Football Zebra Blog

For current officials, armchair officials and people who just like to keep up on the happenings of officiating, especially at the NFL level, Football Zebras is a very informational blog site. The site has tons of different areas to explore such as rules school, film study, rules and mechanics.

The rules school does a great job of showing NFL rules in a fun interactive quiz way. Questions usually get posted after controversial calls on a Sunday game and it helps bring clarity for why the call was or was not made. No matter what level of official you are, it is a great way to test your rules knowledge.

The film study section within Football Zebras is a great way for people to visually learn the rules. Everyone who officiates, especially football, knows the importance of watching film. You can read a rule in a rule book 100 times, and yet when you see it out on the field you may not remember those words from the rule book. Watching a video lets you process it as if you just saw the play on the field so you are ready to make the correct call when it happens in your game.

The rules section is a unique section that if people choose they can emerge themselves in the NFL rules. That way at least some of the armchair refs can connect a rule to the anger they have at the officials making a call against their team.

And finally, the mechanics section may be the most important because these are things that are not a simple rule. These are things such as where to be on the field and who you are watching on every play. Football zebras also covers things like how to build good crews for the season in this section.


If you would like to check out Football Zebra’s website, check them out here. 
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