Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-25 | Page 16 | Punter Must be Given Protection to Assure Long, Beneficial Kicks

Punter Must Be Given Protection To Assure Long Beneficial Kicks s Learn Leans to See Football By JERRY JERR BRONDFIELD H NEA Service Sports Writer S S A A team may have a punter who can boot the ball 70 yards jn th Tj air or out of bounds on n the two y yard two rd line but his talent will go to ti waste without protection In regular punt formation the kicker drops back 10 to 11 yards to the he rear of scrimmage This gives give hint him a reasonable enough chance to get the ball baU away before an is 1 player can get to him From tackle to tackle the kicking kicking kick kick- ing teams team's line holds its ground without charging converging toward the center leaving as little space as possible for the opposition to break through The ends are split wide to get down field quickly under the punt Seldom is there an attempt to block incoming ends at the line of scrimmage Because they come Inon Inon in on a long diagonal they have a greater distance to go in order to I reach the kicker When they do come come in they are blocked out by tho two who aro are st at stA just behind their tackles tackles facing toward the ends I The fourth back takes a spot either close up behind a guard to handle the first man who might succeed In breaking through the theline theline line or assumes the position of second wing blocker on the tho same a am me side as his punters punter's kicking leI leg where the greater amount of ot protection protection pro pro- Is necessary t I. tIt It doesn't take much to convert A a blocked punt Into a touchdown so JO 1 protection for tor the kicker is ill one of t the more vital phs phases s of gridiron technique V 11