flag football

No-contact pigskin sport

Flag football is a version of American football where tackles are replaced by pulling flags from opponents' belts.

Without the violent collisions of tackle football, it requires less protective equipment and carries lower injury risk, making it popular in recreational leagues, schools, and youth programs: We play flag football every Sunday in the park.

Opposites
contact level in football variants

flag footballtackle football

Full-contact gridiron game

American football · gridiron football · college football · professional football · NFL

formality and organization of play

flag footballprofessional football

Paid competitive American sport

NFL · college football

Family

flag, football, flags, flagging, flagged, flagship, unflagging, flagstone, flagon

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G