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Kicking coaching
Technique breakdowns, teaching progressions, and film-room fixes for kicking coaches — written by position specialists on the Your Last Scout staff.
Special Teams Coaching: Teaching the Plant Foot First
My grandfather played curling on the same sheet of ice for forty years. Same hack, same release point, same broom angle. People thought it was superstition. He…
Coach LindqvistCollege Kicking Coach
Special Teams Coaching: Fix the Plant Foot First
There's a fly-fishing concept I keep coming back to. When a cast goes sideways, most people look at the rod tip — where the line went, where the fly landed.…
Coach BrennanPro Kicking Coach
Kicker Technique: Fix the Plant Foot Before You Fix the Swing
There's a moment every kicking coach has lived through. Your kicker misses one left. You watch it. Miss left again. You start talking about hip rotation, about…
Coach BrennanPro Kicking Coach
Field Goal Kicking: Why Snap-to-Boot Operation Time Wins Games
Most kicking instruction starts with the kicker. Approach angle, plant foot, contact point, follow-through — all legitimate, all important. But here is what…
Coach LindqvistCollege Kicking Coach
Field Goal Operation Coaching: Teaching Snap, Hold, and Kick as One Unit
Every football coach knows that a field goal attempt involves a snapper, a holder, and a kicker. What gets taught incompletely — at every level — is that those…
Coach BrennanPro Kicking CoachPut the film work on autopilot
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