[NU Sports] Kicking (fwd)

[Jonathan Hodges]

Drop kicks, defined as "a kick by a player who drops the ball and kicks it
as it touches the ground" is still legal in college football and the NFL.
In fact, QB Doug Flutie's last play in the NFL was converting a drop kick
for an extra point for the Patriots a few years back.

I honestly haven't seen a drop kick in college football in my experience.  I
assume it went of of style mainly due to issues with its accuracy relative
to a place kick as well as its difficulty (it must be more difficult to time
the kick so as to hit with your foot simultaneous to when it hits the
ground).

Jonathan

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:11 AM, <AJWDBW at aol.com> wrote:

> When I was a youngster (Just prior to the Civil War) we would, on
> occasion, drop kick the ball for extra points. Whatever happened to  that?
> Don Williams
> C55
>
>
> In a message dated 10/22/2009 8:21:27 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> rstetson at capps-assoc.com writes:
>
> My  observations on kicking these days is that they are really trying to
> aim the  kicks but get in
> trouble when they don't hit the ball properly. Place  kickers try to miss
> certain guys on the
> defense who are known for jumping  up for a tip. (I've seen several missed
> FG's in the pros where
> the kicker  was trying to avoid the pyramid setting up on the other side of
> the  line)
>
>
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