Touch football is as casual a game as the tackle version of football is organized, regimented and dominated by rules. Touch football has little to do with blocking and hard hitting. Instead, it is about being able to throw the football 30 or 40 yards and have a receiver catch it for a big play. Touch football is a recreational activity that can be played on a school yard or on a street blacktop.
Step 1
Play touch football with three players or more. If there's an odd number of players, one player can serve as quarterback for both teams. The receivers will each have a player covering them so it is a fair way of playing.
Step 2
Set up a field with boundaries. Make sure everyone knows where the end zones are and where the out of bounds are. Knowing the distances for the end zones and out of bounds is not important because you don't need 10 yards for a first down. You can earn a first down by completing two or three passes in a series for a first down.
Step 3
Establish how long you will play. Touch football is much like schoolyard or driveway basketball, where often the first team that gets to 15 or 21 points wins. In touch football, decide, for example, that the first team to get 10 touchdowns wins.
Step 4
Establish a count of three or four seconds before the pass rusher can move in on the quarterback. Every player on offense is considered an eligible receiver. With nobody staying on the line, it would be a travesty if the pass rusher could move in on the snap of the ball. The pass rusher will have to count seconds by saying "Mississippi" after every number he chants. So the pass rusher would stay on the line and say "1-Mississippi, 2-Mississippi, 3-Mississippi, 4-Mississippi" before the pass rusher gets after the quarterback. More often than not, the quarterback will let go of the pass an instant or two before the pass rusher gets there. But if he has not, the quarterback can try to evade the rusher and even take off downfield.
Step 5
Put two hands on the receiver after he catches the ball or the quarterback runs with it to end the play. remember: not one hand, but two hands. No need to shove the receiver to the ground, since a two-hand touch ends the play. Both the toucher and the receiver should know what happened, but there will be some incidents when the two-hand touch is one hand and one finger from the other hand. You have to take the toucher at his word until he has been proven to exaggerate.
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