Sports are important in US society. Sports promote and motivate the development of physical fitness and sports participation for all Americans of all ages. The four major sports are the most popular in the United States; American football, basketball, baseball and ice hockey. They are all enjoyed not only by Americans, but also by people all over the world. Especially sports are associated with education in the United States. Most high schools and colleges organized sports. College sports competitions play an important role in American sports culture. Additionally, in many cases college athletics are more popular than professional sports. American Football American football, known as football in the United States, is a type of football that developed by combining soccer and rugby in the United States in the 19th century. Super Bowl 2013 American football played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field. The attacking team attempts to advance forward with an oval ball by running or passing. They must advance the ball at least ten yards in four downs to achieve new continuous four-down runs. Unless they have to give up the oval ball and the attacking opportunity to the opposing team. Most points are scored by advancing the oval ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team that scores the most points at the end of the match wins. American football has more participants than any other sport in the United States, both in high schools and colleges. It is also the favorite sport in the United States. In a 2014 survey, professional football was considered the most popular sport in the United States, followed by professional baseball and... middle of paper... and the reliability of their cars, also in the United States. After technological progress in the automotive industry, it has become pure speed competition. NASCAR Sprint Cup 2012 Motor sports are very popular in the United States, but Americans are generally not interested in major international series, such as Formula One (F1) and MotoGP. They are more favored in American-sourced racing series. The United States has good conditions for motor sports. Above all, a spacious continent is a very suitable environment for this. Currently, there are over 1,400 tracks and more than 100 associations in the United States. The most popular auto racing in the United States are the stock car races hosted by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). One of these, the Sprint Cup Series, of which NASCAR is most proud, races in the continental United States 36 times a year.