Drop kick
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A drop kick is a type of kick in various codes of football. It involves a player intentionally dropping the ball onto the ground and then kicking it either 'as it rises from the first bounce' or 'as,
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Eddie Mahan preparing to drop kick
Fair catch kick
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The fair catch kick is a rule in American football that allows a team that has just made a fair catch to attempt a free kick from the spot of the catch. The kick must be either a place kick or a drop
Drop kick
…taken within 40 seconds of the try being scored or the award of the penalty. In both American and Canadian football, one method of scoring a field goal, fair-catch kick (American only), or extra point is by drop-kicking the football through the goal, although the technique is virtually never used in modern play. It…
Elmer Oliphant holds the record for most fair catch kicks and attempts, with two goals on four attempts, all in 1921.