On a kickoff, if the kicker kicks the ball really high in the air, and the receiving team does nothing to get to the ball. Can the kicking team catch the ball? Or does the ball have to first touch the ground before the kicking team can recover? I have always thought it was a live ball once kicked. One of our coaches seems to remember a team catching its own kickoff and the ball awarded to the receiving team for what was called kick catch interferance???
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On a kickoff, if the kicker kicks the ball really high in the air, and the receiving team does nothing to get to the ball. Can the kicking team catch the ball? Or does the ball have to first touch the ground before the kicking team can recover? I have always thought it was a live ball once kicked. One of our coaches seems to remember a team catching its own kickoff and the ball awarded to the receiving team for what was called kick catch interferance???
thanks in advance.
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