Kicker only practice

kr7263
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Kicker only practice Jul 24, 2008 16:06:54 GMT

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Post by kr7263 on Jul 24, 2008 16:06:54 GMT

I have a very good punter/kicker who really has no interenst in being a position player. He has played football since 4th grade and has played rb & lb. However as a Fr & Soph he became more interested in kicking than playing. I have no problem forcing him to play a position and I know he'll do it. The only reason he did not kick on varsity as a sophomore is because he wasn't emotionally ready to play varsity.
Is it in the best interest of the team for him to play a position ( we really don't need him and he probably wont play)
If he is just a kicker - what does he do during practice?
any help would be appreciated.

krice

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Kicker only practice Jul 24, 2008 16:12:08 GMT

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Post by TIGER ONE on Jul 24, 2008 16:12:08 GMT

KR,

A KICKER'S JOB IS TO KICK!!! ON THE HS LEVEL HE OFTEN PLAYS ANOTHER POSITION, BUT AFTER THAT HE WILL SPEND A TWO HOUR PRACTICE DOING NOTHING BUT PRACTICING HIS HANG TIME AND HIS DISTANCE AND HIS DIRECTIONAL PUNTING SKILLS IF HE IS A PUNTER. IF HE IS A PK HE WILL SPEND THE PRACTICE PLACE KICKING HIS PATS, AND FIELD GOALS FROM ALL ANGLES AND DISTANCES. I ALWAYS RECOMMEND TO THE PK THAT HE WORK IN CONJUCTION WITH HIS REGULAR HOLDER AS MUCH S IS POSSIBLE, AND THE LONG SNAPPER WORKS WITH BOTH PUNTER AND PK'S EACH PRACTICE.

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Kicker only practice Jul 25, 2008 9:26:01 GMT

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Post by jrkelly on Jul 25, 2008 9:26:01 GMT

If you have the luxury of having enough coaching to have someone work with this kid for the whole time he is kicking, whatever the time is, great. If you are able to have this kid specialize, then have him become the best kicker he can. We had a few great kickers, but we did have them practicing another position--even if they were only 3rd string safety, etc. We didn't have the kicker working for a full practice with only his kicking. We had him work individual and group time in position drills, then he would work his kicking during our team time. We were able to get a coach over and help for holding, snapping, and pointers at that time. Also, then we can get long-snappers and holders over to him when they are being subbed out during that team time. It worked for us, but if you have the coaching to cover it, you may not need to do this. Hope this helps.

rk

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Kicker only practice Jul 25, 2008 10:34:58 GMT

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Post by TIGER ONE on Jul 25, 2008 10:34:58 GMT

The first punter we put to the NFL from our professional minor league team was SCOTT PLAYER who I signed after a very successful stint at Florida State. It goes without saying that he participated in the conditioning aspects of a regular practice ( endurance runs, gassers, etc.) but he, like any of our kickers devoted all other practice time to their specialty. Scott became the starting punter for the Arizona Cardinals and remained there right up until last year, a run of 8 years or so. If you are looking for a great kicking camp, give PELFRY a try. They are the best in my book and Scott was a graduate of their camp and later became one of their instructors.

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Kicker only practice Jul 27, 2008 16:25:44 GMT

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Post by Mervin on Jul 27, 2008 16:25:44 GMT

Coach I totally agree with you on how your handling your young kicker. We kick the first 3 days of the week and put pressure on the snapper, holder and kicker the 2nd and 3rd days each week, we don't kick the day of our walk-thru if we play on Friday night. We have been very successful using this plan. Since he punts also you should set a number of reps, so he doesn't over do it kicking or punting.

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Post by kr7263 on Jul 24, 2008 16:06:54 GMT

Post by TIGER ONE on Jul 24, 2008 16:12:08 GMT

Post by jrkelly on Jul 25, 2008 9:26:01 GMT

Post by TIGER ONE on Jul 25, 2008 10:34:58 GMT

Post by Mervin on Jul 27, 2008 16:25:44 GMT

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