[NU Sports] More on rule changes (fwd)

[Roy Lamberton]

Teams will have to work on the 25-30 yard kick where the ends get under the ball
to catch it in the air. 

It's a play that Greensboro College used a lot, usually in the 3rd quarter. You
put two very fast players at end then kick the ball down field about 30 yards to
where the kid is running.

Its something like a soccer kick where you lead the striker or a kick where a
player heads the ball into the goal, in other words, its doable by almost any
soccer style kicker.

Once you run it, any kickoff becomes a challenge for both sides. I hope the rule
change leads to more of this kind of kickoff play, but the "big leg" guys will
still boom it down field and hope for coverage.

Since NU has a RS Frosh who is a "big leg guy," we should see some of this
stuff.

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 5:42 PM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] More on rule changes (fwd)
> 
> 
> > It even puts the pooch kick into question because there is a big 
> > difference between starting on the thirty and starting on the forty.
> 
> It makes a difference on onside kick attempts, too.  I 
> suspect we'll see fewer coaches using them except at the end 
> of the game when that's the only thing left to try.
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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