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Originally posted by bigwhistle
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Originally posted by Ed Hickland
Many NFL teams and some college teams now use a "pooch" kick where the ball is kicked into the ground and bounces up. That way the ball can be recovered after the ten yards while in the air.
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Ed,
Grounding the ball so that it can be recovered while in the air is not necessary in NCAA (and I believe NFL, but I have no accurate knowledge on these rules). As long as the ball has gone 10 yards (NCAA) it can be caught be the kicking team and will be their ball at this spot. This of course goes with the assumption that the receiving team halo was not violated in the process.
The grounding of the ball which you mentioned does 2 things for the kicking team. First of all, it does away with the halo and any rules regarding it. It also does away with the receiving team's ability to call a fair catch. Therefore, the ball is free game as long as it has travelled 10 yards. [/B][/QUOTE]
That is a difference between NCAA and NFHS.
You brought up a good point I had neglected to think of before, the fair catch. I knew R could fair catch but the pooch kick instantly removes that possibility. Of course, NFHS does not have a halo but kick catching interference also gets removed on a pooch kick.