Ch. 6 The Kicking Game Flashcards
A free kick ends as soon as the ball is touched beyond the neutral zone.
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For a kickoff, the ball may be held in position on a kicking tee by a place kick holder
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On a free kick, the ball remains dead until it crosses Team R’s free kick line.
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A kick ends when a new force is applied after it has touched the ground.
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For any free kick a free-kick line, corresponding to a scrimmage line, is established for each team.
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When a punt is used following a safety, the kick must be made from within two steps beyond Team K’s free kick line.
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It is a free-kick infraction if five Team R players are not within five yards of Team R’s free-kick line after the ready-for-play signal and until the kick.
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On a kickoff, it is encroachment when, after the ball has been declared ready-for-play, a player other than the kicker or holder is beyond his free kick line.
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If the holder is to the right of the kicker and there are only three other players to the right of the kicker, the formation is legal.
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It is illegal if all Team K players are not within five yards of Team K’s free-kick line after the ready-for-play signal and until the kick.
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If the K61 blocks R43 into the ball in the neutral zone during a free kick and K52 recovers, the ball belongs to Team K.
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Any kicker may recover a free kick if it has touched the ground and has also gone beyond the plane of Team R’s free kick line.
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The kickers may not advance a recovered free kick.
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The down is ended when the kickers catch or recover a free kick anywhere.
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The first touching of a grounded free kick by K11 is ignored if it occurs within the neutral zone.
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On a kickoff, it is a new series for Team R at the spot of first touching if that spot is chosen by Team R.
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If K20’s kickoff from his 40 yard line goes out of bounds untouched at Team R’s five yard line, Team R may choose to take the ball on Team R’s 40 yard line.
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It is a foul if a free kick goes out of bounds between the goal lines last touched by Team K following touching by Team R.
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If R2 muffs a kickoff at his five yard line and it is caught in flight by K32 in the end zone, it is a touchdown for Team K.
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A legal, free or scrimmage kick that is not a scoring attempt does not become dead until the ball touches something after it is behind R’s goal-line plane.
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If a free kick goes out of bounds untouched at Team R’s 25 yard line and Team R declines the penalty option of putting the ball in play at the inbounds spot, 25 yards beyond the previous spot, the ball must be placed at the inbounds spot on Team R’s 25 yard line.
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