place-kicking vs kicking

place-kicking and kicking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
place-kicking	Yes	No	No	No
kicking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, kicking is a hypernym of place-kicking; that is, kicking is a word with a broader meaning than place-kicking:

place-kicking: (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking
kicking: the act of delivering a blow with the foot

Other hypernyms of place-kicking include boot, kick.

place-kicking (noun)	kicking (noun)
(sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking	the act of delivering a blow with the foot
	a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics