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Kicking Game-1 (1)
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Kicking Game-1First touching: When a member of team K touches any kick at a time when team K could not
retain possession of the ball if it had it at the end of the down, it is called first touching.
First touching is not a foul but has many of the same characteristics as a foul. On a scrimmage
kick, it occurs when a team K player touches a kick that has crossed the neutral zone before the
ball is touched by a team R player. First touching cannot occur on a scrimmage kick until the
kick is beyond the expanded neutral zone. - ANS-First touching of a free kick occurs if team K is
first to touch a kick untouched by team R before it crosses team R's free-kick line.
First touching does not cause the ball to become dead. As seen in MechaniGram A, team R
may recover the ball and advance. Whether on a free kick or scrimmage kick, first touching
gives team R two options:
- Take the ball at the spot of the touching (or any spot if there is more than one spot of first
touching).
-Take the result of the play.
The result of the play will dictate which option team R chooses. Here's a typical situation in
which first touching is the better option.
First touching- Play 1:
Fourth and 10 for team K from its own 20 yardline. K1's punt is first touched by K2 at team K's
45 yardline. R3 recovers the loose ball, advances to team K's 40 yardline and fumbles. Prone
K4 recovers at team K's 37 yardline. - ANS-Ruling 1: Since team K wound up with the ball, team
R will choose the spot of first touching rather than the result of the play. Team R will begin a new
series at team K's 45 yardline.
A foul may radically change how team R will react in a first touching situation. If team R touches
the kick and thereafter during the down commits a foul, or if the penalty for a foul incurred by
either team during the down is accepted, first touching privileges are cancelled.
First touching- Play 2:
Fourth and 10 for team K from its own five yardline. K1 gets off a poor punt that is first touched
by K2 at team K's 20 yardline. R3 recovers at team K's 40 yardline and advances to team K's 35
yardline, where he is downed. During R3's run, K4 is flagged for grasping but not twisting R5's
facemask. - ANS-Ruling 2: If team R accepts the five-yard penalty for K4's facemask foul, it is
enforced from the end of R3's run. That would put the ball at team K's 30 yardline. Team R
would be better served to decline the penalty and take the ball at the spot of first touching. It will
be team R's ball, first and 10 at team K's 20 yardline.
First touching- Play 3: Fourth and 10 for team K from its own 20 yardline. K1's punt is first
touched by K2 at team K's 45 yardline. R3 recovers the loose ball, advances to team K's 40
yardline and fumbles. K4 recovers and advances to the 50 yardline. During K4's run, K5 is
flagged for holding at team K's 30 yardline. - ANS-Ruling 3: Team R will decline the penalty and
take the ball at the spot of first touching (team K's 45 yardline).
, First touching- Play 4: Fourth and 12 on team K's 25 yardline. K1's punt hits the ground on team
R's 40 yardline. K2 is first to touch the ball at team R's 35 yardline. R3 picks up the ball at his 32
yardline and advances to his 45 yardline, where he fumbles. K4 recovers and the ball is blown
dead on team R's 46 yardline. During R3's run, R5 is flagged for a block below the waist at team
R's 30 yardline. - ANS-Ruling 4: Whether or not the penalty is accepted, team R loses the right
to take the ball at the first touching spot because R5 fouled after R3 touched the kick. The foul
occurred during a running play and the basic spot is where the run ended (spot of R1's fumble,
his 45 yardline). Because the foul was committed behind the basic spot, it is a spot foul
enforced from team R's 30 yardline. Team K will decline the penalty and keep the ball. If
accepted, the penalty would move back the ball to team R's 15 yardline, first and 10 for team R.
Forced touching: If player action such as a muff or block causes an opponent to contact the ball
(forced touching), the touching may be ignored.
Touching of a free kick by team R in the neutral zone is ignored if it is caused by a team K
player pushing or blocking a team R player into contact with the ball, or a team K player legally
batting or muffing the ball into a team R player. - ANS-Conversely, touching of a free kick by
team K is ignored if it is caused by a team R player pushing or blocking a team K player into
contact with the ball.
Forced touching- Play 5: K1's free kick from his 40 yardline is rolling at team K's 47 yardline
when K2 muffs the ball, which touches R3's leg. K4 recovers the ball. - ANS-Ruling 5: The
touching by R3 is considered forced touching and is thus ignored. The ball is dead when K4
recovers. Team R will have the option of taking the ball at the spot of first touching or at the
dead-ball spot.
Forced touching- Play 6: K1's free kick from his 40 yardline is rolling at team K's 47 yardline R2
legally blocks K3. The block causes K3 to fall into the ball, which is recovered by K4 at the 50
yardline. - ANS-Ruling 6: It will be team K's ball. K3's contact with the ball in the neutral zone
was caused by R2's block, thus the touching is ignored.
Touching of a scrimmage kick by team R is ignored if it is caused by a team K player pushing or
blocking a team R player into contact with the ball, or a team K player legally batting or muffing
the ball into a team R player.
Touching of a scrimmage kick by team K is ignored if it is caused by a team R player pushing or
blocking a team K player into contact with the ball.
Forced touching- Play 7: K1's punt is rolling inside team R's five yardline when R2 is blocked by
K3 into the ball. K4 recovers the loose ball at team R's three yardline. - ANS-Ruling 7: The
touching is ignored. Team R will choose to take the ball at its own three yardline, the spot of first
touching.
Forced touching- Play 8: Fourth and 10 from team R's 30 yardline. K1's punt is rolling at team
R's 10 yardline when K2 legally bats the ball into R3. R4 recovers the loose ball and advances
to team R's 20 yardline, where R4 (a) is downed, or (b) fumbles with K5 recovering. -
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