Jun. 18—INDIANAPOLIS, In. — The first rules publication for high school flag football — the nation's fastest-growing emerging sport — is now available for purchase from the NFHS. The 2025 ...

Flag football, sanctioned in 16 states as the sport has added hundreds of thousands of players in recent years, now has official NFHS rules.

The first book features rules governing the 7-on-7 player game, and provides three options for size of the field, one of which is a regulation 11-player high school football field.

With the rollout of the 2025 girls’ high school flag football season, new rule changes have arrived that are significantly ...

According to the national governing body for high school sports, girls flag football has more than doubled in participants since from 2022-23 (20,875) to 2023-24 (42,955), an increase of 105 percent.