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Definition of fair catch in US English: fair catchnoun American Football A catch of a punt in which a player raises a hand and does not advance the ball. Example sentencesExamples - There also are no fair catches allowed, and a player is allowed to have only one foot inbounds when making a sideline catch, similar to the college rule.
- On Sunday, Bobby Engram made four fair catches on punts.
- Rules will include the outlawing of fair catches, allowing only one foot inbounds for a legal catch, implementing helmet cameras, and reducing halftime to 10 minutes.
- Height will enable the coverage team to get downfield and, hopefully, force a fair catch on punts.
- On punts, they're hanging the ball high, trying to force fair catches, which sometimes produces shorter kicks.
- As I camp under the ball, I must decide among the following: catch and run with the ball; make a fair catch, or let the ball bounce.
- Best of all, he hangs his punts high, increasing the frequency of fair catches.
- Not only will the receiving team have no fair catch to depend on; the kicking team may not cross the line of scrimmage until the ball is punted.
- During Hall's hot streak, he had one fair catch for every 2.1 punts he returned.
- Already we've been advised there will be no such thing as a fair catch on punts, meaning someone is going to get hurt badly.
Definition of fair catch in US English: fair catchnoun American Football A catch of a punt in which a player raises a hand and does not advance the ball. Example sentencesExamples - On punts, they're hanging the ball high, trying to force fair catches, which sometimes produces shorter kicks.
- Best of all, he hangs his punts high, increasing the frequency of fair catches.
- Rules will include the outlawing of fair catches, allowing only one foot inbounds for a legal catch, implementing helmet cameras, and reducing halftime to 10 minutes.
- Not only will the receiving team have no fair catch to depend on; the kicking team may not cross the line of scrimmage until the ball is punted.
- Height will enable the coverage team to get downfield and, hopefully, force a fair catch on punts.
- During Hall's hot streak, he had one fair catch for every 2.1 punts he returned.
- On Sunday, Bobby Engram made four fair catches on punts.
- As I camp under the ball, I must decide among the following: catch and run with the ball; make a fair catch, or let the ball bounce.
- Already we've been advised there will be no such thing as a fair catch on punts, meaning someone is going to get hurt badly.
- There also are no fair catches allowed, and a player is allowed to have only one foot inbounds when making a sideline catch, similar to the college rule.
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