so you drop kick the kickoff after a safety????

[iwantanewcomputer]

 

[HardcoreRobot]

it would seem so, wouldn't it

 

[marvdmartian]

Never seen a whole lot of safeties in football myself, but think I remember hearing one time that it was an optional way to kick off.

Sounds like a job for Google!!

 

[BrokenVisage]

That's right.. rules are rules, some are just hard to explain.

 

[purbeast0]

haha, i pictured hulk hogan drop kicking a football in a wrestling ring. yes, you punt the ball after a kickoff. its always been that way.

 

[91TTZ]

It's an option.

link

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
It's an option.

link

What's the difference between a punt and a dropkick?

 

[chambersc]

im confused. wth is going on?

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
It's an option.

link

What's the difference between a punt and a dropkick?

Learn something new every day!

Description of dropkick

Instead of hiking the ball to the holder as it is today, the snapper would hike the ball directly to the kicker. The kicker then bounced the ball off the ground either by dropping it (or more purposely bouncing it) so that he could get his foot underneath it and kick the ball throught the uprights.

This is a throwback from rugby. Has anyone ever seen it used in modern football? That would be interesting!

 

[RagingBITCH]

Are you a total football newbie?

 

[laketrout]

I didn't know it was a choice. What is better about it? Hang Time perhaps? Or is it just to screw with people like this thread?

 

[shuan24]

maybe so it's harder for them to make a onside kick and get the ball back.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: shuan24
maybe so it's harder for them to make a onside kick and get the ball back.

NO.

 

[Kev]

drop kick?

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: laketrout
I didn't know it was a choice. What is better about it? Hang Time perhaps? Or is it just to screw with people like this thread?

nm

 

[mundane]

I saw it at a college game two weeks ago ( Go Toreros! ), and it caught me off guard as well.