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An onside kick can be a surprise kick or a kick that everyone in the stadium knows is coming. Kicks are considered onside kicks if they go at least 10 yards (enough to be legally recoverable) and provide the kicking team an opportunity to recover the kick and secure possession of the ball. Kicks that can be used for onside kicks include the high-bounce kick, the classic drive kick, and the drag kick.
When the kicker strikes the ball as the kicking foot ascends, the ideal impact surface of the football and the top of the foot are more likely to meet, making for optimal impact and compression. As the body continues the slight lean, with chest, hips, and kicking leg in a direct line to the kicking foot, the kicker looks down his body with eyes focused intently on the ball. On impact, the kicker’s body is slightly back and angled away from the ball, which allows him to kick up and through the...
From punting to the corner, to out of the end zone, situations and objectives differ when punting a football. Because the football is near midfield, an intense punt rush by the return team is less likely because of the increased probability of a fake punt by the punting team. Because the punt team has a limited distance to protect, the punt-return team has a greater opportunity to block the punt and a chance to speed up the punter’s rhythm and force a bad punt.
The skills of kicking and punting are based on directing a kicked or punted football at a target or toward a particular position on the football field. Every time the kicker or punter aligns in position to kick or punt and focuses on his reference points, he should quickly visualize the flight path of the football going directly to the target. The alignment routine gives the kicker or punter something constructive to do when the game is on the line and the kicker or punter must focus solely...
Rick Horrow, "The Sports Professor," will be presenting at the annual Sports Industry Networking & Career Conference, taking place at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, on February 10 and 11. Rick’s presentation takes place on Saturday, February 11, at 9am in the Jack Morton Auditorium in the Media and Public Affairs (MPA) Building (805 21st Street, NW). Rick will also be signing copies of Beyond the Scoreboard after his presentation. West Virginia Sports Summit, Univ.
Horrow hosts "Beyond the $coreboard" on the Nightly Business Report (Mondays on PBS) and serves as a sport business analyst for CNN, Fox Sports, Bloomberg Business Week, and the BBC. "ASEP will benefit from Rick’s stature among sport business leaders as he advocates, without compromise, for mandatory coaching education for all new scholastic and youth sport coaches." Nicknamed the "Sports Professor" thanks to his time spent as a visiting expert of sport law at Harvard Law School, Horrow ...
