Touch Football Safety Rules. Any suggestions for rule changes or variations are to be submitted to your club official/delegate, who will review and present at the first general committee meeting each year. Touchbacks occur in the end zone and result in the offensive team beginning play from their 20 yard line.
Touch football (‘touch’) was originally a form of training for rugby league players, but it’s now a popular sport in its own right. A touch includes contact on the ball, hair or clothing, and can be made by a defending player or the player holding the ball. The game is usually played by amateurs on a recreational basis.
If a punt doesn’t cross the line of scrimmage, either team may pick up the ball and run toward its own end zone.
Even if you have never played touch footy before you will pick up the rules really quickly once you get playing. If a punt doesn’t cross the line of scrimmage, either team may pick up the ball and run toward its own end zone. Touchbacks occur in the end zone and result in the offensive team beginning play from their 20 yard line. The ball carrier is down when he is touched with one or two hands above the waist and below the shoulders.