Touch Down
(Both arms extended above head) |
Safety
(Palms together above head) |
First Down
(Arm pointed towards defensive team's goal) |
Crowd Noise
(One Arm above head with an open hand. With fist closed) Fourth Down |
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Ball illegally touched, kicked, or batted
(Fingertips tap both shoulders) |
Time out
(Hands crisscrossed above head.) |
No time out or time in with whistle
(Full arm circled to simulate moving clock.) |
Delay of game Or excess timeout
(Folded arms.) |
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False start, illegal formation, or kickoff or safety kick out of bounds
(Forearms rotated over and over in front of
body.) |
Personal foul
(One wrist striking the other above head)
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Holding
(Grasping one wrist, the fist clenched, in front of chest.) |
Illegal use of hands, arms, or body
(Grasping one wrist, the hand open and facing forward, in front of chest.) |
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Penalty refused, incomplete pass, play over, or missed field goal or extra point
(Hands shifted in horizontal plane.) |
Pass juggled inbounds and caught out of bounds
(Hands up and down in front of chest (following incomplete pass signal).) |
Illegal forward pass
(One hand waved behind back followed by loss of down signal.) |
Intentional grounding of pass
(Parallel arms waved in a diagonal plane across body. Followed by loss of down signal.) |
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Interference with forward pass or fair catch
(Hands open and extended forward from shoulders with hands vertical.) |
Invalid fair-catch signal
(One hand waved above head.) |
Ineligible receiver or ineligible member of kicking team downfield
(Right hand touching top of cap.) |
Illegal contact
(One open hand extended forward.) |
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Offside, encroachment, or neutral zone infraction
(Hands on hips.) |
Illegal motion at snap
(Horizontal arc with one hand.) |
Loss of down
(Both hands held behind head.) |
Interlocking interference, pushing, or helping runner
(Pushing movement of hands to front with arms downward.) |
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Unsportsmanlike conduct
(Arms outstretched, palms down.)
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Touching a forward pass or scrimmage kick
(Diagonal motion of one hand across another.) |
Illegal cut
(Hand striking front of thigh.) |
Illegal crackback
(Strike of an open right hand against the right mid-thigh preceded by personal foul signal.) |
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Player disqualified
(Ejection signal.) |
Tripping
(Repeated action of right foot in back of left heel.)
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Uncatchable forward pass
(Palm of right hand held parallel to ground above head and moved back and forth.) |
Twelve men in offensive huddle or too many men on the field
(Both hands on top of head.) |
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Face mask
(Grasping face mask with one hand.) |
Illegalshift
(Horizontal arcs with two hands.) |
Reset play clock - 25 seconds
(Pump one arm vertically.) |
Reset play clock - 40 seconds
(Pump two arms vertically.) |
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Roughing the Kicker
(One wrist striking the other above head followed by swinging leg) |
Roughing the Passer
(One wrist striking the other above head followed by raised arm swinging forward) |
Major Face Mask
(One wrist striking the other above head followed by grasping face mask |
Illegal block below the waist
(One hand striking front of thigh preceded by personal-foul signal.) |
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Chop block
(Both hands striking side of thighs preceded by personal-foul signal.) |
Clipping
(One hand striking back of calf preceded by personal-foul signal.) |
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