Bad Snaps and Bad Holds: What to Do in the Half-Second When It Goes Wrong
Teams practise the operation working and almost never practise it failing. How each failure gives you a different amount of warning, when it is…
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Football Preparation for Kickers: Inflation, Break-In and the Variable Nobody Checks
The ball is the one object in your kick you never inspect, and it drifts silently through pressure loss, temperature and wear. What inflation…
Read more →Extra Point Kicking: Why the Easiest Kick in Football Is the One That Ends Careers
Make it and nobody notices; miss it and it is the story of the game. Why extra points really miss, how the modern distance…
Read more →Doing All Three: Placekicking, Punting and Kickoffs in One Body
At most levels the kicker, punter and kickoff specialist are the same person. Where the three techniques interfere, why practice order matters most, and…
Read more →How to Long Snap: The Complete Guide to Football’s Most Overlooked Job
Long snappers are chronically undersupplied because almost nobody trains for it. The grip, stance, snap motion, how to get a spiral, and how to…
Read more →Common Kickoff Mistakes: Why Your Best-Struck Kick Can Be the Worst Outcome
On a kickoff, a great kick and a great outcome are frequently different things. The strategic mistakes that cost most field position, the technical…
Read more →The Kicker’s Pre-Game Routine: What to Do From Two Hours Out
Most first-quarter misses were caused two hours earlier. A two-hour pre-game template, how many kicks is actually right, reading the conditions, and staying ready…
Read more →Kicking From the Hash Marks: The Angle Problem Nobody Practises
Nearly every game kick comes from a hash; nearly every practice kick comes from the middle. What the angle does, why one side is…
Read more →How to Hold for Field Goals: The Holder’s Complete Guide
The holder has three tenths of a second to catch, place, spin and steady the ball — and the kicker\u2019s plant foot is calibrated…
Read more →How to Increase Hang Time: The Number Your Coverage Unit Actually Needs
Distance is a number about you; hang time is a number about your team. The three mechanical levers that raise it, how to measure…
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