Page:Laws of football as played at rugby school 1862.pdf/16

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DEFINITIONS.


A Drop Kick or Drop is accomplished by letting the ball drop from your hands on to the ground, and kicking it with your toe on the very instant it rises.


A Place Kick is kicking a ball after it has been placed on the ground, in a small nick made by the heel of the placer.


A Punt is a kick straight off the toe, without letting the ball touch the ground.


A Scrummage is that event previously described at page 12, after the ball is down.