04 Jun 10 Kicking World Kicking Camps Preview Video
We’ve created a compilation video from our 2010 Spring Break kicking camp to show everyone what our football camps are all about. Take a look at this awesome video and witness the action from warm-ups to instruction to competitions to awards presentation. Coach Brent and the staff at Kicking World put their hearts into the camp and we really hope you enjoy the video!
A mashup video of our 2010 Spring Break Kicking Camp at La Jolla High School in San Diego, CA. Kicking World offers performance football kicking & punting camps in California, Texas and New Jersey and year-round private kicking instruction in Orange County and San Diego, CA. Come train with us and improve your field goal form, kickoff technique, and punting skills.
Tags: Football Kicking Camps, Kicking Camp, Kicking Competition, Kicking Instruction, San Diego Kicking Camp
26 Apr 10 2010 Kicking World Golf Tournament
We are planning to hold our very first golf tournament open to all Kicking World students, parents, family, and friends! Coach Brent thought this would be a fun way for other students and parents to get to know each other and to further build our friendships outside of private kicking instruction and kicking camps. A date has not been set yet and we would like to gauge your interest level before making this official. So please, if a golf tournament sounds like fun and you would play and/or are interested in being a sponsor/donor, please e-mail us or call us so we can start putting this together. Looking at the calendar ahead, it would most likely be a Monday or Sunday morning in June or July.
We are looking for: Players, Volunteers, Sponsors
Based on the interest level, we will either make this a full-fledged golf tournament with sponsors, raffles, luncheon, and prizes, or we will make it an informal ‘get together’ with a few foursomes and prizes for things like longest drive, closest to the pin, lowest score, etc. If you or anyone you know has any connections to golf courses in Orange County or San Diego- please let Coach Brent know. Please contact us ASAP if you are interested in being a part of the golf tournament. Our contact information is brent (at) kickingworld.com or 619-564-1333
Tags: golf tournament
02 Apr 10 2010 Spring Break Kicking Camp Re-Cap
On Sunday, March 28th Kicking World kicked off the 2010 kicking camp season at La Jolla High School in sunny San Diego, California! The camp was a major success as 25 students ages 14-17 were in attendance. Students travelled as far as 3 hours away to attend the kicking camp. Check out all the photos from the camp!
Kicking World’s camps are heavily focused on kicking instruction as our camp staff teaches you how to kick field goals, how to punt, and how to kickoff effectively. At the end of each instructional and free-kick period we hold a kicking competition. For this camp we had 3 different competitions with winners determined by age: a 14/15 group and a 16/17 group. There were many camp participants who exhibited some awesome talent! Below, we recognize the kicking camp competition winners.
I’m still getting phone calls and e-mails from parents and students with a lot of positive feedback on the camp and their experience. The common theme is that everyone had fun, enjoyed the kicking competitions, and learned quite a few tips for improving their field goals, punts, kickoffs and onside kicks. One parent in particular expressed his sincere thanks:
The camp was well organized, energetic, well staffed and the kids had a blast that was visible from the stands. Thank you Brent for providing a superb camp and the care you show for the kids. I would and do recommend your camps to everyone with an interest in kicking.” -Mike Sommers
Special Thanks
Thanks to all the students and parents who attended! Special thanks to my camp staff- Coach Jesse, Coach Justin, Carolyn, Austin, Joaquin, and camera men Brian Miller and Mike Robinson. The camp couldn’t have been a success without your help! Your time and efforts are much appreciated. Also, thanks to Wizard Kicking, Athlete’s Performance, and Athletic Quickness for donating the awesome awards we presented to competition winners! Check out all the great pictures from the camp!
Competition Results
Field Goal
In the field goal competition Bret Miller (San Clemente HS) and Conrad Ukropina (Loyola HS) dueled for 12 rounds of head to head competition from 30 yard to 50 yard field goals until finally Conrad beat out Bret with a ‘last second pressure’ 45 yard field goal kick. Conrad won the 16/17 age group and the ‘golden boot award’ as the last man standing in the field goal competition and Bret Miller won the 14/15 age group.
Punting
In the punting competition Nathan Drum turned out an impressive 53.5 yard net punt average and was the overall punting competition winner followed by a close second- Anthony Summers (San Clemente HS) with a 51 yard net average who won his 14/15 age group.
Kickoffs
In the kickoff competition, Kicking World student Christian Rodriguez (Fountain Valley HS) won his 16/17 age group and overall competition winner with an impressive 61 yard kickoff average while Bret Miller, also a Kicking World student came in a close second overall and won his 14/15 age group with a 60 yard kickoff average.
Contact Us
If you would like to attend any of our upcoming football kicking camps, please check our website for camp dates, schedule, itinerary, and registration information. Our website offers free kicking videos, kicking tips, and “The Complete Guide to Kicking & Punting eBook” to help you improve your skills. We hold national kicking camps and year-round private kicking instruction in Southern California. Please feel free to contact us for more information.
Tags: Kicking Camp, Kicking Competition, Kicking Contest, Kicking Instruction, San Diego Kicking Camp
08 Feb 10 Football Kickers Improve Mental Game By Bowling
If you’re a kicker, you know that sometimes the biggest game on Friday night isn’t played on the field; it’s played in your head! The mental kicking game can sometimes be more challenging than being able to kick a 40 yard field goal. Most of us have grown up playing team sports whether it’s Pop Warner Football, Little League Baseball, or Youth Soccer; we’ve all done it. Team sports are great character builders and help you learn how to communicate and work with other people. Kicking however is a completely different experience. As a kicker, it’s just you and you! Over the years I’ve learned a few great individual sports that have helped me as well as some of my students tackle the mental game of kicking. Here’s one sport that will significantly help you stay calm under pressure on Friday night when faced with that last second game-winning field goal opportunity!
Not only is bowling extremely fun, but it can be an excellent tool to help you learn to stay consistent and prolong a streak. A kicker hopes to make every field goal and extra point he tries. A bowler attempts to throw a strike and not leave an open frame by at least getting a spare each time. Doing either is very difficult. A bowler lines up every shot with his eyes, aligns his body, sets his feet, and attempts to replicate the same motion and result one after another (just as a football kicker tries to strike the ball cleanly every time). A bowler has to stare down that long alley, just him, the ball, and the pins. Sound familiar to a kicker? It should! We kickers have to stare at that goalpost, get our body set, approach the football, and deliver a precise kick through those goalposts! Where the learning experience comes in is how you capitalize on your streak, but more importantly how you rebound from your failure. If you start your game off with a gutter ball, are you going to pout, quit, and not care about the rest of the game? If you miss your first extra point in the game, what do you do? You have to rebound!
Being a kicker is all about handling the adversity, riding your ‘hot streak’ as long as you can, and being able to shake off those disappointing misses immediately. Let bowling help challenge you to build a streak of no open frames just as you should challenge yourself to make every kick taken. Set a goal for yourself like ‘I want to be able to make 10/10 extra points or 5/5 40 yard field goals in today’s practice’ or if bowling ‘I want to finish out this game with 3 strikes and end my game on a positive note!’ I assure you that if you start bowling, even if it’s once every couple weeks, and setting goals for your kicking; your mental toughness will improve and you’ll handle that weird feeling (when your legs feel rubbery) with much more ease. Just do me a favor and get yourself some exercise and put down the Wii Bowling and go bowling with some friends at a real bowling alley!
Tags: Field Goal, Football, Kicker, Kicking, Kicking Training, Mental Game
31 Jan 10 How to Strengthen Your Kicking Muscles and Kick Farther
I highly recommend all of my kicking students to strengthen their hip flexor muscles and kicking muscles. It’s important to stay healthy and injury free and a great way to do this is to strengthen your hip flexors, quadriceps, and hamstrings muscles. Speaking from experience, I know how important it is to train your hip flexor muscles. At a kicking workout I tore my hip flexor and it is a hard injury to recover from! Please reference the following resources that will help you train for kicking, strengthen your muscles to prevent injury, and increase your kicking power.
Athletic Quickness: “Kick Farther and Run Faster Training Program”
Why Buy: To strengthen your hip flexor muscles and help increase the ‘fast-twitch’ muscle fiber speed of your legs. This can help contribute to a faster kicking leg and improved power as you kick field goals, kickoff, or punt. If you want to kick longer field goals, kickoffs, or punts; I recommend picking up this program!
Price: $27.95
Kicking World: “Complete Guide to Kicking & Punting”
Why Buy: This is a complete book to help teach you everything you need from kicking fundamentals, techniques, form, practice routines, training program, weightlifting program, strength & speed tips, kicking equipment suggestions, and mental game preparation. This book is loaded with everything you need to take your kicking and punting performance to a whole new level!
Price: $19.95
Tags: Football Kicking, Kicker, Kicking Book, Kicking Training, Punter
30 Jan 10 2010 Kicking Camp Schedule Announced!
I’m proud to release our 2010 Kicking Camp Schedule. This year we will be having kicking camps in California, Arizona, Texas, and New Jersey. I may be adding 2 or 3 more camp dates for late Spring and late Summer, so please continue to check on the website for new dates. I’m anticipating adding 1 date in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and 2 dates in Orange County, CA.
If you have any questions about our kicking camps or if you would like to schedule private kicking lessons in San Diego, CA or Orange County, CA, please contact me- Coach Brent at 619-564-1333. Best Wishes for a very successful 2010 Kicking Year!
TIME:
9am-1130am (9-12 year olds and beginners)
12pm-3pm (13-18 year olds- Middle School/High School/College)
COST:
$150
REGISTRATION:
Click Here to Register
CONTACT:
Brent Grablachoff
619-564-1333
www.kickingworld.com
2010 Kicking Camp Dates:
Sunday, March 28
La Jolla High School
San Diego, CA
Sunday, June 20
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Sunday, June 27
Travis High School
Austin, TX
Sunday, July 11
Toms River North HS
Toms River, NJ
Sunday, July 25
La Jolla High School
San Diego, CA
KICKING CAMP DETAILS:
Camp Registration includes a great looking Kicking World camp t-shirt
Register 30 days+ early & get $25 off (coupon code: EARLYBIRD)
great prizes for competition winners from Athlete’s Performance, Wizard Kicking, Coreshorts, and Athletic Quickness!
Go To www.kickingworld.com for a ton of info about our camps, typical itinerary, Q+A, FAQs, and Testimonials from Students & Parents!
Tags: Football Kicking Camps, Kicking Combine, San Diego Kicking Camp
18 Jan 10 Disappointing Day for San Diego Chargers’ Nate Kaeding
I was at the game yesterday and it was terrible to watch, especially as a kicking coach. Nate Kaeding solidified himself as the most accurate kicker in the History of the NFL and has booted over 50 consecutive field goals inside 40 yards (up until yesterday’s loss) versus the New York Jets.
Nate, who was always a sure thing, missed 3 key field goals yesterday at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego CA. As a kicker you have to have thick skin and be able to move on from a poor performance. I think this is going to haunt him for a long time. As a kicker, I feel bad that he couldn’t come through and know the frustration, loneliness, and sad feelings he is dealing with now. I am a bit concerned about his future with the Chargers. Although he has been Mr. Clutch during the regular season; if you look at his stats in playoff games, they are quite poor.
I wish Nate Kaeding the best and I hope things work out for him. As a Chargers fan and San Diego resident, this weekend has been a disappointment. But what else can you say except, let’s ‘get ‘em next year!’ GO Chargers!
Tags: Nate Kaeding, NFL Kicker, San Diego Chargers
13 Nov 09 Freshman Kicker Pulled Up to Varsity For Playoffs!
I got an e-mail today from one of my students’ Dad. I was pleased to find out that my student Christopher Gulla, freshman kicker at Toms River North High School in Toms River, NJ was pulled up to Varsity for the first playoff game this Saturday, November 14, 2009. His parents are extremely proud of him as I am. Christopher attended my 2009 New Jersey Kicking Camp in Toms River, NJ and he held his own for over 12 rounds of a ‘final elimination’ competition versus a 17 year old senior kicker!
I wish Chris much success in his first Varsity football game tomorrow and I wish the Toms River North Football team a great playoff run. Please read below for comments from Mr. Gulla, Christopher’s father:
“Chris has had a great season. He handled punts, kickoffs and PAT’s for both the freshmen and JV teams. As we enter the State playoffs Chris has been pulled up to Varsity and yesterday won the starting kicker job.
With your help and his dedication to practice, he is now kicking consistently down to the 5 yard line and regularly into the end zone. In practice he has also kicked several 50 + yard field goals. His first varsity kick off will be tomorrow night in our first round state playoff game.” (Dennis Gulla)
Tags: Football Kicking Camps, High School Kicker, Kicking Coach, New Jersey Kicking Camp
13 Oct 09 New Footballs for 2009-2010 Kicking Lessons
Starting this weekend I’ll be using Spalding J5V ADVANCE Footballs for all my kicking lessons and kicking camp students in 9th grade and up. They are the official ball of the CIF (California) Southern Section and just about every High School between Los Angeles and San Diego use them. I will be using them now too. Very soft leather, nice quality, build, and durable. A lot more expensive but hopefully my students will enjoy them and will help their kicking game since it will be the ball they use in High School. We will still continue to use Wilson TDJ Composite and Wilson TDY Composite footballs for our youth students. To order your own footballs- visit our official supplier at Wizard Kicking based out of Orange, California.
Tags: Footballs, Kicking Equipment
01 Oct 09 New Kicking World Phone Number
I changed my number for Kicking World. Please make a note of it. It is now 619-564-1333. This goes right to me, Coach Brent Grablachoff. If you want to set up private lessons or attend a kicking camp or have any questions about what we do, feel free to call anytime. www.kickingworld.com
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