A punt is a move performed by holding the football with both hands. The punter would let go of the ball and kick it immediately before the ball touches the ground.

Head football coach Ray Priore described the process that went into developing the Quakers’ new strategy. Last year, he said, the team’s consistency with the normal punt was “sort of erratic.” “We ...

Rule said the first time saw a high school team punt from a placekicking formation was about 25 years ago in Oregon. And when the Knights struggled to find a punter on their roster this season, a ...

SOUTH BEND —Notre Dame football punter James Rendell had a key role as a decoy last season on a handful of widely celebrated fakes out of punt formation. “We’ll see,” Rendell said with a ...

In American football, kicking and punting are different. Kicking refers to field goals and kick-offs, when the ball is kicked from the ground to score points or to begin the game.