Please forgive my digression too...

Could've sworn you were talking about Australian Rules Football  
George - drop kicks, punts ... and then there's the drop punt  and  
the torpedo punt and the stab pass ... But then, the Irish are a  
modern phenomenon (since Jimmy Stynes came across from Dublin in the  
mid-1980s) in our game and VERY good at it too.

Sincerely
GrahamK

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On 31 Jan 2006, at 6:37 am, George Myers wrote:

> Some social anthropology: (don't shoot!)
>
<Snip>

> There is also the American football term, which is to drop the ball
> and kick it before it hits the ground, which was once before
> different, a "drop kick" kicked after it bounced up off the ground
> (country-western novelty song: "Drop kick me Jesus through the goal
> posts of life" has me confused). The "punt" has become synonymous for
> the "fourth down" kicked ball at the other team, when the previous
> efforts failed to advance the ball the required 10 yards in four
> downs, though the punt is still optional. The "punt" drop kick is much
> easier to control and goes usually much further than the bounced "drop
> kick" it replaced.
>
> George Myers