This is Oliver, a 15 year old sophomore who is his high school's starting kicker... and has been kicking for the JV, too, because they don't have anyone. Great for him, he gets twice the reps! However, he wasn't fired up to punt, even though he certainly can punt. With some encouragement from his parents (and a certain coach), Oliver was put in to punt in the JV game last night. Ball deep in his own territory, he needs to get his team out of a jam. First punt spirals out 35 yards to midfield (excellent), but with a shallow 2.7 hangtime and punting it right down the middle (not making the returner move to catch it) means he got the ball quickly and, with some poor coverage and tackling, the punt return man takes it to the house! 😳. Oliver tries to make a "bump" tackle and misses. Shoot! Don't let that guy score... KICKERS & PUNTERS, the sideline has never missed a tackle. You don't have to tackle the guy — just funnel him to the sideline and SHOVE him out of bounds (with your hands and some force). If you don't miss, he won't stay in bounds. On the second punt, from almost the same location, Oliver hits a 30 yard punt, BUT with a 3.4 hangtime. Not so much time for the returner to plot his course. The coverage still misses the first tackle, but is there to swarm him. A net of 30 yards for the team! THE ONLY STAT that really counts is NET PUNTING AVERAGE. Punt 1: Net of -15 yards and 6 pts for the opponent. Punt 2: Net of 30 yards. _ _ _ HS Coaches: Net 30+ yards. College Coaches: Net 35+ yards. Pro Coaches: Net 40+ yards. It's pretty much that simple. 🏈 _ _ _ Thank you @Kathleen Shane for sharing!

Great see-saw game where it's a shame someone has to go home with a loss. Took this video while watching at home of the game winning kick. Play it over-and-over. Watch Harrison Butker's form and where his energy is moving, especially after the kick. It's "only" a 42 yard field goal. A chip shot by pro standards, but a lot can go wrong in 42 yards. Distance isn't the problem — accuracy is. Butker's smooth swing and energy toward the posts is rock solid (it does not move left of right). If he gets even a modest hit on the ball, it will travel about 40 yards without any movement at all. How could he miss?

As we head into Friday it’s already hard to believe we are in week 4 already! We (the lomira lions) are heading into this game 3-0! Tomorrow we face the team that ended our season last year. The final score was 17-14, I had one missed field goal that game that has helped me and fueled me to do so much better this season. This season so far has been absolutely incredible! I’m leading division 6 Wisconsin football, along with the flyway conference in kicking yards, and lead the flyway conference in touchbacks, along with that I am 2/2 for field goals, 21 yd, and 23 yd, yes it’s not that far, however I’ve already doubles the amount of field goals from last season in the first 3 games. And finally I am 11/13 for extra points which has made me realize that misses even happen on extra point!! But I always keep my head up and go on to the next kick.

This is an interview by former Falcon Coach John O'Grady with a very good D3 snapper Brandon Bedalov at UW-River Falls (the defending D3 National Champs). When's the last time a snapper got an interview? 😄 🏈 For technique and preparation tips, skip to the 3:00 mark.

Why not? What's different about them from you? Age? Size? Body Type? Ask yourself what are they doing differently that you are? Speed? Flexibility? Body Position?