Since the kick is in close contact with both sides, it needs to be balanced, which is why the 10 restraining line was established. There are two outcomes to the illegal touching penalty. The receiving team can elect to either take possession at the spot of the illegal touch or make the kicking team kick again from 5 yards further downfield.
Most teams take possession to assure that they get the ball, which almost always ends the game. The signal for an illegal touch on a kick is directed by pointing both hands to the shoulders, up and down signaling a touch. The referee will also point to the side of the offending team, always the kicking team, by using an outstretched arm.
Previous Next. Football Illegal Touching of a Kick Penalty An illegal touching of a kick penalty usually occurs late in the game. Table of Contents. So let's see what the officials did right and what they missed on this particular play. Nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Kicking plays, at all levels of football, are consistently the most difficult plays to officiate. Why is that? Because kick plays have the most complex rules and there are just fewer kick plays during the game.
But to know what is going on on the field, first we should cover some definitions so we know what we are talking about.
The definition of "kick" - It's important to note that during a single play of a football game, the word "kick" can have two different meanings. A kick describes the play; It's either a free kick or a scrimmage kick more on those in a sec. A kick is also the status of the ball. Once the ball has been kicked stay with me here the loose ball is referred to as a "kick" until it is possessed. I put "until it is possessed" in bold because that is the distinction.
Not just touching by either team touching, not possessing, of a loose ball is referred to as a muff. There are two different kinds of kicks right? Free kicks and scrimmage kicks. All of the kicks during the game fall into one of those two categories. Free kicks: free kicks are kickoffs.
Both regular kickoffs and kickoffs following safeties. The distinction with free kicks is that they may be legally possessed by the kicking team the kicking team is the team that kicks the ball Namely, the ball has to have traveled 10 yards and been grounded in either order OR have been touched by the receiving team.
If one of those two scenarios occurs and the kicking team recovers the ball, they may keep it and put it into play 1st and In neither case may the kicking team advance the ball if it is still a kick.
This is why you have seen a kicking team member pick up an onside kick and start running and the officials blow the whistle. If the status of the ball is still a kick, the kicking team may possess it, but they may not advance it if the prerequisites have been met.
However, if the receiving team recovers the kick possession and then fumbles, well then the kicking team can run as far as they want if they pick it up. Scrimmage kicks: scrimmage kicks are punts, field goals and extra point tries. Scrimmage kicks are different from free kicks in that once the kick crosses the line of scrimmage, the kicking team may not possess the ball unless it has been touched first by the receiving team.
So if the kicking team runs down and jumps on a punt at the five untouched by the receiving team , the ball will belong to the receiving team at that spot.
Field goals are treated the same as punts except for rules about where the ball comes back to if it is untouched or out of bounds you can line up in high school and college with a place kicker and attempt a field goal from your own 5 if you don't have a punter.. Illegal touching called first touching in high school.. This is why there is not a flag thrown for the illegal touching of a kick, only a beanbag usually..
When can illegal touching occur? Illegal touching can occur on a free kick if the kicking team is the first to touch the ball before it has traveled 10 yards or before it has been touched inside that 10 yards by the receiving team. Illegal touching will occur on a scrimmage kick punt if the kicking team is the first to touch the ball after it has crossed the LOS.
It should be marked with a beanbag if the ball continues in play. Illegal touching of a kick has nothing to do with whether a player has gone out of bounds or not. What does it mean? During the kick, A55 blocks below the waist.
Team B may accept the penalty for blocking below the waist, which is enforced either at the previous spot with the down repeated or at the B If Team B declines the penalty, the illegal touching gives the ball to Team B, first and 10 at the B Gunner A88 is running near the sideline to cover a punt when he steps on the sideline and then returns inbounds to continue down the field. He tackles the kick returner at the B Team B may have the down repeated after the penalty or put the ball in play at the B Team A punts on fourth and seven at the A At the snap Team A has five players in the backfield.
The kick is partially blocked and goes out of bounds at the A Team B may have the ball, first and 10 at the A after the five-yard penalty is enforced at the A the dead-ball spot or have the penalty enforced at the previous spot with fourth down repeated at the A The kick is partially blocked, does not cross the neutral zone and is returned by B88 to the A where he is tackled.
The kick is partially blocked, crosses the neutral zone, goes back behind the neutral zone and rolls out of bounds at the A RULING: Team B may have the ball, first and 10 at the A after the five-yard penalty is enforced at the A the dead-ball spot or have the penalty enforced at the previous spot with fourth down repeated at the A Fourth and 7 at the B Team A is in a formation to attempt a field goal.
Defensive linemen B55, B57, and B78 are shoulder to shoulder. After the ball is snapped all three move forward together. Five-yard penalty. If Team A accepts the penalty they will have fourth and two at the B The action by the Team B players does not involve primary contact against a single player, and hence the play is legal.
Fourth and four at the B Team A has five players in the backfield. The three make their primary contact against A The holder takes the snap, gets to his feet, and completes a pass to eligible A88 who is tackled at the B Foul by Team B, triple team against an offensive lineman.
The fouls offset and the down is repeated. A Team A player catches a free kick very near receiver B25, thus preventing him from making the catch. Penalty—15 yards from the spot of the foul. A Team B player, about to catch a scrimmage kick, is tackled before the ball arrives but catches the kick while he is falling. Disqualification of the Team A player if the contact is flagrant. The ruling would be the same had the kick been muffed or fumbled.
The ruling also applies on an unsuccessful field goal attempt since Team B touched the ball beyond the neutral zone.
While a kick is in flight beyond the neutral zone, A1 is standing or running between the ball and B1. Penalty—15 yards at the spot of the foul. A player of Team B, attempting to catch a kick no fair catch signal , muffs the ball which is then touched by an opponent who was not interfering with the opportunity of the receiver when he was in position to make the catch.
In the absence of a fair catch signal, protection against interference with the opportunity to catch a kick ends when any player of Team B muffs the ball. A Team A player beyond the neutral zone first touches or catches a scrimmage kick that no receiver could have caught while it was in flight. B25 is standing at the B in position to catch a punt. As the ball is on its downward flight A88 runs by B25 very close to his side, causing B25 to adjust his position before catching the ball.
A88 does not make contact and does not penetrate the one-yard area directly in front of B B10 signals for a fair catch, muffs the ball and then catches it. If B10 catches the muffed kick, the ball is dead where he first touched it. Fourth and 10 at the yard line. During the downward flight of the ball, A37 contacts B17 viciously and flagrantly before he touches the ball.
A37 did not alter his speed or make any attempt to elude B A37 is disqualified. B18, starting at the yard line, must detour around A92 at the yard line to make the catch at the yard line. Penalty—15 yards from the spot of the foul, which is the yard line. Punt receiver B44 is standing at his yard line in position to catch the kick.
Defender A11 races down the field to cover the punt and reaches a point about a foot directly in front of B44 as the ball descends. B44 makes the catch without having to adjust his position or manner of catching the ball because of the presence of A11, who does not pull back to give B44 more room.
A11 entered the one-yard area directly in front of receiver B Punt receiver B22 is at the B awaiting the punt as it makes its downward flight and his teammate B88 is three yards in front of him at the B Down field to cover the kick, A44 legally blocks B88 into B22 just as the ball reaches him. The ball hits B22 in the shoulder and bounces away. Team A recovers at the B This is not kick-catch interference. The action by A44 is against B88 who is not in position to catch the kick, and not against B Fourth and five at the A Punt receiver B22 is in position to catch the kick at the B He does not signal.
A88 is within a yard of B22, at his side, but does not make contact with B22 when he catches the kick at the B B22 is tackled at the B A88 is closer than one yard to B22 but is not directly in front of him.
First and 10 for Team B at the B B44 is in position to catch a punt at the B While the ball is still very high in the air and well before it comes close to B44, A88 runs directly in front of B44 within a yard but is not near him when the ball arrives.
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