Step by Step / Updated 03-27-2016
Punting in American football, which is when a team kicks the ball to relinquish possession to the other team, occurs when a team’s offense is struggling. Like with everything else in football, punting has rules:The ball is snapped to the punter.Before the ball is punted, but after the snap, only the players lined up on the ends are permitted to cross the line of scrimmage.