In-Season Training and Practice Planning For Punters and Kickers

A coach’s dilemma: what do you do with punters and kickers during the season? It’s a dilemma which has existed for a long time. It is especially true at the high school level but to varying degrees at the college and professional level as well.
I have personally experienced this dilemma for the 25 years I have been a coach and for the fifteen years I was a player in high school, college and as a professional. Just handing the kicking specialists some footballs and sending them off to a field is a common solution for most coaches. But this is certainly not an answer – or the solution – to the in-season training of a player you may rely on to win the game for your team.

A kicking specialist’s schedule should be given as much – if not more – consideration than any other player....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
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