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hang time
noun
- the length of time that a football remains in the air after being kicked.
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Origin of hang time1
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They include Jordan, whose style, hang time and acrobatic dunking were as popular in corporate boardrooms as they were on playgrounds; Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, who shook up the game with their athleticism and size in the ’50s and ’60s; and David “Skywalker” Thompson, who, at 6-foot-4, dominated college basketball while starring for North Carolina State but had to settle for gently laying the ball in due to the dunk ban.
Scott notched a hang time of longer than five seconds on five of his six punts against the Kansas City Chiefs, Ficken said.
Wyatt Becker passed for 200 yards for Sierra Canyon and Ashton Zamani kept delivering punts with impressive hang time and distance.
Because the vast majority of players cannot move until the kicked ball lands — either in the hands of the returner or on the ground — hang time is no longer relevant.
Instead of high deep balls with maximum hang time, he focuses on placement for the cover team to pursue.
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