The football-kicking magazine
Explore practical kicking drills, equipment comparisons, training advice, and buying guides for kickers at every level.
More missed kicks trace back to plant foot position than anything else — and it is the one part of the kick you cannot feel going wrong. The four variables, how each fails, and…
A step-by-step walkthrough for choosing a kicking tee: legal height, tee type, material, colour and budget — plus 6 options matched to…
Eight accuracy drills that target the actual cause of your misses — plus a diagnostic table linking where the ball goes to…
Most kickers know dozens of drills and have no template for using them. A full session structure, why the order matters, three…
Research-based comparisons of tees, nets and footwear. We compare published specifications and league rules; we don't claim hands-on testing.
All kicking tee guidesMost kickers need a 1-inch tee for college and pro, or a 2-inch tee for high school. Our complete guide covers tee…
Field goals reward a fast, flat, accurate ball — so you want a low placement tee, not a kickoff tee. Six field…
Kickoffs reward hangtime, not just distance. We compare 6 kickoff tees from Champion Sports, CHAMPRO, FORZA, Wilson, Fisher and Pro Down, and…
Use a 2-inch tee for high school and a 1-inch tee for college and pro. We break down what that extra inch…
A kicking net roughly triples how many kicks you get per session. The three types, six nets compared, how to anchor one…
Most football kickers wear soccer cleats, not football cleats. Why that is, what actually matters in a kicking shoe, the two-shoe question,…
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Ten interactive planners and calculators. Everything runs in your browser and saves locally.
Get matched to a kicker archetype, a training bundle, and gear sized to how you actually play.
Building your kicking profile…
Mechanics, drills and practice structure, from the plant foot to the follow-through.
All training articlesWhy field goal technique works the way it does — the kinetic chain, the plant leg as pivot, hip rotation as engine,…
The three-and-two is a measuring system for your plant foot, not a magic formula. What the steps actually do, how to set…
Accuracy is a measured rate, not a feeling. How to track make percentage by distance band, read your miss pattern, measure your…
If you train alone, film is your coach — but only if the angle is right. Where to put the camera, the…
Wind costs kickers more make percentage than any other condition. How to read it properly, what each direction does, why height is…
Distance is a number about you; hang time is a number about your team. The three mechanical levers that raise it, how…
Age-appropriate development, sensible practice volume, and what to spend money on (and what not to).
Cold makes the ball harder, your body stiffer, and the sideline dangerous. The extended warm-up, the sideline routine that prevents strains, technique…
The two highest-value drills in kicking need a cone, a rope and four square metres. What you can genuinely work on at…
Uprights measure your kicking; cones, ropes and nets improve it. The realistic target options compared, how to improvise properly, anchoring safety, and…
Your film answers "can I predict this kicker?", not "is this kicker impressive?". How to structure it, what angles to shoot, and…
Thin air adds carry and a closed roof removes the wind you calibrate against — and neither gives you any sensory signal.…
Kicking is the most common route in, and the technique is not different at all. What transfers from soccer, what genuinely needs…
A standard 1-inch tee is the usual starting point. It is stable, works with any regulation football, and lets new kickers concentrate on a repeatable approach and clean contact before chasing distance.
It depends on your league. Permitted tee heights differ between youth, high school, college and professional football and have changed over time, so check your current rulebook before buying a tee.
Many kickers do well with three to five focused sessions a week, with total kick volume kept moderate. Quality matters more than quantity: most kicking injuries come from accumulated repetitions, not contact.
No. Our equipment guides are research-based comparisons of published specifications, league rules and established coaching practice. We do not run hands-on product testing, and we will say so clearly if that ever changes.
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Our guides are research-based: we compare published specifications, league rules and established coaching practice. We don’t run hands-on product testing, and we don’t present our guides as if we did.
Informational content only. Not medical advice, injury treatment or a guarantee of performance. Always defer to qualified coaches and your league’s rules.
