KICKING GAME

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KICKING GAME
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KEY RULES FOR THE KICKING GAME

• Types of Kicks
• Categories of Kicks
• Opportunity to Catch a Kick
• Illegal Touching
• Roughing/Running into Kicker
• Blocking Restrictions on Free Kicks

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TYPES OF KICKS

• PUNTS
• PLACEKICKS
• DROP KICKS

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TYPES OF KICKS

• PUNTS
• A kick by a player who drops the ball and kicks
  it before it hits the ground

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TYPES OF KICKS

• PLACE KICKS
• A kick by a player who kicks a ball positioned on
  the ground or a tee and controlled by a teammate
  (Free kick place kick does not have to be
  controlled by teammate)
• Tee cannot elevate ball more than 2inches off the
  ground

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TYPES OF KICKS

• DROP KICK
• A kick by a player who drops the ball and kicks
  it as it strikes the ground

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CATEGORIES OF KICKS

• FREE KICKS
• SCRIMMAGE KICKS
• PUNTS
• FIELD GOALS
• TRYS

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CATEGORIES OF KICKS

• FREE KICKS
• Kickoffs Must be a place kick made on Team As
  restraining line (normally the 40 in Texas
  schoolboy games) and between the hashes

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CATEGORIES OF KICKS

• FREE KICKS
• Free Kick After Safety May be a punt, drop kick
  or place kick. If a place kick must be on Team
  As restraining line between the hashes. If a
  punt or drop kick, must be on or behind the
  restraining line and between the hashes.

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CATEGORIES OF KICKS

• Team A restrictions
• All Team A players must have been between the
  9-yard marks after the ready-for-play whistle and
  the kick
• All must be behind the ball except holder and
  kicker

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CATEGORIES OF KICKS

• Team B restrictions
• All Team B players must remain at least 10 yards
  from Team As restraining line until ball kicked
• All Team B players must be inbounds when ball
  kicked

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CATEGORIES OF KICKS

• Penalties
• For all the previously mentioned fouls, the
  penalty is 5 yards from previous spot. NOTE
  All are live ball fouls, allow play to continue
  until ball becomes dead

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CATEGORIES OF KICKS

• Penalties
• SPECIAL NOTE FOR RS
• If Team A crosses its restraining line before
  ball is kicked, this is NOT offsides. It is a
  free kick formation infraction. Use Signal 19.

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CATEGORIES OF KICKS

• Kickoff out of bounds
• If ball goes out of bounds, untouched by Team B,
  it is a foul. Options
• 5 yard penalty from previous spot with re-kick
• Team B can take ball 30 yards from As
  restraining line
• Team B can take at out of bounds spot

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CATEGORIES OF KICKS

• Penalties
• SPECIAL NOTE FOR US
• If Team B elects to take ball at out of bounds
  spot, ball is placed at the hash on that side of
  field, not center of field

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CATEGORIES OF KICKSSCRIMMAGE KICKS (PUNTS, FIELD
GOALS, TRYS)

• Must be made in or behind the NZ and before a
  change in team possession
• A scrimmage kick has crossed the NZ when it
  touches anything beyond the NZ

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CATEGORIES OF KICKSSCRIMMAGE KICKS (PUNTS, FIELD
GOALS, TRYS)

• If the kick has not crossed the NZ, either team
  may catch/recover it and advance
• If a Team A player voluntarily goes out of bounds
  during the down he must stay out

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CATEGORIES OF KICKSSCRIMMAGE KICKS (PUNTS, FIELD
GOALS, TRYS)

• Key Concern Did the kick cross the NZ?
• If NO, then
• Either team can catch/recover and advance
• Continuity of downs is not broken, even if Team B
  touches ball
• If YES, then
• Team B touching breaks continuity of downs
• If Team B is first to touch the kick, Team A may
  recover, but not advance.
• Team A may not be the first to touch the kick
  (more later on this)

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OPPORTUNITY CATCH A KICK (free or scrimmage)

• A member of Team B who is beyond the NZ in
  position to catch a kick and attempting to do so,
  must be given an unimpeded opportunity to do
  so.
• No player of Team A can be inside the 2 yard
  halo of that Team B player

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OPPORTUNITY CATCH A KICK (free or scrimmage)

• The protection ends when the ball touches the
  ground or a Team B player beyond the NZ
• If the Team a player is blocked by an opponent
  into the halo or the Team B kick receiver, it
  is not a foul
• When in question if this foul is a contact or
  non-contact foul, it is a contact foul

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OPPORTUNITY CATCH A KICK (free or scrimmage)

• PENALTIES
• Non-contact foul 10 yards from spot of foul
  (where halo broken)
• Contact foul 15 yards from spot of foul (where
  the contact was made) DQ flagrant offenders

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FAIR CATCH (free or scrimmage kick)

• FAIR CATCH SIGNAL
• Valid One hand only, extended clearly above
  the head, and waving it from side to side more
  than once
• Invalid Any other type of signal
• Legal A valid signal given when a fair catch is
  permissible by rule
• Illegal Valid or invalid signal made when fair
  catch is not permissible by rule, i.e after the
  ball has been touched, or after it touches the
  ground

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FAIR CATCH (free or scrimmage kick)

• FAIR CATCH SIGNAL
• No penalty for invalid or illegal signals. Ball
  just becomes dead once possession is gained.

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FAIR CATCH (free or scrimmage kick)

• Fair catch is a catch of a kick beyond the NZ
  (or anywhere in the case of a free kick) by a
  Team B player who has made a valid signal during
  a kick that is untouched beyond the NZ (or
  anywhere in the case of a free kick)

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FAIR CATCH (free or scrimmage kick)

• Ball is declared dead after completion of the
  catch or recovery of the ball by any player
• Signalling gives the signaller, not other
  players, protection from being contacted after
  he catches the ball
• If he fails to catch, he does not get protection
  after the recovery other than normal dead ball
  protection

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FAIR CATCH (free or scrimmage kick)

• Player who has made a valid, invalid, or illegal
  signal and does not touch the ball may not block
  or foul an opponent during the down
• PENALTY
• Free Kick Team B ball, 15 yards from spot of
  foul
• Scrimmage Kick 15 yards, PSK or Basic Spot
  enforcement

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FAIR CATCH (free or scrimmage kick)

• No player may tackle or block a player who has
  completed a fair catch following a legal signal.
• PENALTY
• 15 yards from succeeding spot (where ball was
  caught)
• NOTE Regular dead ball protection exists after
  catches/recoveries following invalid or illegal
  signals

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FAIR CATCH (free or scrimmage kick)

• No Team B player may carry a caught/recovered
  ball more than 2 steps in any direction after a
  valid, invalid, or illegal signal by any Team B
  player
• PENALTY
• 5 yards from succeeding spot (where ball was
  caught/recovered)

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ILLEGAL TOUCHING(FREE KICK)

• No Team A player may touch a free kicked ball
  until
• It touches a Team B player, or
• After it breaks and stays beyond the plane of
  Team Bs restraining line, or
• After it touches anything or anyone behind Team
  Bs restraining line
• This is a violation which lets Team B take ball
  at spot of illegal touch unless there are
  offsetting fouls or an enforced penalty

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ILLEGAL TOUCHING(SCRIMMAGE KICK)

• No Team A player may touch a scrimmage kick that
  has crossed the NZ until
• It touches a Team B player
• This is a violation which lets Team B take ball
  at spot of illegal touch unless there are
  offsetting fouls or an enforced penalty

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ILLEGAL TOUCHING(Forced Touching)

• If a player is blocked into the ball by an
  opponent, he has not touched it
• If a player is hit by a ball batted by an
  opponent, he has not touched it

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ROUGHING/RUNNING INTO KICKER

• If obvious a scrimmage kick will be made, no
  player may run into or rough the kicker of a
  scrimmage kick or the holder of any kick
• Running into Contact that displaces the kicker
  or holder, but is not roughing
• Roughing Contact that displaces and endangers
  the kicker or holder

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ROUGHING/RUNNING INTO KICKER

• Contact by a player who has touched the scrimmage
  kick is NOT running into or roughing
• A defender who is legally blocked into the kicker
  or holder is not exempt from being flagged for
  the foul. If he is illegally blocked into the
  kicker/holder, he is exempt from roughing or
  running into foul.
• When in question, it is roughing not running into

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ROUGHING/RUNNING INTO KICKER

• PENALTIES
• Roughing 15 yards from previous spot and an
  auto 1st down
• Running into 5 yards from previous spot
• NOTE DQ flagrant offenders

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BLOCKING RESTRICTIONS ON FREE KICKS

• The kicker of a free kick may not be blocked
  until he has advanced 5 yards beyond his
  restraining line or the kick has touched the
  ground, a player, or an official
• PENALTY 15 yards from previous spot

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BLOCKING RESTRICTIONS ON FREE KICKS

• No Team A player may block an opponent until Team
  A is eligible to touch the ball.
• PENALTY 5 yards from previous spot

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RULE REFERENCES

• RULE 2-15
• RULE 6
• RULE 9-1-3

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QUESTIONS/COMMENTS