NIL for Specialists: What Kicking Deals Look Like Now
Specialist NIL deals are mostly local and earned, not glamorous. What the rules actually require, what realistic deals look like, and where to start.
What Division 1 Kickers Actually Do in a Week (Realistic Expectations)
A real week for a D1 kicker: meetings, lifts, kick schedules, film and the parts nobody warns you about — so you know what you are training toward.
How to Get Recruited as a Kicker Without a Camp Circuit Budget
The DIY recruiting plan for kickers: film coaches finish, weekly email discipline, cheap charted numbers, when a camp is worth it, and the honest odds.
Kicking Tryouts in High School: What Coaches Look For Beyond Distance
What’s really on a tryout sheet — operation speed, make windows, bounce-back, coachability — plus a week-of taper plan and how to handle the miss.
From Soccer to Football: The Position Switch Guide for Soccer Players
What transfers from soccer to kicking, what doesn’t, and an eight-week conversion plan from stationary-ball contact work to charted operation reps.
How to Kick a Football Spiral on Kickoffs (Yes, It Matters)
The three kickoff rotations and what each does to flight and returns, how contact creates each one, and four drills to control your ball’s rotation.
The Best Field Goal Training Books and Resources (Ranked)
A kicker’s resource shelf, ranked: the free video library, The Art of Kicking, the mental game books worth owning, and how to make a resource transfer.
Are Kicking Camps Worth It? An Honest Cost-Benefit for Families
What a kicking camp really sells, the family math to run before you register, the red flags, and a DIY film-and-charting plan that can replace a camp weekend.
What Kickers Wear: Uniform Details, Cleats and Accessories Explained
The specialist’s kit decoded: why soccer-style cleats win, socks and your plant, the wet-weather towel rule, cold-game layers, and what’s not worth buying.
Kicking With a New Holder: Fast Ways to Build Timing
A new holder doesn’t have to cost you a season: the four things that change, a 20-minute calibration session, and a five-day transition plan.
