Kicking From the Hash Marks: Angles, Alignment and Aim Lines
How the hash marks change your aim line, plant geometry and target window, and how to practice wide-hash kicks so game day feels like practice.
Kicking
Here we discuss all things kicking. This can be news, tips and tricks, stretching routines. And many many more.
How to Kick a Field Goal Farther: Building Range the Right Way
Range comes from technique, speed and contact in that order. A 12-week framework for building field goal distance without wrecking your mechanics.
Your Kicking Leg Swing: Inside-Out vs Straight-Through
Inside-out or straight-through? How your leg swing path shapes ball flight, the faults to look for, and wall drills that groove the correct path.
Using Your Arms on Field Goals: The Counterbalance Nobody Teaches
Your arms are a counterbalance, not an afterthought. How opposite-arm drive, loose shoulders and quiet hands make your field goal swing steadier.
Foot-to-Ball Contact: The 4 Square Inches That Decide Everything
A deep dive on foot-to-ball contact: which bone strikes the ball, where to hit it, and the wall and tee drills that make clean contact repeatable.
How to Kick Field Goals Straight: Fixing a Push or a Pull
A diagnosis-first guide to pushing and pulling field goals: what the ball flight tells you, the causes behind each miss, and the drill that fixes them.
What Makes a Great Holder (And Why Your Job Is Easier With One)
Laces out, lean toward the target, same spot every time: what separates a great field goal holder from a distraction, plus drills to build the timing.
The Field Goal Operation: Snap, Hold, Kick — Why It Takes Three
Snap, hold, kick: how the 1.2-second field goal operation works, what each job owns, and why bad snaps and holds ruin good kickers.
Kicking in the Wind: Reading Gusts, Adjusting Your Aim and Your Approach
A game-day plan for kicking field goals in the wind: reading gusts, adjusting your aim line, controlling trajectory and knowing when to change your steps.
How to Get More Height on Your Field Goals (Without Losing Distance)
How to get more height on field goals without losing distance: ball lean, contact point, swing plane and tee height, from a former competitive kicker.
