Football Glossary
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- kick-catch interference
While any free kick is in flight in or beyond the neutral zone to the receiver’s goal line or any scrimmage kick is in flight beyond the neutral zone to the receiver’s goal line, the kicking team players shall not touch the ball or the receiver in position to make the catch, unless blocked into the ball or the receiver or to ward off a blocker, nor obstruct receiver’s path to the ball. That prohibition applies even when no fair-catch signal is given, but it does not apply after a free kick has been touched by a receiving team player or after a scrimmage kick has been touched by a receiving team player who was clearly beyond the neutral zone at the time of touching. The result is a 15-yard penalty from the previous spot, accept the penalty only at the spot of the foul, or accept the results of the play. - kicker
A kicker is a player who legally punts, drop kicks or place kicks. He continues to be a kicker until he has reasonable opportunity to regain his balance. - kicker
The term most often used for the player who kicks off or attempts field goals. It also can be a generic term for punter. - kickoff signal
To make the ball ready for play, the official [referee] will blow his whistle and give a one or two arm beckoning signal toward the kicker.
