Kicking Articles
Practical guidance on technique, training, and equipment for kickers and parents.
Composite Footballs vs Leather Footballs
Composite Footballs vs Leather Footballs I was out on the field recently teaching a private kicking lesson and the bag of balls given to my student by his school was hardly worth opening. As [...]
Football Sizes Chart
Football Sizes Chart One of the most common questions we run across with our monthly football kicking camps and clinics is "what brand & size football should I be using for kicking practice?" [...]
Bone Used In Kicking A Football
Bone Used In Kicking A Football I'm going to revisit a topic we first brought up in a blog post back in 2013 because the question comes up every single lesson I teach. What [...]
The January Effect
The January Effect Depending on where you live, January can be a challenge for kicking a football. Down south, some winter days can be near spring like. However, up north the practice field can [...]
ESPN Feature: Inside Georgia Tech’s 1990 Title Run
ESPN Revisits the 1990 National Championship Season From time to time, national outlets revisit historic college football seasons that continue to shape how the game is remembered and discussed. Most recently, ESPN published a [...]
What size football should I be kicking?
What size football should I be kicking?When we hold our field goal kicking clinics in the Atlanta area, we meet new kickers of all ages.Our youngest was in the 4th grade (yes, grade school), but [...]
Kicking Into The Wind
Kicking Into The Wind Whenever it is a windy day, me and my kicking buddies always liked to kick with the wind to see how far we could kick. It was a lot of fun [...]
Field Goal Kicking Technique
Field Goal Kicking Technique What better way to kick it off (pun totally intended) than to discuss field goal kicking technique? (side bar: If you read our blogs regularly, you may find some similarities [...]
How To Punt A Football
How To Punt A Football I could go to ten schools and find at least five different ways coaches are telling their players how to punt a football. Just like we teach with field goals, [...]
How To Punt A Spiral
How To Punt A Spiral Have you ever gone to a college or NFL game and seen the punter warming up? Especially in the NFL, the punters seem to punt ball after ball in a [...]