[NU Sports] Kicking (fwd)

[Roy Lamberton]

I used to be able to drop kick about 30 yds, but not far enough to make sense in a game. My Dad,
who is 90, could drop kick about 40 yards, with accuracy. It is not that difficult, altho the
good kickers used to do it on a dead run.

 

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From: Jonathan Hodges [mailto:jonathanwhodges at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:22 AM
To: AJWDBW at aol.com
Cc: rstetson at capps-assoc.com; nolan at romaine.tssi.com; nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Kicking (fwd)

 

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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