place-kicking

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Noun

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place-kicking - (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kickingplace kickkick, kicking, boot - the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"free kick - (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other teamkickoff - (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a scorefootball, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goalassociation football, soccer - a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal