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OK. Here it is:
"A place kick is a legal kick made while the ball is in a fixed position on the ground or on a kicking tee. No material or device may be placed on the ground to improve the kicker’s footing. The ball also may be held in position on the ground or on a kicking tee by a place-kick holder who shall be a teammate of the kicker. A place kick may be used for a scrimmage kick, a kickoff, a free kick following a safety or for a free kick following a fair catch or awarded fair catch." I'm still seeing "fixed position" to mean "on a tee" (with or without a holder) OR "held in position on the ground" by a holder. Tony (and by implication, Rich) assert otherwise. So far it seems mere assertion with no rule backing, but I won't bet against the world. |
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It's not unusual (around here, at least) to see teams "squib kick" with the ball lying stationary on the ground and parallel to the yardlines.
I read the rule to mean that the ball can't be moving when it's kicked. |
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By rule in this case would the ball have to be parallel to the sidelines or could it be perpendicular as well?
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OK either way by rule. But I've never seen a team "squib kick" the pointed end of the ball.
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To refine the "fixed position on the ground" language even further, what do you think of this? Player spins the ball on the ground in place on its point like a top and then kicks it. (My sister was able to do that.) Place kick? I think so, if the ball's contact point with the ground isn't moving.
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Fixed is a simple English word, as you've alluded to. Nowhere in my dictionary under the word fixed does it say, "attached to a tee" or "held in position by a holder". Fixed, very simply, means motionless. "Affixed" means what you are implying. "Fixed" does not.
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