A kick in which the ball is held vertically and dropped on to the foot.
his drop punt from 35 metres out never looked like missing
Example sentencesExamples
- He delivered with a 60m drop punt before being mobbed by team-mates.
- He chose to snap for goal when a conventional drop punt would have sufficed.
- His drop punt from 25m drifted to the right.
- It's nothing to see drop punts from 55m land three rows back.
- His long, accurate drop punt from the centre finds Brown lurking 25 metres out.
- Their forward kicked a drop punt from outside 50 to level the score.
- He always kicked the ball low, generally with a drop punt.
- He banged home a tidy drop punt to put his team back out by seven points.
- It was the best goal of the game so far, threading a drop punt between the big sticks from deep in the right forward pocket.
- He raised eyebrows by opting to kick around the corner instead of lining up traditional drop punts from the pocket.