Coach Farley keeps his camps smaller so that every kicker at camp gets some 1-on-1 time to improve their skills.
Last Camp of the Summer Season
As if on cue, the weather went from good to bad when camp got underway… so much so that we had to take a 20-minute rain delay. We say, “rain or shine”, and there was a lot of rain — but getting soggy doesn’t have to be a big deal to our campers. Frankly, it was the humidity AFTER the rains that were slowing us down a bit.
Kickers need to learn to adapt to all of the various conditions that will come there way, especially with Wisconsin weather. Specialists who don’t get discouraged by it, typically perform much better than their counterparts. In fact, for some, they even perform better.
Why?
Because they are more focused on what they can control and leave what they can’t to someone else. No longer worrying about making the “school record” kick can get your head space right, focusing only on a shorter range kick that your team simply needs. you to make. We use these conditions to improve performance and reduce anxiety.
Like most of our other camps, we get in some place kicking, kick off and punting drills… we even took a little time out to work on some onsides kicks that could prove useful to their coach back home.
Once done, most all of our campers stuck around for the Midwest Kicking & Putning Championship that followed the camp… and the recruiting clinic put on by UW-River Falls.
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We went from a 15% chance of rain to 100% chance of a thunderstorm. Thankfully, it didn’t last long, but we all got a good soaking!
