14 Facts About Drop kick

Drop kick is a type of kick in various codes of football.

The kick was once in wide use in both Australian rules football and gridiron football, but is rarely used anymore by either sport.

In rugby union, a drop kick is used for the kick-off and restarts and to score a drop goal.

Drop kick was often used in early football as a surprise tactic.

The drop kick was supplanted by the place kick, which cannot be attempted out of a formation generally used as a running or passing set.

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The drop kick remains in the rules, but is seldom seen, and rarely effective when attempted.

In Canadian football the drop kick can be taken from any point on the field, unlike placekicks which must be attempted behind the line of scrimmage.

The Drop kick landed inside the 5-yard-line and was returned to a spot less far out than a touchback would have been automatically returned to, making it a successful strategy.

Drop kick came under controversy in 2019, after Justin Tucker of the Baltimore Ravens used the maneuver on a kickoff late in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

The drop kick was intended to force the Chiefs to fair catch the ball, preventing them from running out the clock.

Drop kick did not like the bounce and picked the ball up, retreating back for a second approach and dropped the ball a second time before kicking it.

The kick was considered a drop kick and led to a change of possession, with the punting team regaining possession of the ball.

The most recent conversion of a drop kick was by Geoff Boyer of the Pittsburgh Power on June 16,2012; it was the first successful conversion in the AFL since 1997.

Once the preferred method of conveying the ball over long distances, the drop kick has been superseded by the drop punt as a more accurate means of delivering the ball to a fellow player.