Each year, we hold a camp or two where the entire focus is kicking.  This year’s camp was in Plymouth, Wisconsin — home of the Panthers. We had eight campers who did a great job in honing their kicking skills over the three hours of camp.

We tell our campers to find the 2 or 3 “nuggets of gold” that you can take with you to improve. Kicking camps can only do so much in the time alotted, but becoming the consistent kicker you wish to be will take a full summer’s worth of kicking balls to begin to perfect your craft.

From post and sideline drills to learning (and knowing) your K-zone are the starting point. From there, we moved to the “ghostball” drill to find out perfect kickoff steps — no more “chicken steps” so that every kickoff can be at your maximum energy potential instead of half-power. We also added some nifty onsides tricks to our capabilities and finished with some competitions, team and individual to help understand how to succeed under pressure.