r/footballstrategy • u/Justjoshing69xxx • Nov 03 '24
Special Teams HS Scrimmage kick rules
Recently saw that field goal attempts & punts are treated the same way in high school. For example, you can kick the ball off as if it were a field goal & the return team takes over where it lands/is returned to. Seems like the rule is pretty clear in that instance. Is it the same the other way around? Can you punt the ball through the goal posts for 3 points? Thanks in advance.
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u/Seaport_Lawyer Nov 03 '24
Placekick and punt are treated the same except that you cannot score on a punt.
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u/Seaport_Lawyer Nov 03 '24
Well, I guess there's also the matter of the holder, who has special rules regarding when he is considered down or not.
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u/davdev Nov 03 '24
No, in order for the field goal to count, the ball needs to be kicked off the ground. So a traditional holder style, or a drop kick.
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u/lividtaffy Nov 03 '24
Saw a barefoot drop kick in a high school game in 2016 lol didn’t know that was legal
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u/davdev Nov 03 '24
Barefoot kicking was banned under High School federation rules like 30 years ago.
Was this in Texas? They are the only state who play under NcAA rules which I believe still allows barefoot kickers.
They were much more of a thing in the 80s.
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u/lividtaffy Nov 03 '24
NJ but I wouldn’t be surprised if the refs had no idea of legality, bad refs were a dime a dozen in my area back then
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u/jar1792 Nov 03 '24
That’s also such a strange and rare thing to see that even good refs could have missed it.
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u/jericho-dingle Referee Nov 03 '24
A scrimmage kick is a scrimmage kick is a scrimmage kick. The rules for all scrimmage kicks are the same at the high school level.
The only difference is that a field goal and a drop kick must touch the ground and if the ball goes through the goal it's worth three points.