to know about Flag Football. Let’s look at the past, present and future. To start, you will find that American Flag Football is a form of American Football without the tacking. Pretty obvious. Many of the rules in tackle football are the same as flag football. Make sure to check with the director of your league because rules seem to be slightly different for every league.

Here is a quick summary on the past, present and future of flag football.

Past

Episkyros was an ancient Greek ball game played between two teams

Next came along the Roman version of Episkyros called Harpastum

The Romans brought the game of Harpastum to the England region

The English took Harpastum and turned into Association Football (commonly called Soccer in the US and Football outside of the US)

Formalrules for Soccer (Association Football) were adopted in the 1800s

In 1823 it is presumed that William Webb Ellis founded the game of Rugby while playing Association Football / Soccer while a student at the Rugby School in Warwickshire England. Hence the name of Rugby for the sports name. He supposedly caught the ball (allowed at the time) and then ran with it (not allowed at the time).

American Football is modernized from Rugby in the late 1800s and Walter Camp formalized the sport in the United States

There is no formal date flag football began but it is presumed to have started sometime in the 1930’s and 1940’s.

Rugby

Present

Today you will find children, men and women playing the sport of American Flag Football

You can also find Co-Ed game with men and