In sports, a false start is a movement by a participant before (or in some cases after) being signaled or otherwise permitted by the rules to start. Depending on the sport and the event, a false start can result in a penalty against the athlete's or team's field position, a warning that a subsequent false start will result in disqualification, or immediate disqualification of the athlete from further competition.
False starts are common in racing sports (such as swimming, track, sprinting, and motor sports), where differences are made by fractions of a second and where anxiety to get the best start plays a role in the athletes' behavior.
A race that is started cleanly, on the contrary, is referred to as a fair start or clean start.
In sports
American and Canadian football
In American football and Canadian football, a false start is movement by an offensive player (other than the center) after he has taken a set position. For offensive linemen, this movement might be as minimal as a couple of centimeters, although the rule's intent is to prevent offensive players from unfairly drawing the defense offside. A false start brings a penalty of five yards. Unlike an offsides penalty, where the play is run as usual, the play after a false start penalty immediately becomes dead. This is done to prevent a defensive player reacting to a false start from hitting the quarterback while going through the snap count, which would make the quarterback more susceptible to injury.
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Though rookie Kiran Amegadjie was active, veteran Larry Borom started for injured left tackle Braxton Jones (broken ankle) ... Curhan also had a false start on fourth-and-one with 2.14 left but was bailed out by a 15-yard pass from Williams to Moore.
“Just being able to, from start to finish, to be able to be consistent all season,” he said ... Curhan was flagged for holding on a touchdown and a false start on fourth-and-one.
The Patriots are tied for the 14th-most penalties this season, but they have multiple false starts or illegal formation penalties per game that move them back when they're starting to find some rhythm.
On fourth-and-inches at their own 39-yard line, the Bears were going for it when backup left guard Jake Curhan committed a false start that made it fourth-and-five ... “It wasn't confusion at all," Brown said ... ....
Trailing 6-3 with 2.14 left in the fourth quarter, the Bears lined up to go for it on fourth-and-1 from their own 39-yard line before a false start pushed them back five yards ... They started the season ...
Lions special teams coordinator Dave Fipp said officials were right to flag long snapper Hogan Hatten for a false-start penalty on the play before Jake Bates' 65-yard field-goal try fell short and to ...
The Seahawks called time, then got a break when Bears left guard Jake Curhan — who played for Seattle from 2021-23 — was called for a false start ... on former Seahawk Jake Curhan, starting due to injury.
The Seahawks called time, then got a break when Bears left guard Jake Curhan — who played for Seattle from 2021-23 — was called for a false start ... Jake Curhan, starting due to injury.
It was a match of very few highlights. The wind was brisk. The cold was biting. And the football was dour, particularly in the game's final moments ...NFL HQ ... The odds got even worse after offensive lineman Jake Curhan was flagged for a false start ... No dice.
BLEAV in Bills. Post-game reactions following the victory over the Patriots... The Kansas City Chiefs, inevitable as ever, once again clinched the No ... 2 seed ... Fifteen of those have been false starts, seven have been for holding, five of those on Brown ... Nov.
