Kick Play & Goal Line Mechanics

kick play & goal line mechanics

IV-1: A kick ALWAYS ends as soon as ANY PLAYER secures possession. IV-2: R may catch or recover a kick and advance unless a valid or invalid fair-catch signal has been given by ANY member of the receiving team. IV-3: If a legal kick is caught in or beyond the neutral zone to R’s goal line on a FREE KICK and beyond the neutral zone to R’s goal line on a SCRIMMAGE KICK by a RECEIVER after he has signaled for a fair catch, it is a FAIR CATCH and the ball becomes DEAD as soon as it is CAUGHT IV-4: A FAIR CATCH may be made of any free kick which is in or beyond the neutral zone to R’s goal line or a scrimmage kick which is beyond the neutral zone to R’s goal line.