ALIGNMENT

• All kicking team players other than the kicker will line up with one foot on the 50-yard line
  • The 10 kicking team players cannot move until the ball hits the ground or player in the landing zone or the end zone
• The receiving team will line up as follows:
  • Setup Zone – a 5-yard area from the R45 to the R40-yard line where at least 9 receiving team players must line up
    • At least 7 players with a foot on the R45-yard line (restraining line) with alignment requirements (outside numbers, numbers to hashes, and inside hashes)
    • Players not on the restraining line must be lined up in the setup zone outside the hash marks
    • All players in the setup zone cannot move until the kick has hit the ground or a player in the landing zone or the end zone
  • A maximum of 2 returners may line up in the landing zone and can move at any time before, or during, the kick

BALL MOVEMENT & PLACEMENT

• Any kick short of the setup zone is spotted at the spot landed – play would be blown dead as soon as the kick lands short of the setup zone.
• Any kickoff out of bounds beyond the setup zone, the ball spotted at R40 yard line.
• Any kick hitting receiving team in the setup zone will be treated like a kickoff out of bounds and ball spotted at R40 yard line; play would be blown dead as soon as the kick lands short of the landing zone.
• Any kick pass R35 must be returned or downed.
• Any kick touched by the 2 returners becomes a live ball.