in the 1950s in Denmark. This configuration became common throughout Continental Europe in the 1960s, and was publicised worldwide by the Adidas Telstar, the official ball of the 1970 World Cup. This design in often referenced when describing the truncated icosahedron Archimedean solid, carbon buckyballs, or the root structure of geodesic domes. Gridiron football[edit]In the United States and Canada, the term football usually refers to a ball made of cow hide leather, which is required in professional and collegiate football. Footballs used in recreation and in organized youth leagues may be made of rubber or plastic materials (the high school football rulebooks still allow the inexpensive all-rubber footballs, though they are less common than leather). Since 1941, Horween Leather Company has been the exclusive supplier of leather for National Football League footballs.[6][7][8] The arrangement was established by Arnold Horween, who had played and coached in the NFL.[9] Horween Leather Company also supplies leather to Spalding, supplier of balls to the Arena Football League.[10] Leather panels are typically tanned to a natural brown color, which is usually required in professional leagues and collegiate play. At least one manufacturer[citation needed] uses leather that has been tanned to provide a "tacky" grip in dry or wet conditions. Historically, white footballs have been used in games played at night so that the ball can be seen more easily[citation needed] however, improved artificial lighting conditions have made this no longer necessary. At most levels of play (but not, notably, the NFL), white stripes are painted on each end of the ball, halfway around the circumference, to improve nighttime visibility and also to differentiate the college football from the pro football[citation needed]. However, the NFL once explored the usage of white-striped footballs – in Super Bowl VIII.[11] In the CFL the stripes traverse the entire circumference of the ball. The UFL used a ball with lime-green stripes. The XFL of 2001 used a novel color pattern, a black ball with red curved lines in lieu of stripes, for its footballs; this design was redone in a tan and navy color scheme for the Arena Football League in 2003. A ball with red, white and blue panels was introduced in the American Indoor Football League in 2005 and used by its successors, as well as the Ultimate Indoor Football League of the early 2010s and the Can-Am Indoor Football League during its lone season in 2017. The XFL of 2020 uses standard brown but with X markings on each point instead of stripes. Footballs used in gridiron-style games have prominent points on both ends. The shape is generally credited to official Hugh "Shorty" Ray, who introduced the new ball in 1934 as a way to make the forward pass more effective.[12] Australian rules football[edit]The football used in Australian football is similar to a rugby ball but generally slightly smaller and more rounded at the ends, but more elongated in overall appearance, being longer by comparison with its width than a rugby ball. A regulation football is 720–730 millimetres (28–29 in) in circumference, and 545–555 mm (21.5–21.9 in) transverse circumference, and inflated to a pressure of 62–76 kPa (9.0–11.0 psi). In the AFL, the balls are red for day matches and yellow for night matches. The first games of Australian football were played with a round ball, because balls of that shape were more readily available. In 1860, Australian football pioneer Tom Wills argued that the oval rugby ball travelled further in the air and made for a more exciting game.[13] It became customary in Australian football by the 1870s. The Australian football ball was invented by T. W. Sherrin in 1880, after he was given a misshapen rugby ball to fix. Sherrin designed the ball with indented rather than pointy ends to give the ball a better bounce. Australian football ball brands include Burley, Ross Faulkner, and Sherrin (the brand used by the Australian Football League). Gaelic football[edit]The game is played with a round leather football made of 18 stitched leather panels, similar in appearance to a traditional volleyball (but larger), with a circumference of 68–70 cm (27–28 in), weighing between 480–500 g (17–18 oz) when dry.[14] It may be kicked or hand passed. A hand pass is not a punch but rather a strike of the ball with the side of the closed fist, using the knuckle of the thumb. Rugby football[edit]Until 1870, rugby was played with a near spherical ball with an inner-tube made of a pig's bladder. In 1870 Richard Lindon and Bernardo Solano started making balls for Rugby school out of hand stitched, four-panel, leather casings and pigs' bladders. The rugby ball's distinctive shape is supposedly due to the pig's bladder, although early balls were more plum-shape than oval. The balls varied in size in the beginning depending upon how large the pig's bladder was.[15] Because of the pliability of rubber the shape gradually changed from a sphere to an egg. In 1892 the RFU endorsed ovalness as the compulsory shape. The gradual flattening of the ball continued over the years.[16] The introduction of synthetic footballs over the traditional leather balls, in both rugby codes, was originally governed by weather conditions. If the playing surface was wet, the synthetic ball was used, because it wouldn't absorb water and become heavy. Eventually, the leather balls were phased out completely. Rugby league[edit]Rugby league is played with a prolate spheroid shaped football which is inflated with air.[17] A referee will stop play immediately if the ball does not meet the requirements of size and shape.[17] Traditionally made of brown leather, modern footballs are synthetic and manufactured in a variety of colours and patterns. Senior competitions should use light-coloured balls to allow spectators to see the ball more easily.[17] The football used in rugby league is known as "international size" or "size 5" and is approximately 27 cm (11 in) long and 60 cm (24 in) in circumference at its widest point. Smaller-sized balls are used for junior versions of the game, such as "Mini" and "Mod". A full size ball weighs between 383 and 440 g (13.5 and 15.5 oz). Rugby league footballs are slightly more pointed than rugby union footballs and larger than American footballs. The Australasian National Rugby League and Super League use balls made by Steeden. Steeden is also sometimes used in Australia as a noun to describe the ball itself. Rugby union[edit]The ball used in rugby union, usually referred to as a rugby ball, is a prolate spheroid essentially elliptical in profile. Traditionally made of brown leather, modern footballs are manufactured in a variety of colours and patterns. A regulation football is 28–30 cm (11–12 in) long and 58–62 cm (23–24 in) in circumference at its widest point. It weighs 410–460 g (14–16 oz) and is inflated to 65.7–68.8 kPa (9.5–10.0 psi).[18] In 1980, leather-encased balls, which were prone to water-logging, were replaced with balls encased in synthetic waterproof materials.[16] The Gilbert Synergie was the match ball of the 2007 Rugby World Cup. See also[edit]
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How long are most high school footballs?How Long Is A High School Football Game? High school football games typically last between two hours and two and a half hours. They consist of four 12-minute quarters with a halftime in between the second and third quarter.
What size is a high school football?High School Footballs (Size 9, Ages 14 & up)
High school footballs generally fall under the same size and weight regulations as college footballs.
Are NFL balls bigger than high school?High School and College
These footballs measure slightly smaller than an official NFL-sized football. Depending on the player's hand size, either of these balls works well for ages 14 and up. For these players, shop our GST ball.
How long is a full size football?It shall have the form of a prolate spheroid and the size and weight shall be: long axis, 11 to 11 1/4 inches; long circumference, 28 to 28 1/2 inches; short circumference, 21 to 21 1/4 inches; weight, 14 to 15 ounces.
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