Editing Drop kick (section)

{{Short description|Type of football kick}}
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A '''drop kick''' is a type of [[Kick (football)|kick]] in various codes of [[football]]. It involves a player intentionally dropping the ball onto the ground and then [[kick (football)|kicking]] it either (different sports have different definitions) 'as it rises from the first bounce' ([[Rugby union|rugby]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.world.rugby/the-game/laws/definitions#laws_let4 |title=Law definitions &#124; World Rugby Laws }}</ref> or 'as, or immediately after, it touches the ground' ([[gridiron football]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-rulebook/# |title=2023 NFL Rulebook &#124; NFL Football Operations }}</ref>

Drop kicks are used as a method of restarting play and scoring points in [[rugby union]] and [[rugby league]]. Also, [[association football]] [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeepers]] often return the ball to play with drop kicks. The kick was once in wide use in both [[Australian rules football]] and [[gridiron football]], but it is rarely used anymore in either sport.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What happened to the drop kick?|url=https://www.afl.com.au/video/32505/myth-breakers-what-happened-to-the-drop-kick|access-date=2021-05-02|website=afl.com.au|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-01-01|title=Patriots' Flutie converts first drop kick since 1941|url=https://africa.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2277308|access-date=2021-05-02|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref>