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I was coached, perhaps incorrectly, to have the left knee on the ground and the right knee bent, foot pointing toward the center. Open shoulders etc. Everything else the same. All the coaching points the same. But the feet other way around. Less strain on the left leg supposedly as its not needing to be so tightly bent - this way allows you to get up and scramble in emergency a bit easier. Plus some people may be less flexible and don't bend that knee enough, risking leaving it sticking out a little bit into the channel the kicker comes through. Was taught this by NFL Europe coach in the mid-late 90s, and I've passed it on that way since. Any issues with that? What's the rationale for the feet being this way around per video - other than everyone's always done it that way? I never had any issues but then I was a receiver so catching it and placing it was pretty easy when you're doing thousands of catch reps anyway. And our emergency was just for me to try sprint to the edge, or throw it away (we never practiced throwing to a TE etc). Just wondered if there a strong reason to flip the legs around.
This is some of the worst kicking instruction I’ve ever seen. The foot position is like the grip in golf: it’s a CONSTANT. The sweet spot three inches down from the ankle directs the most impact into the smallest space on the foot. Turning the foot to ‘drive’ the ball disperses that energy into a larger surface area, DECREASING power. The key to taking advantage of a longer approach on kickoffs is plant foot alignment/spacing in relation to a higher sweet spot (on a tee). Everything else stays the same. (A former SEC placekicker)
hmmmm.....I agree with some of your message. This guy (this video)took my son from an average of the seven yard line on kick offs..to a negative 4 average in a short time. He could always kick forty to forty five yards on field goals no problem but his power on kick offs was not translating. We started using this and video taping...It made a huge impact. Unless you kicked in the NFL for years and helped many other kickers achieve success...To say this is one of the worst kicking instructions you have seen....does not mean you are correct or you have helped many kickers. We got to work with an NFL kicker for two days and he is a great guy and he also knew and respected the advice of this gentleman in the video. Just a rather harsh and cocky statement to come out in your first sentence with that kind of statement. However...you do you.
I agree with some of that commentary. These days...in 2023, I would say that there are a lot more NFL kickers that use a more open foot position on kickoffs than there were 10 years ago. However, rolled over foot still feels more comfortable for many on kickoffs. Since accuracy is not as important on kickoffs as it is on field goals, I allow athletes to use the foot position that they prefer as long as they are consistently meeting sweet spot on foot to sweet spot on ball.
This gentleman is one of the best. My son plays college and earned a scholarship. This video in particular increased his kick offs by about nine yards in tenth grade a few years ago. We have visited several camps. Very few go in to this kind of detail. You are pretty much kicking against others to earn that camps ranking. The advice from this video on kick offs? Solid gold. Literally hundreds of hours in practice, the last few years of high School were also huge. We got with a kicking coach and former D1 kicker as well. Its a must. What a great video this is on kick offs.
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Does the plant leg have to come off the ground? Because my punting style is more grounded, my plant leg doesnt tend to leave the ground unless I swing really hard. My coach stresses that I make my plant leg leave the ground, but it just feels unnatural to force my plant leg to come off the ground and often times, when I do it, it results in a crappy punt. I sort of base my punting style off of J.K. Scott of the Packers, where he's able to bring his ankle pretty much up to the top of his helmet without his plant foot ever leaving the ground. Now, my leg doesn't quite go that high, but it goes kinda high and my plant leg never leaves the ground and this works just fine for me. Yeah, I'm wondering does my plant leg have to leave the ground if I want to increase distance and hangtime? Thanks.
You can increase your hang time with the jump. It puts more force into it so it will go higher. Distance may also come with that extra force, watch Johnny Hekker in games
Has committed to South Carolina, but will not sign Wednesday due to class numbers. But he and PK Mitch Jeter will enroll in June, go on scholarship in August, and count on the 2021 class.
