Placekicking
- Choose Your Approach
- Warm-ups
- Stretching
- Kicking routine
- Mental routine
- Proper distance and angle from the ball at ball address
- Foot placement at ball address
- Position of arms, shoulders and hips at ball address
- Where to look when waiting for the ball to be snapped
- What to think as the ball is snapped
- Timing with the center, holder and you
- When to start the take-off for the kick
- Steps
- Where to look when approaching the ball
- Proper take-off toward the ball
- Foot speed at the approach
- Position of hips and shoulders at ball approach
- Position of arms at ball approach
- Position of kicking foot prior to the kick
- Positions of kicking thigh and knee at explosion into the ball
- Position of arms at contact
- Foot placement and angle of planting foot at contact
- Position of head at contact.
- Position of shoulders at contact
- Position of hips at contact
- What part of the ball to kick
- What part of the foot kicks the ball
- Position of laces, tilt and angle of the ball on contact
- Ball rotation on contact
- Position of head during follow-through
- Position of shoulders during follow-through
- Position of arms during follow-through
- Position of planting foot during follow-through
- Position of hips during follow-through
- Position of kicking foot during follow-through
- Position of head after follow-through
- Position of kicking foot after follow-through
- Where to land after follow-through
- Speed of ball rotation after the kick
- Holding the ball
- Which hand to hold the ball
- Wind direction and speed
- Temperature
- Seam vs. panel vs. laces
- Accuracy
- Indicator as to why the kick missed
- Increasing traction
- Kick-off
- Normal kick-off
- On-side kick-off
- Practice Drills
- Height
- Maximum Distance
- Quick kick
- Bad holder
- Weekly workout schedule
- Game day schedule
- Miscellaneous
- Adjustments for missed kicks
- Injuries
- Weight training
- Equipmen
- Glossary
Ball rotation on contact
Ball should spin cleanly end over end and not wobble.
Position of head during follow-through
Hold your head up, with your eyes on the ball. [See picture 18.] After kicking the ball, lower your eyes to look at the ball, but do not lower your head.
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| #18 |
COMMON ERROR
Lowering the head to look at the ball instead of lowering only
the eyes. [See picture 19.]
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| #19 |
Position of shoulders during follow-through
Shoulders should be parallel to the ground. Do not dip either shoulder.
Position of arms during follow-through
Extend your arms outward for balance.
Position of planting foot during follow-through
Your planting foot starts to get off the ground as you follow through.
Position of hips during follow-through
Rotate your hips to the left in sync with your kicking leg as it comes up and across your body.
Position of kicking foot during follow-through
Point your toe and lock your ankle. [See picture 27.]
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| #27 |
Position of head after follow-through
Hold your head up and look at the ball.
COMMON ERROR
Looking up while making contact with the ball.
Position of kicking foot after follow-through
Bring your kicking foot to your opposite shoulder, at least waist-high or higher as your foot points to 11 o'clock. The higher your leg follows through, the higher the ball will go. [See pictures 28 and 29.]![]() |
| #28 |
Where to land after follow-through
You should land on your plant foot and about 1 foot past the tee, straight down and slightly to the left downfield. Your body should come down balanced and will be slightly rotated to the left.
COMMON ERROR
Not getting off the ground with the plant foot.
Getting off the ground but landing on the kicking foot.
Getting off the ground but landing on both feet.
Spinning after the landing.
Falling to the left or to the right after landing.
Landing more than 12” past the tee.
Falling backwards after landing.
Swinging the leg across the body (leg points toward sideline).
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| #29 |





