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Titolo: free kick da 3 punti se chiami il fair catch

Oggi durante il commento del MNF ho sentito questa storia di Bebo Nori: se
chiami il fair catch su un punt puoi effettuare un free kick(non un field
goal) da 3 punti. E' vera o Bebo trinca forte prima di commentare?
ciao
Andrea

 goal) da 3 punti. E' vera o Bebo trinca forte prima di commentare?
Tutto vero. Si chiama proprio "Free kick after fair catch". In pratica
su un punt puoi chiedere il fair catch, dopodiche' effettuare un free
kick che, se passa tra i pali, vale tre punti.
La particolarita' e' che puoi farlo proprio come un free kick, cioe' con
il pallone sul tee e la prima linea avversaria a dieci yards di
distanza.
L'ultima squadra che l'ha fatto e' stata San Francisco in un preseason
game di una decina di anni fa.
Per la cronaca il field "free kick" goal ando' largo a sinistra, e si
era alla fine del primo tempo.
Ciao
Massimo
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 era alla fine del primo tempo.
Ehm... correggo... non era preseason: era il NFC Championship contro
Minnesota del 1988 (?).
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 > Tutto vero. Si chiama proprio "Free kick after fair catch".
Ho trovato questo, dovrebbe essere uno stralcio del regolamento ufficiale:
A free kick other than a kick off is used to put the ball into play:
a) after a safety;
b) after a fair catch;
c) when a free kick has to be retaken.
A free kick may be a drop kick [!], place kick, or punt.  It may be from any
point on or behind the offensive (kicking) team's free kick line and between
the inbounds lines.  Initial free kick lines (plus or minus any distance ad-
justments required because of a penalty imposed before the free kick) are:
a) the offensive 20 yd line after a safety; or
b) the yard line through the mark of the catch after a fair catch.
At the moment that the free kick is taken all players of the offensive team
must be inbounds and behind the ball, except that a player may be beyond the
ball to hold it for a place kick, and that the kicker may be in front of the
ball provided that his kicking foot is behind it. [Elsewhere in the rules
summary in this book it is implied that a tee is not permitted in a free
kick.]
During any free kick all members of the defensive (receiving) team must be
inbounds and behind the line that is 10 yds in advance of the team's free
kick
line.
A free kick will be penalized as short if the ball fails to reach or cross
the
defensive team's free kick line, except when the kicked ball is first
touched
by a defensive player or goes out of bounds. [c.f. onside kicks]
The offensive team may not direct a free kick out of bounds between the goal
lines, except that if the defensive team is last to touch the ball before it
goes out of bounds, the offensive team is not penalized and the defensive
team
puts the ball into play at the inbounds spot.
No player of the offensive team may touch or recover a free kick before:
a) the ball has been in the possession of a defensive player if the
offensive
   player has been out of bounds during the free kick; or
b) the ball has crossed the defensive team's free kick line or, before doing
so,
   has been touched by a defensive player.
If a free kick (legal or illegal) is recovered by the offensive team, the
ball
becomes dead.  If the recovery by the offensive team is legal, the ball is
next
put into play by the offensive team at the spot of recovery.  However, if
the
offensive team's recovery (legal or illegal) unduly advances the ball, that
team
is penalized for delaying the game.
If the defensive team recovers the ball after a free kick it is permitted to
advance.
If a free kick is simultaneously recovered by two opposing players, the ball
is
awarded to the defensive team.

Ma quanta ne sai...
Umilmente Suo....
Aik