Kicking and Punting

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Kicking and Punting

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Progressive Levels of Kicking

• Making contact
• Contact with different parts of the foot
• Kicking for distance and accuracy
• Kicking to moving targets

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Key Cues

• Kick for distance (along the ground)
• Contact with the shoelaces
• Plant foot next to the ball
• Lean slightly backwards
• Kick for distance (in the air)
• Contact under the ball
• Bend the leg before kicking
• Follow through after
• Mature pattern
• Leap just before kicking
• Hop and step in the direction of the kick

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Precontrol Level Experiences

• Kicking from a stationary position
• Work on foot placement and contact point
• avoid the toes is the major part here
• Progress to approaching the ball and kicking
• working again on foot placement
• Common errors will be relationship of kicking
  foot and the ball

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Control Level Experiences

• Kicking on the ground
• Shoelaces
• Behind the ball
• Beside the ball
• Practice with both feet (often forgotten)
• Kicking using the instep
• Used for accuracy
• Kicking in the air
• Kicking for distance involves the step-hop
• Kicking a rolling ball while stationary

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Utilization Experiences

• Traveling and kicking for a goal
• Kicking to a partner
• Kicking to a traveling partner
• Playing two-on-one

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Proficiency Experiences

• Kicking at smaller targets
• Deciding when to kick
• Kicking at open spaces and ahead of a moving
  target

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Progressive Levels of Punting

• Tossing to make any contact
• Often not with the foot
• Toss becomes more consistent
• Foot contact becomes more consistent
• Punting for distance
• Punting for accuracy
• Punting to a partner
• Catch, run, punt

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Key Cues

• Drop rather than toss
• Extend on contact
• Leap before contact
• Extend to swing after

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Precontrol Experiences

• Drop ball to floor and kick after it bounces
• use lightweight balls
• Drop and punt plastic or foam balls

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Control Experiences

• Punting over low ropes
• Punting with an approach
• Using non-round balls

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Utilization/Proficiency Experiences

• Punting for accuracy
• Punting from a pass
• Reduce the time in possession
• Punting against opposition pressure