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Definition of place kick in English: place kicknoun American Football Rugby Soccer A kick made after the ball is first placed on the ground. Example sentencesExamples - He stepped up to take the place kick from 40 yards on the left wing.
- He was spot on with the boot with another two place kicks and a further one-pointer to ensure a berth to the next round.
- The first half was very evenly balanced with each team relying heavily on place kicks for their score.
- As a younger man Armstrong was also a capable Australian Rules footballer and particularly adept at the place kick - a technique no longer used in the game.
- The abandonment of Punchestown on Saturday was a disappointment particularly as the track executive had put so much effort into bringing punters in and getting the place kick started again after all the recent controversy and troubles.
verb [no object]often as noun place-kickingAmerican Football Rugby Soccer Take a place kick. our place-kicking struggled at times last season Example sentencesExamples - Yet all that will be remembered of this performance - more specifically his performance - was that he failed where it mattered most, with his placekicking.
- He, whose placekicking was exceptional all afternoon, slotted him into a four-point lead with a conversion from the right.
- He also played in every game on the placekicking unit.
- Armstrong finished his fifth and final season of varsity eligibility in the fall of 2003 when he handled the punting, placekicking and kickoff duties for the 2-6 Warriors.
- Two years ago when he went down, the ‘Skins lost three of four games because of shaky placekicking.
Derivatives noun Soccer American Football Rugby He is in fact the only place-kicker on the NFL's Hall of Fame list. Example sentencesExamples - Espn has started broadcasting tape of how the place-kickers did in pre-game warm-ups.
- Heather believed she was a good football place-kicker.
- Mike was a burly guy who played both ways in football as an end at Duke, and earned a spot on the All-Conference team as a receiver and place-kicker.
- ‘Punters and place-kickers have more pressure than anybody because that might be our last play of the game,’ Aguiar says.
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