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	Onside kick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An onside kick is a term used in American football and Canadian football for a play on a kickoff in which the ball is kicked a shorter distance than usual in order for the team that kicked it to regain possession of the ball.
		An onside kick from a free kick is usually a desperation technique used for a kickoff by a team trailing in the score with little time left in the game, in order to gain another possession of the ball and to hopefully allow scoring again.
		The older version of onside kick, still legal in Canadian football, was inherited from rugby as a way to make a forward pass before throwing the ball forward was legal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Onside_kick (602 words)

	Sports: Storm looks for friendly bounces
		An onside kick allows a team to control the clock by getting the ball back or shortening the field, which forces the opponent to score more quickly or puts it in a difficult spot from which to attack the end zone.
		Unlike traditional onside kicks, which roll along the ground, the high hop bounces 15 yards in the air, producing a jump ball between the kicking and receiving teams.
		A third kick, the pooch, is a surprise onside kick to a receiver, similar to a pass, off the kicker's foot.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/05/28/Sports/Storm_looks_for_frien.shtml (1177 words)

	Week13_Onside_Kicks
		The onside kick is often used as a desperation measure in the NFL.
		onside kicks, this choice of play is difficult to validate but could easily be correct.
		Our analysis of onside kicks in the NFL has shown that they are significantly underutilized.
	www.pigskinrevolution.com /Week13_Onside_Kicks.html (481 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Because an onsides kick has to travel at least 10 yards, as in NFL rules, the kick cannot be recovered by the kicking team.\par \par \cf1 Roll a Two\cf0 - The football was kicked 10 yards, the perfect amount of yards.
		If you did not notice the pattern, you are kicking the football 5 yards for ever one digit rolled, 2 for 10 yards, 4 for 20 yards,etc. The rolled onsides kick attempt number also signifies how many numbers the opposing team can call to recover the football.
		If the receiving team does any of these while trying to recover the onsides kick this means they bobbled the football and the kicking team recovers the football at the point to where the football was kicked to.
	www.rollbowl.com /files/The_Onside_kick.doc (414 words)

	April: Onside Kick was Executed Perfectly - Buffalo Bills
		We had planned to use the onside kick earlier against the Seahawks but we scored with very little time to go in the half so there was no sense kicking the ball onside then because we would have only had time for one offensive play.
		Eric Moulds recovered an onside kick against the Seahawks and the team's return average was lowered.
		Onside kicks are huge plays and they should be counted as turnovers.
	www.buffalobills.com /news/news.jsp?news_id=2991 (540 words)

	Football Kicking Tees and NFL Ground Zero Kicking Tees
		Wizard Kicking is sure the new Ground Zero Onside Kicking Tee will bring some consistency to the very important onside kick.
		The Ground Zero Onside Kicking Tee, with the front notch design allows you to place the football upright and on the ground.
		When the fieldgoal Kicking Kaddy is removed from the base and placed on the ground the player is prepared to practice his fieldgoal kicking.
	www.wizardkicking.com /kicking-tees.html (440 words)

	onside kick doesn't touch the ground - The Official Forum (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		They kick the ball into the air, it comes down right about on the 50 where K player leaps into the air and catches the ball and lands on the R 48.
		Big whistle, K cannot touch a free kick in flight, whether R is in a position to catch it or not.
		This prohibition applies even when no fair-catch signal is given, but it does not apply after a free kick has been touched by a receiver, or after a scrimmage kick has been touched by a receiver who was clearly beyond the neutral zone at the time of touching.
	www.officialforum.com.cob-web.org:8888 /thread/3012 (599 words)

	Controversy! No. 18 Oregon rallies past OU - College football - MSNBC.com
		The Ducks (3-0) recovered the bouncing kick on their own 48, but Oklahoma (2-1) argued that an Oregon player touched the ball before it went the required 10 yards, which would have given the Sooners possession.
		The onside kick was made by Luke Bellotti, Oregon coach Mike Bellotti’s son.
		Kicking is not, it’s very objective,” the elder Bellotti said.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/14868478 (826 words)

	Football Commentary: 2004 Week 4 Strategy Review
		If they kick onside, their probability of winning will be either 0.035 or 0.014, depending on whether or not they recover the kick.
		During the Monday Night Football broadcast on September 13, the commentators reported that during the last five NFL seasons, the kicking team has recovered 24% of "anticipated" onside kicks, and 61% of "surprise" onside kicks.
		But the lack of data is unavoidable: When "surprise" onside kicks cease to be rare, they cease to be a surprise.
	www.footballcommentary.com /analysis2004week4.htm (2554 words)

	Quick kick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Typically this has been a kick from scrimmage from a formation that is, or resembles, one usually used other than for punting, or at least not resembling the one usually used for punting.
		One type of such play is the equivalent of the Statue of Liberty play for the forward pass: the ostensible punter holds the ball out as if to drop it, then hands it to a teammate stepping behind or in front of him or her.
		A quick kick is often executed by a technique called a "pooch punt", which is a more controlled kick.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quick_kick (736 words)

	Football Commentary: Super Bowl XXXIX Strategy Review
		Conditional on a three-and-out, a central case would be for the Patriots to return the kickoff to their own 27-yard line, gain 5 yards on their first three downs, and punt the ball a net 38 yards.
		If the Eagles attempt an onside kick and are successful, they get the ball at about their own 42-yard line, and have nearly 1:48 left in the quarter and two timeouts.
		Obviously one of the key inputs to the analysis is the probability of recovering a fully-anticipated onside kick.
	www.footballcommentary.com /analysis2004sb39.htm (626 words)

	Steelers Notebook: Cowher doesn't regret going for the onside kick vs. Colts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Colts easily recovered the kick and Peyton Manning turned it into a 12-yard touchdown pass to Bryan Fletcher for a 23-7 lead and, essentially, the game.
		Cowher said if the score at halftime was 13-7 and not 16-7 he would not have tried the onside kick.
		Cowher said yesterday he has not second-guessed his decision to try an onside kick to begin the second half.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05334/614592.stm (550 words)

	PLEASE HELP...stopping Onside kick cheat - Madden Forums - powered by VG Sports & Maddentips.com
		What up dudes...I have a friend who has kicked 4 straight onsides at the end of each of the last 4 games that he was losing to me, to make a comeback, and he has gotten all 4 of them
		He didn't use the onside setup, just normal kick and kick it soft to the left or right side.
		I just picked the onside kick formation and he didnt get one on me. Not sure how he gets all his on you.
	www.vgsportsinc.com /forums/showthread.php?t=65747 (477 words)

	NFL.com - NFL Draft Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		They are the coaches you see on the sideline during games, urging their players to cover those kickoffs, stay in their lanes and keep an eye out just in case there's an onside kick.
		Teams were more successful with surprise onside kicks, as three of nine (33.3 percent) worked for the kicking team.
		Malone kicked well at the Combine, has the ability to punt the ball inside the 20, is a good athlete and a special person.
	www.nfl.com /draft/analysis/expert/brandt/st (1681 words)

	Play of the game: The onside kick
		In the end, they still clinched home-field advantage in the American Football Conference playoffs after Oakland lost, but they had their seven-game winning streak come to a halting stop because Neil Rackers, who makes Kris Brown look like a beacon of stability, hit a 31-yard field goal in overtime for a wild 26-23 comeback victory.
		The reference was to a 26-23 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles last year, a game in which the Steelers blew a 10-point lead in the final 3:42 after failing to recover an onside kick with 1:05 remaining.
		What Shaw did not execute is catching the ball the first time it came to him on the onside kick.
	www.post-gazette.com /Steelers/20011231play1231p6.asp (908 words)

	Onside kick and 10 yds........... - The Official Forum (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		When the kicking team attempts an onside kick the ball must travel 10 yds before they can touch it.
		To answer your question, yes, R can land on the ball on a free kick even if the ball only travels 7 yards.
		The only restriction they have is that they cannot cross their restraining line before the ball is kicked.
	www.officialforum.com.cob-web.org:8888 /thread/5780 (309 words)

	College Football Blog: UNLV Onside Kick
		After failing a two-point conversion attempt with under two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter against New Mexico, UNLV was down two points and needed to recover an onside kick, which they did after the ball deflected off a Lobo player.
		In fact, the kicking team is not allowed to advance an free kick.
		Spielman redeemed himself moments later, most likely when word of the rules came through his earpiece from someone in the trailer: "You can't advance an onside kick," he explained.
	www.collegefootballblog.org /2005/09/unlv_onside_kick.html (305 words)

	ESPN.com: NFL - Eagles get a kick out of opener (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Andy Reid's decision to start the season with an onside kick sent a clear message to his team, the Dallas Cowboys and the rest of the league: The Eagles are for real.
		As Dallas prepared for a deep opening kick, David Akers popped the ball up, and Dameane Douglas cradled it at the 42.
		Reid said he had never seen an onside kick to start the game.
	espn.go.com /nfl/s/2000/0904/723176.html (640 words)

	Onside Kick - Madden Forums - powered by VG Sports & Maddentips.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The most often used tactic that I've seen is to kick the ball directly at the closet player to the ball.
		What I normally do is move the directional arrow all the way down and aim it between the first and second player to the left of the ball.
		Sometimes what I will do though is come out in regular formation and then audible to an onside kick formation so that their best "hands team" isn't on the field or they're in the wrong spot once the ball is kicked.
	www.vgsportsinc.com /forums/showthread.php?p=631936#post631936 (1357 words)

	BaylorFans.com Message Boards - the onside kick
		The kicking team can't cross the 40 yard line until the kicker's foot has touched the ball.
		In a HS game with a team I have coached on we kicked an onside with three players on one side and seven on the other.
		It is an NCAA rule that on free kicks at least four players on the kicking team must be on either side of the kicker when the ball is kicked, and since the UIL plays by NCAA rules then it is also the rule in Texas HS football.
	www.baylorfans.com /forums/showthread.php?t=111440 (966 words)

	Ground Zero Onside 1" Football Kick Off Tee - ProKicker.com
		The Ground Zero Onside is a 2 in 1 tee manufactured in the color fl.
		It is a one-inch kick off tee (identical to the Ground Zero 1) that includes a notch that allows kickers to support the football with its tip on the ground for onside and squib kicks.
		The Ground Zero Kick Off Tees and the Toe-Tal-Tee are the most innovative kicking tees in the football marketplace.
	www.prokicker.com /catalog/ground-zero-onside-kick-p-109.html (339 words)

	KICKING AND PUNTING A FOOTBALL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Your mind races through all of the kicking techniques you have practiced time and time again.
		You see the ball coming towards the holder, he catches the ball and lowers it to the kicking tee.
		I have taught kicking to players of all sizes and shapes, both male and female, all of whom have been successful.
	www.goodfor3.com (1113 words)

	ABC News: Onside Kick Returns Key as UCLA Wins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		EL PASO, Texas Dec 31, 2005 (AP)— Brandon Breazell returned two onside kicks for touchdowns and Drew Olson recovered from an awful first quarter by throwing three TD passes, leading No. 17 UCLA to a 50-38 win over Northwestern in the Sun Bowl on Friday.
		After Basanez added a 5-yard TD pass to Shaun Herbert with 23 seconds remaining, Breazell struck again by taking the next onside kick for a 41-yard score, punctuating the highest-scoring Sun Bowl ever.
		It figured to be a wild afternoon, as both teams came in ranked among the national leaders in offense but among the nation's worst defenses.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=1458437 (441 words)

	Seahawks Notebook: Onside kick thing of beauty
		The difference in the game proved to be a looping ball off the foot of Cowboys kicker Billy Cundiff that nestled into the cradling arms of teammate Jason Witten.
		Dallas recovered an onside kick with 1:45 to play last night to set up the game-winning drive in the Cowboys' 43-39 win over the Seahawks.
		Cundiff's kick skimmed the turf and bounced right up, said the Seahawks' Jerheme Urban, who had the best shot at recovering the kick.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /football/202637_hbok07.html (1332 words)

	The State \| 09/28/2006 \| Auburn escapes thanks to Irons and onside kick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Tigers went 85 yards on 17 plays before settling for a 24-yard field goal from John Vaughn that increased their lead to 17-10.
		Tuberville stunned the Gamecocks by ordering an onside kick that the Tigers’ Jerraud Powers recovered at the Auburn 48.
		Tuberville’s staff noticed that one of the Gamecocks’ front-line players on its kick return team often would take off early.
	www.myrtlebeachonline.com /mld/myrtlebeachonline/sports/15635447.htm (807 words)

	Team News - SuperBowl.com - Official website of Super Bowl XLI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		IRVING, Texas (Oct. 12, 2003) -- Dallas Cowboys receiver Randal Williams' 37-yard return of an onside kick three seconds into the Cowboys' 23-21 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles is the fastest score to start a game since the NFL began using a scoreboard clock in 1970.
		Williams was on the front line of the Cowboys' return team when the Eagles tried the onside kick.
		The Eagles successfully recovered an onside kick to start their 41-14 season-opening victory over Dallas in 2000.
	www.superbowl.com /teams/story/DAL/6716120 (283 words)

	Embarrassing onside kick
		My question is, why would Tennessee go for the onside, when on the previous play they didn't go for 2 to make it a 16 point game, which means 2 possession game.
		I was much more bothered that we gave up a late TD than I was that we were not ready for the onsides.
		To be more frank about it, I was much more upset that we gave up the 1st TD because our safety was late getting over, if he bats that ball down then TN would have been left with a 4th and 17 for a 45 yard FG try.
	www.hogville.net /yabbse/index.php?topic=91018.0 (1299 words)

	Chicago Rush Arena Football
		With the Crush leading by two with 32 seconds to play, Chicago’s kicker Keith Gispert booted a high-bounding onside kick, which Etu Molden recovered thanks to perfect execution from the blockers.
		Led by the effort of John Moyer and his seven blocked kicks (PAT and FG) since the start of last season, the opposition has made just 31 percent (7 of 22) of its tries in 2005.
		Although Chicago failed to capitalize on offense, the kick forced LA to guard against the onside kick for the rest of the game.
	www.chicagorush.com /news.asp?ID=429 (1341 words)

	The Old Coach Discussion Board - OU Onside Kick - Powered by XMB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		posted on 11-4-2006 at 10:51 PM Thought it was a good move; it caught the Aggies completely by surprise and was kicked perfectly.
		Two Sooners had their hands on it but couldn't get total control of the ball.
		Kicking a field goal with 3:35 left and one timeout trailing by four points is about as lame as you can get.
	www.theoldcoach.com /forum/viewthread.php?tid=39245 (233 words)

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