Kickoff Foot Position used by Pros - TheKickingCoach.com

[@GS-xt8fu]

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.

[@karenlaszlo9198]

AWESOME EXPLANATIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS!!! THANK YOU!

[@dustin3170]

Why didn't he actually demonstrate it full speed?

[@proformcoachb4663]

Excellent instruction

[@julianvargas6243]

Still working 10 years later

[@Monqee]

Is that Gillette stadium?

[@Faikaizen]

Thanks

[@ALONSOO2OO9]

Where can I get one of those holders?

[@isaiahcarrier4225]

Alonso Acosta academy

[@MrJayspiegel]

@@coolgroovy2767 LOL

[@mercury_icarus]

I kick field goals on my laces

[@sjenkins8468]

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)

[@GS-xt8fu]

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.

[@TheKickingCoach]

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.