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Encyclopedia > Drop punt

A drop punt is a kicking technique used in Australian Rules Football in which the ball spins end over end. This is often the preferred technique as it is considered more accurate and easier to mark. A technique is a way of efficiently accomplishing a task in a manner that is not immediately obvious or straightforward. ... Australian Football at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ...


In American Football is is referred to as a pooch punt, a kick used when it is too far out for a field goal but close enough not to kick a normal torpedo punt because there is a chance it could go into the end zone (called a touch-back). United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... A technique of kicking, similar to a punt in Grid Iron, implemented in Australian Rules Football to enhance the distance the ball is kicked. ...


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Punt (football) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1098 words)
A punt is a play in American football and Canadian football in which the football is kicked downfield to the opposing team.
In contrast, a drop punt in Australian rules football is a precise kick downfield, usually to a player on the same team.
The current record for the longest punt in the NFL is 98 yards by Steve O'Neal on September 21, 1969.
Online Etymology Dictionary (1624 words)
At the drop of a hat "suddenly" is from 1854; drop-in "casual visit" is 1819; drop-kick is 1857; drop-out (n.) first attested 1930.
The disease was thought to be caused by drops of viscous humors seeping from the blood into the joints, which turned out to be close to the truth.
Sense of "fall or drop heavily" is 1836, that of "collapse, fail" is 1919; though the figurative noun sense of "a failure" is recorded from 1893.
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