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Touch Down
(Both arms
extended above head)
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Safety
(Palms together
above head)
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First Down
(Arm pointed
towards defensive team's goal)
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Crowd Noise
(One Arm above
head with an open hand. With fist closed) Fourth Down
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Personal foul
(One wrist
striking the other above head)
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Ball illegally touched, kicked, or batted
(Fingertips
tap both shoulders)
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Time out
(Hands crisscrossed
above head.)
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No time out or time in with whistle
(Full arm circled
to simulate moving clock.)
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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.)
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Holding
(Grasping one
wrist, the fist clenched, in front of chest.)
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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.)
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Pass juggled inbounds and caught out of bounds
(Hands up and
down in front of chest (following incomplete pass signal).)
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Illegal forward pass
(One hand waved
behind back followed by loss of down signal.)
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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.)
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Invalid fair-catch signal
(One hand waved
above head.)
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Ineligible receiver or ineligible member of kicking team downfield
(Right hand
touching top of cap.)
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Illegal contact
(One open hand
extended forward.)
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Offside, encroachment, or neutral zone infraction
(Hands on hips.)
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Illegal motion at snap
(Horizontal
arc with one hand.)
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Loss of down
(Both hands
held behind head.)
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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.)
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Illegal cut
(Hand striking
front of thigh.)
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
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Illegalshift
(Horizontal
arcs with two hands.)
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Reset play clock - 25 seconds
(Pump one arm
vertically.)
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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)
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Roughing the Passer
(One wrist
striking the other above head followed by raised arm swinging forward)
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Major Face Mask
(One wrist
striking the other above head followed by grasping face mask)
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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.)
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Clipping
(One hand striking
back of calf preceded by personal-foul signal.)
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