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Quick Tip of the Week: Make it a Touchback

October 19, 2007


If it's close, make it a touchback. Read more about this Quick Tip.

Use common sense and try to award a touchback when possible. If a defender makes a great, athletic play and intercepts that ball near his own goal line, don't penalize him by placing the ball inside his own one yard line. Try to make it a touchback.

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Tips of the Week courtesy Central Football Officials Clinic.

Story courtesy of Red Line Editorial.