Today's Tidbit... The Fundamentals of Kicking in 1923

Today, we'll examine Chapter VIII of The Fundamentals of Football, which covers drop kicking and place kicking. It provides several examples of techniques and strategies that made sense under a different set of rules than those that exist today.

Wilson published the volume in 1923 when footballs had more rounded ends than they did after the rule makers resized and reshaped the ball in 1929 and 1934. Drop kicking largely disappeared from football after those changes to the ball.

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