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Score At Least 5 More Points Per Game By Coaching Football Kicking ProperlyBy Matt Zavadil Ill bet youre frustrated that your teams football kicking skills are leaving at least five points on the field every game you coach. Think about it, how often have you been in a fourth and three situation on the oppositions fifteen yard line with no confidence in hitting the field goal? You go for it instead of trying the kick and dont make it. Instead of a three point lead, your opponent takes over and drives down for a touchdown. If you could improve your teams kicking skills to the point of making just one field goal and two extra points per game, what would those five points do for your football coaching record? Lets discuss five simple tips for football kicking to help your kicker eliminate bad technique and have more success. 1) Instill in your football kicker the need to invest consistent practice time on developing his kicking skills. This may sound obvious, but too many youth football teams spend so little time working on their kicking game, its no wonder they cant get the football through the uprights. 2) Heres another obvious one, but worth mentioning. Teach your kicker to kick with the side of the foot ('soccer style') as opposed to the 'straight on' method. Your kicker will automatically become more accurate using this style of kicking. 3) The plant foot is critical. Teach your kicker to place his plant foot alongside the ball, not behind it and not ahead of it. As contact is made with the ball, the bottom of the shoe should be about parallel to the field. 4) Pay close attention to the follow-through. Your kickers head should stay down and remain focused on seeing his foot make contact with the bottom third of the football. Help your kicker avoid a common football kicking mistake by teaching him to keep his head down as long as possible on the follow-through. Make sure the follow-through is aimed straight toward the target. 5) Lastly, many young football kickers have a tendancy to alter their approach mechanics on longer field goal tries. Help them be aware of this and teach them to keep their approach consistent no matter the length of the attempted kick. By applying these five simple tips to your teams football kicking skills, you can add at least five points to each games total. Many football coaches seem willing to avoid working on the kicking aspect and leave these points on the field. If you work on this aspect of your game and invest the time to study other finer points of successful football coaching, youll quickly and easily begin to overtake those other coaches. About the Author: Matt and Dave run http://www.football-plays-and-drills.com/kick and have written the free coaching report, '5 Keys to Discovering the Successful Coach Inside You'. Pick up your free copy along with one additional free report by sending a blank email to footballtips@aweber.com We give full permission for you to use this kicking tip article in your newsletter or on your site as long as you include our Resource Box
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