sentences:  This is to prevent teams from getting their longest kicker to kick for touch.Kicking to oneself satisfies the kick-in condition, so any further kick taken will be treated normally.Historically, kick-in strategy would be that the team's longest kicker would send the ball as far down the field as possible, resulting in a marking contest; this way, even if an opponent took a contested mark, they would be one long kick plus ten metres away from the goal line, and would be hence unlikely to score.