In Writing with Hitchcock (2001), Steven DeRosa noted that Hitchcock supervised them through every draft, asking that they tell the story visually. He told Roger Ebert in 1969: Once the screenplay is finished, I'd just as soon not make the film at all.
A drop kick is a type of kick in various codes of football. It involves a player dropping the ball and then kicking it when it bounces off the ground.
A dropkick is worth 1 point if attempted as a Point After Touchdown, or 3 points if attempted as a Field Goal. A drop kick isn't worth any points, per se, it is simply another method of kicking the ball.