Place kick

The place kick is a kicking style commonly used in rugby union, rugby league, association football, American football and Canadian football.

Place kicks are also used in American football and Canadian football for kickoffs, extra points, and field goals (a variation is the Squib kick). The place kick is one of the two most common forms of kick in gridiron-based football codes, along with the punt. The punt, however, cannot score points (except in Canadian football where it counts as a single). The place kick is the nearly exclusive method of kicking in arena football as well as most other indoor football leagues, since punting is not legal in arena football.

It typically involves placing the ball on the ground. To keep the ball in position, a mound of sand, a hole in the turf, or a plastic tee is sometimes used. A holder is required to hold a ball upright during field goal and extra point attempts; a holder can also be used during kickoffs, but is usually only used when weather conditions prevent the ball from standing on its tee by itself.

In American football a place kick is worth one point for PATs (Point After Touchdown) or three points for field goals, except in six-man football where it is worth two points.

In the comic strip Peanuts, Lucy frequently holds the football to allow Charlie Brown to place kick but invariably pulls it away at the last second.

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