Place kick

It was historically used in Australian rules football, but it was phased out of the game more than 100 years ago.

When weather conditions prevent the ball from standing on its tee by itself, a holder can be used during kickoffs (although this is uncommon).

[1] In most forms of gridiron football, a place kick during timed play that travels through the uprights is a field goal worth three points; on a free play following a touchdown, it is worth one point; most leagues (including the NFL) require the ball to be placed directly on the turf with a holder.

In a few indoor football leagues, a kickoff that travels through the uprights results in an award of one point, although this practice is becoming less common with the collapse of the AFL (formerly the largest indoor gridiron football league in the world).

Popular aids used include kicking tees and mounds of sand on which to place the ball.

Goal kicking forwards are extremely rare, but not unknown, the most notable in recent years having been the Australian second row John Eales.

[8] Aside from any of these time issues, another considerable factor in the eventual disappearance of the place kick was that the changes to the football's shape, design, and constituent materials — and, especially, according to ex-Melbourne player Les Rainey in the late 1930s, to a very significant reduction in the weight, the thickness of the soles, and robustness of the standard football boot.

Rarely, some players continued to use place kicks until as late as the 1950s,[13][14] but the skill is entirely obsolete in serious modern football.

For example, in the 1996 Centenary Legends Match, AFL Hall of Famer Don Scott performed a place kick in the general course of play; [15] and, Patrick Cripps, playing in the pre-season 2019 AFLX Grand Final, performed a place kick from a set shot (with a holder in the gridiron football style), successfully making the goal.