How do you kick an onside kick?

Answer 1

All players must be on their own half of the field.

The ball is placed on the center mark.

All players on the non-kicking team must be at least 10 yards from the ball.

The ball may be kicked once the whistle is blown.

The first kick must have a forward component to it.

The kicker may not touch it a second time until another player has touched it.

The players on the non-kicking team may close the gap after the first kick, not on the whistle.

Answer 2

The main rule is that the ball has to travel 10 yards downfield before it can be recovered by the kicking team prior to the opponents touching it.

A kickoff is a free kick. Whoever recovers a kickoff gains possession of the ball. The ball must travel 10 yards downfield before the kicking team can touch it unless the receiving team touches it first within 10 yards. If the kickoff doesn't travel 10 yards downfield the receiving team is not obligated to attempt a return.

The kick must hit the ground, in addition to travel 10 yards to give the kicking team possession of the ball if they can recover the kick. That is why onside kicks are kicked straight into the ground.

Answer 3

An onside kick is when you kick the ball a very shot distance on kick off (10 yards or more) and your team attempts to recover it. Usually you line up most of your players on the side you kicking to for a better chance at getting the ball. If the ball does not go 10 yards the other team well either get the ball or there will be a re-kick. If an opposing player touches the ball inside 10 yards however, then the ball is live.

Answer 4

As long as you kick it with your foot that is fine. You can kick it with any part of your foot, on the floor or in the air. You can also head it, chest it or use any part of your body except your arm or hand.

If however you mean testicles, you can't do that, that would be a straight red card.

Answer 5

When a kickoff goes out of bounds between the goal lines without being touched by the receiving team, the ball belongs to the receivers 30 yards from the spot of the kick or at the out-of-bounds spot.

Answer 6

The rules for an onside kick (or any kickoff, for that matter) state that the ball must travel forward 10 yards before the kicking team may touch the ball, unless the receiving team touches it first. The receiving team may touch the ball at any time. If the kicking team recovers, they may not advance the ball.

The NFL has recently implemented additional rules which make recovery of the onside kick nearly impossible: No more than five players on the kicking team may line up on one side of the ball, and the receiving team may line up just 5 yards from the ball.

Answer 7

No member of the kicking team may touch the ball until it has travelled 10 yards from where the ball was kicked unless a member of the receiving team touches it first.

Answer 8

No, it just has to go 10 yards from the spot kicked. That's how it is in the NFL I don't know about college.

Answer 9