The football kicking tee

The football equipment that football teams use today to help the special team that use these objects.

Functions of the kicking tee

The kicking tee is made for holding the football in a stable positions so the ball won’t fall out of place.

The open design of the tee allows the football to be kicked in different positions.

Major materials

One of the major materials is plastic that helps it have it form.

Another one of the materials is plaster which makes the inside and outside of it.

The last material is rubber has the flexibility of stretching.

Properties of the major materials

Plastic: chemical structure, helps stability, hard

Plaster: when you mix water, it becomes hard, its durable, resistant to temperature and water which is helpful because the rain outside weather won’t affect it.

Rubber: stretchy, elastic, flexible, tough, solid, soft, sticky as the temperature rises, insoluble in water, alcohol, acetone, dilute acids, alkalis.

History of the kicking tee

1988 NCAA banned the kicking tee which was requiring kicks from the ground.

1993 NCAA narrowed distance between the hash mark to 40 feet.

The kicking tee was differ today use as for youth, college, and NFL pro kickers of football.

Bibliography

Some of the web sites that helped me find this information about the football kicking tee was http://jcfb.com/forum/messageview.aspp?catid=22andthreadid=16324 Jerry Campbell football 10/25/10 and the other site washttp://www.wizardsports.com/kicking-tees.html wizard sports 10/26/10.