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The thing to ALWAYS remember - and we tell our newer officials - and the veterans remind themselves this all the time ......
Once the ball is kicked - we tell ourselves OUT LOUD -
IT'S A KICK .. IT'S A KICK .. IT'S A KICK.
We say this until the ball is POSSESSED, then we say - IT'S NOT A KICK.
Anytime the ball breaks the plane of the end zone while we are saying - 'it's a kick.......' - automatically means it's a touchback. If we have completed saying it - it's another story.
This works well also when the kickers try to advance the ball - and by saying this phrase - we know they cannot.
Just remember - tell yourself - it's a kick .... over and over and it will save you a lot of questions and problems.
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