drop kick

     

A rop kick is a maneuver in the football codes. It involves someone dropping a ball and then kicking it when it bounces off the ground. It contrasts to a punt wherein the dropper kicks the ball without letting it hit the ground first.

Trivia about drop kick

  • In 2006 Doug Flutie converted an extra point using this method, last successful in the NFL in 1941
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew giving the clue, accompanied by Charlie Batch of the Pittsburgh Steelers) It's said the great Jim Thorpe could kick 50-yard field goals using this style of kick no longer used

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