Specialists
Get Your Special Teams Help In Seconds
Posted on July 23rd, 2021
The Special Teams help you will find here kept us off the street many times in our thirty years of college and NFL coaching. ...
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Strength Training Tips For Your Specialists
Posted on April 3rd, 2021
We don't spend enough time talking about the specialists on your team. Here are some things to be considering this time of year....
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All 22 Tuesday Features Arizona Christian & Higuera’s Big Leg
Posted on March 30th, 2021
Congratulations to Higuera and the Arizona Christian Firestorm, ranked 14th this week In the FirstDown PlayBook NAIA Football Top ...
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Super Bowl Champ’s Special Teams Grading Chart
Posted on August 2nd, 2020
Super Bowl Champion Dave Toub of the Kansas City Chiefs taught me a very detailed system for grading individual effort and executi...
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A Specialists Approach To Training Camp
Posted on July 22nd, 2020
2020 training camp is going to be different for everyone this year but it is always a unique time for kickers and punters. ...
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Choosing A Field Goal Block For Your Young Kicker
Posted on June 29th, 2020
Youth kickers should take advantage of a two-inch tee for both field goals and kickoffs. Once in high school, the tee will depend ...
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Two Steps Mean Less Is More
Posted on April 26th, 2020
The 2 step kicking approach allows you to be more efficient to the ball as well as several other benefits we will point out....
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Two Eyes Are Better Than One Leg
Posted on April 5th, 2020
The Better You Are With Your Eyes, The Better Your Chance Of Making The Kick! You will make a lot of kicks if you are good with yo...
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Teach Young Kickers To Hit Higher Deeper Kickoffs!
Posted on March 19th, 2020
When it comes to kickoffs the longer the approach, the more room for error. The faster the approach, the more room for error....
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Have A Strength Program For Your Specialists Too
Posted on February 26th, 2020
Kicking is one explosive movement. Train like an athlete through explosive movements. Weight training, Sprints, Box-Jumps, Agility...
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Keep This In Your Special Teams Back Pocket
Posted on August 6th, 2019
Most kickers take great pride in this kick. It's a lot like a chip shot in golf that some kickers can get to lay down right at the...
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It’s Practice Period 5. Do You Know Where Your Kickers Are?
Posted on October 9th, 2018
FirstDown PlayBook and USA Football sat down with Taylor Mehlhaff who has been a kicker or has coached specialists pretty much all...
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