place kick vs kicking

place kick and kicking both are nouns.

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

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

place kick: (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 kick include boot, kick.

place kick (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