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NFL Game Day Guide

Like Duolingo, but for NFL Game Day Guide. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

12 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free forever · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Blitz the Bulldog
NFL Game Day Guide
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12
Levels
2
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in NFL Game Day Guide

  • The end zone is the scoring area at each end of the 100-yard field
  • Downs are the individual plays used to move the ball
  • Teams must advance the ball toward the opponent's side to score
  • The offense has a limit of four attempts to advance
  • The field is a directional map where progress is measured in yards
  • Gaining 10 yards resets the count to a new first down
  • The objective of moving the ball toward the opponent's end zone
  • The progression of downs to gain 10 yards
  • The yellow line is a digital broadcast overlay, not a physical object
  • The line marks the 'line to gain' for a fresh set of downs
  • Failing on 4th down gives the ball to the opponent at that exact spot
  • Punting moves the opponent much further away from your end zone
  • The strategic decision to punt on fourth down
  • The 40-second play clock prevents teams from stalling
  • Identifying the purpose of the digital yellow line on TV
  • The offense must initiate a play before the timer hits zero
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives NFL Game Day Guide the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

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Here's what playing it feels like

A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

Mapping the Field of Play

In the rhythm of a football game, what is the term for each individual play or attempt?

Get it right to open this lesson and 11 more in the app.

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Where NFL Game Day Guide takes you

Go from confused spectator to confident fan by learning the rhythm, rules, and roles of American football.

  1. 1

    The Rhythm of the Game

    • Following the Ball
    • How Points are Scored
  2. 2

    Players and Penalties

    • The Roles on the Field
    • Understanding the Flags

2 sections · 4 units · 12 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

How it's taught

You pick the voice

This course
The Professor

NFL Game Day Guide is taught in the The Professor style: clear, structured, thorough. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.

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