James Daulton
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Does that mean you're not going to Like my post?You should be on staff with these kind of insightsA 40yd fg would be kicked from the 30yd line.
Does that mean you're not going to Like my post?You should be on staff with these kind of insightsA 40yd fg would be kicked from the 30yd line.
lol, when TIS piles on, it must have been a really stupid post.Whoa, whoa. Slow down, egghead.A 40yd fg would be kicked from the 30yd line.
20 yards is also 60 feet, for those scoring at homelol, when TIS piles on, it must have been a really stupid post.Whoa, whoa. Slow down, egghead.A 40yd fg would be kicked from the 30yd line.
I just have a hard time grasping how any athletic guy can't hit way more than 50% from the 10yd line.
Go film yourself taking 20 kicks from the 10 yard line and report backI just have a hard time grasping how any athletic guy can't hit way more than 50% from the 10yd line.
With the loss of MoP here, we need all the help we can get.You should be on staff with these kind of insightsA 40yd fg would be kicked from the 30yd line.
I just wanted to use the Chief Wiggum line I had referenced in the Simpsons thread. This seemed like a good time. Wasn't trying to pile on.lol, when TIS piles on, it must have been a really stupid post.Whoa, whoa. Slow down, egghead.A 40yd fg would be kicked from the 30yd line.
I just have a hard time grasping how any athletic guy can't hit way more than 50% from the 10yd line.
I'll be visiting my kid in college in a few weeks and I will do this and report back. Expecting at least 75%.Go film yourself taking 20 kicks from the 10 yard line and report backI just have a hard time grasping how any athletic guy can't hit way more than 50% from the 10yd line.
Maybe it's harder than I think. I'm curious and will be testing it out myself soon.20 yards is also 60 feet, for those scoring at homelol, when TIS piles on, it must have been a really stupid post.Whoa, whoa. Slow down, egghead.A 40yd fg would be kicked from the 30yd line.
I just have a hard time grasping how any athletic guy can't hit way more than 50% from the 10yd line.
I tried all my kicks soccer-style, because that's how I want to practice/train and learn proper form so I can compete; not random dude running straight on to kick one through the uprights. Getting the accuracy and lift on a 20-yarder that way, with no prep or warm-ups, isn't a slam dunk. Hooked a few and launched some line drives
Have to break him out of federal prison first. That'll probably chew up the other 10k.cut off your right arm fingers and part of your right foot, then go all tom dempsey on their ### with a club foot.
or......give russell erxleben 10k to be you for a day.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HIREI second the idea of getting a coach. Soon.
Technique wins in this kind of thing. Hire a guy to teach you to kick properly and you'll be way ahead of the field in no time.
Kicking a 40 yarder down at the high school field after work and kicking a 40 yarder at halftime for 20 grand are very different.
It's not an "athletic" issue. Similarly, tons of athletic people can't throw a spiral.the moops said:Go film yourself taking 20 kicks from the 10 yard line and report backI just have a hard time grasping how any athletic guy can't hit way more than 50% from the 10yd line.
Or Tony Romo for that matter.Don't trust Lucy to be your holder.
still love this.The closest coach I've found so far, for one-on-one sessions, is about 2 hours away. $60 per one hour session, which seems reasonable. While I look for someone closer, so I can work with them more than one time, I'm spending the next week or so working only on stretching, flexibility, leg strength, technique and form. The DVD we got from my son's kicking camp has a bunch of excercises and drills for that. Not going to try live kicking a ball during this time. Also want to find a good pair of kicking cleats before I go out and hit some balls again.
It would be fantastic schtick if Nick made that all up.I was an All-Region K in HS...40 yarders aren't a cake-walk, but shouldn't be impossible either.
Gym work to get your distance up - you either have the leg to kick 40 yards or you don't. Leg strength exercises will help...Don't focus JUST on your leg, but also your core (twisting motion is where a lot of the power comes from) If you can't kick 40 yards soccer style, go with the toe...your accuracy will SUCK, but you can't make it if you can't kick it 40 yards...
Stretch stretch stretch - I could put my head on my knee when I kicked. It helps...Now I can barely touch my toes.
Keep your head down - Biggest rule of accuracy...watch the ball all the way through the kick. If you look up to see where it goes, you WILL hook it.
Your plant foot determines if it's going to fly straight - If you're in front of the ball, you'll push it. If you're behind the ball, you'll hook it. Use the same run-up every single time. Know every step and plant consistently.
Spin of the ball indicates how you struck it - If it's not spinning much, you hit it too high...it will likely knuckle and not go far. If it's spinning really fast, you hit it too low...
Some things to find out:
Are you kicking off the bare turf or off a kicking block? - Bare grass kicks are difficult because the ball is lower on the ground, meaning it's harder to get lift on the ball. If you're kicking off a block, you'll have an easy time getting height...if not, lift is a lot harder.
Can you adjust the air pressure in the ball? - Old balls are the best. That's why kickers hated the new ball rule in the NFL. New balls are hard and it's a lot harder to get a good bounce off them. If you have any say in the ball, pick an old, soft one. Not too soft, but not pumped up like a basketball either. Think soccer ball hard...A little bit of give.
Hope this helps!
...But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...It would be fantastic schtick if Nick made that all up.I was an All-Region K in HS...40 yarders aren't a cake-walk, but shouldn't be impossible either.
Gym work to get your distance up - you either have the leg to kick 40 yards or you don't. Leg strength exercises will help...Don't focus JUST on your leg, but also your core (twisting motion is where a lot of the power comes from) If you can't kick 40 yards soccer style, go with the toe...your accuracy will SUCK, but you can't make it if you can't kick it 40 yards...
Stretch stretch stretch - I could put my head on my knee when I kicked. It helps...Now I can barely touch my toes.
Keep your head down - Biggest rule of accuracy...watch the ball all the way through the kick. If you look up to see where it goes, you WILL hook it.
Your plant foot determines if it's going to fly straight - If you're in front of the ball, you'll push it. If you're behind the ball, you'll hook it. Use the same run-up every single time. Know every step and plant consistently.
Spin of the ball indicates how you struck it - If it's not spinning much, you hit it too high...it will likely knuckle and not go far. If it's spinning really fast, you hit it too low...
Some things to find out:
Are you kicking off the bare turf or off a kicking block? - Bare grass kicks are difficult because the ball is lower on the ground, meaning it's harder to get lift on the ball. If you're kicking off a block, you'll have an easy time getting height...if not, lift is a lot harder.
Can you adjust the air pressure in the ball? - Old balls are the best. That's why kickers hated the new ball rule in the NFL. New balls are hard and it's a lot harder to get a good bounce off them. If you have any say in the ball, pick an old, soft one. Not too soft, but not pumped up like a basketball either. Think soccer ball hard...A little bit of give.
Hope this helps!
Hasselbeck will tell you to take the ball and say you're gonna score.Marty Morhinweig would advise you to take the wind.
Reminds me of one of the kids on my baseball team... at home plate before the game awaiting the coin toss to see who would be home team. Ump tells my player to call it in the air... he flips the coin up and my player said "HOME".Hasselbeck will tell you to take the ball and say you're gonna score.Marty Morhinweig would advise you to take the wind.
Me, I'd probably defer.
OMGOMGOMGPLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HIREI second the idea of getting a coach. Soon.
Technique wins in this kind of thing. Hire a guy to teach you to kick properly and you'll be way ahead of the field in no time.
If he did make it up he did a pretty darn good job. Everything in there is quite accurate.Fat Nick said:...But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...El Floppo said:It would be fantastic schtick if Nick made that all up.Fat Nick said:I was an All-Region K in HS...40 yarders aren't a cake-walk, but shouldn't be impossible either.
Gym work to get your distance up - you either have the leg to kick 40 yards or you don't. Leg strength exercises will help...Don't focus JUST on your leg, but also your core (twisting motion is where a lot of the power comes from) If you can't kick 40 yards soccer style, go with the toe...your accuracy will SUCK, but you can't make it if you can't kick it 40 yards...
Stretch stretch stretch - I could put my head on my knee when I kicked. It helps...Now I can barely touch my toes.
Keep your head down - Biggest rule of accuracy...watch the ball all the way through the kick. If you look up to see where it goes, you WILL hook it.
Your plant foot determines if it's going to fly straight - If you're in front of the ball, you'll push it. If you're behind the ball, you'll hook it. Use the same run-up every single time. Know every step and plant consistently.
Spin of the ball indicates how you struck it - If it's not spinning much, you hit it too high...it will likely knuckle and not go far. If it's spinning really fast, you hit it too low...
Some things to find out:
Are you kicking off the bare turf or off a kicking block? - Bare grass kicks are difficult because the ball is lower on the ground, meaning it's harder to get lift on the ball. If you're kicking off a block, you'll have an easy time getting height...if not, lift is a lot harder.
Can you adjust the air pressure in the ball? - Old balls are the best. That's why kickers hated the new ball rule in the NFL. New balls are hard and it's a lot harder to get a good bounce off them. If you have any say in the ball, pick an old, soft one. Not too soft, but not pumped up like a basketball either. Think soccer ball hard...A little bit of give.
Hope this helps!
It is actually pretty doable. Any college kicker could hit a very high percentage from 40 yards on a tee. This contest is not picking a random person out of a crowd, which would be a long shot, but is having a competition to pick the most capable. There should be better than 20 percent chance at success. $20k is a lot to pay for a couple minutes of half time entertainment.$20,000 doesn't seem like a lot for this type of contest. Bunch of cheapskates.......
Go with a Scott Norwood jersey.I hope this is successful, but on the odd chance it isn't, which is worse:
On-line but short or Wide left (or right)
Go with a Ray Finkle jersey.I hope this is successful, but on the odd chance it isn't, which is worse:
On-line but short or Wide left (or right)
If it's kicked from the 30 yard line, it'll be a 40 yard field goal. Not sure if that's been pointed out yet.Sucks that they made it a 40 yd fg. A 30 yd fg would give the contestant a fighting chance.
Yes I realize that, but didnt the OP say he had been making some 30 yd FGs? There are college kickers who cant hit 40 yd FGs with regularity.If it's kicked from the 30 yard line, it'll be a 40 yard field goal. Not sure if that's been pointed out yet.Sucks that they made it a 40 yd fg. A 30 yd fg would give the contestant a fighting chance.
Wait a second. Wat???If it's kicked from the 30 yard line, it'll be a 40 yard field goal. Not sure if that's been pointed out yet.Sucks that they made it a 40 yd fg. A 30 yd fg would give the contestant a fighting chance.