Ice Baths for Athletes: What Kickers Should Know About Cold Recovery
Ice baths for kickers without the hype: what cold water actually does, when it helps, when it can work against you, and a simple safe protocol.
Fitness
Here we discuss workout routines, ways to approach a workout, or anything fitness related!
Yoga for Kickers: Flexibility Flows That Protect Your Swing
Yoga for kickers: hip-focused poses and flows, a simple weekly schedule, and why the breath work matters as much as the stretching.
Should Kickers Sprint? Speed Work and Why It Matters
Should kickers sprint? How sprint mechanics support swing speed, one simple weekly track session, and when to back off during the season.
Balance Work for Kickers: The Landing-Leg Secret to Consistency
Balance training for kickers: single-leg progressions that turn your plant leg into a stable platform and make your contact repeatable.
Core Training for Kickers: Why Rotation Beats Crunches
Crunches won’t help your field goals. Rotational and anti-rotation core work that actually transfers power into your swing, twice a week.
Resistance Band Work for Kickers: 6 Exercises That Transfer
Six resistance band exercises that transfer to field goals and kickoffs, with sets, rep ranges and the mistakes that waste your band work.
The Kicker’s Warm-Up: A 15-Minute Pregame and Practice Routine
A 15-minute kicker warm-up that moves from dynamic stretching to net kicks to full operation reps, so your first game kick isn’t your first real kick.
Hip Mobility Routine for Kickers: 10-Minute Daily Flow
A ten-minute daily hip mobility flow built for kickers: the exact order, when to run it, and how it protects your leg swing all season.
Hip Flexor Strength for Kickers: The Engine You’re Neglecting
Hip flexors drive your leg swing speed. Eight band and bodyweight exercises built for kickers, plus a simple twice-a-week way to program them.
Kicking Drills You Can Do in a Hallway or Small Space
No field? These wall drills, balance holds and footwork patterns train contact and timing in a hallway, garage, basement or hotel room this winter.
