18 Nov 11 New Football Kicking App Launched!
We are pleased to announce our very first Football Kicking App is in production and will be launching before December 1,2011! Yes, that’s right, KICK TRACKER is the first mobile app for football kickers and punters to use on iPhone and Android mobile phones. Coach Brent created this App for all his students to be able to track, analyze and improve upon their kicking skills. Now, the app will be available to everyone in the Android Marketplace and Apple App Market. The major benefit of the App is that you can track details of your field goals, kickoff and punting progress over multiple sessions and use the data to spot trends and pinpoint your strengths & weaknesses.
Enjoy a few screen shots from the App and be sure to visit the Official Kick Tracker Website and ‘Like’ the Kick Tracker Facebook page! Keep checking the official website and the Apple and Android stores over the next 2 weeks as more news will be posted and the App will be live! Simply search ‘Kick Tracker’ on either store or link from the Kick Tracker Website. You can track practice sessions or games and use it as a diary of your kicking sessions or just to brag to your friends or coaches about how good you did! Record your individual kicking stats to help improve your kicking game.
In the meantime, if you have any questions please don’t hesistate to e-mail us off the site or send us a facebook message! We look forward to bringing this new technology to you and helping you improve in your kicking game while having fun training hard! Thanks for your support and for downloading our first ever football kicking app!
Tags: Football Kicking App, Kick Tracker, Kicking Stats, Kicking Training
29 Sep 11 Kicking on a Budget
Unfortunately not everyone is fortunate enough to be ‘rolling in the dough’. I understand not everyone has the money or the means to hire a private kicking coach to teach their son the fine art of placekicking and punting. Well with this said, over the years Kicking World has created a cost-effective way to get ANYONE the training they deserve, no matter where you live and what your economic status is; we have a solution for you!
Coach Brent Grablachoff started Kicking World a couple years after his college football career. At the beginning of his humble start he didn’t always have hundreds of kicking students like he does today. He started small just like any business, but with consistent hard work, referrals and results he obtained for his students; the business grew fast! When he first started his objective was to create a means for anyone to see him for kicking lessons and no one would ever be turned away. Now as Kicking World has grown to a world-class leader in Personalized Kicking & Punting Instruction, there’s not enough time in the day for him to service everyone. So Brent created a very economical package that will get you great training for a low price. Of course seeing him and his staff in person for private lessons or a camp is the BEST solution, but in case that is not an option for you, we have some great ideas to help get you kicking on a budget!
1. Virtual Private Lesson
What is this you may ask? Well it is a way for you to get a ‘jump start’ on your kicking by sending Coach Brent recent video footage of you kicking or punting. Coach Brent will review your footage and then schedule a call to discuss all the fine points over the phone with you and your Dad, Mom or Coach. In addition to the ‘virtual private lesson’ over the phone, you will also get an e-mail recap of everything so you can have it on hand and available to reference as you begin your new training regime!
Why is the Virtual Private kicking lesson such a powerful solution for you? Well, it allows you to simulate a private kicking lesson with Coach Brent without leaving your house and you get all of this for only $50.00! Signup for a Virtual Private Kicking or Punting Lesson
2. Kicking & Punting eBook
Here’s another incredible low cost solution for you or your son to get the best kicking and punting instruction available in the country. You can purchase our ‘eBook’ which is an electronic book that Coach Brent wrote. It’s over 65 pages long and includes EVERYTHING you need on field goals, punting, kickoffs, onside kicks, mental game, etc. It’s instructional, informative, step by step, complete and will help you get results! The best part is right after purchase you get instant access to it and can view it on your computer, laptop, iPad, Smart Phone, etc.! All this for less than $20 bucks! Download the Complete Guide to Kicking & Punting eBook
3. Win a FREE Camp Admission
We hold monthly contests on our Facebook Page and give away awesome prizes like t-shirts, hats, hoodies and even free camp admissions! All you have to do is “LIKE” our Facebook page by going to that link above and clicking “LIKE”. You will then be able to interact with everyone at Kicking World and even make some new friends who are also kickers and punters.
4. Instructional YouTube Videos
In case you don’t already know about our YouTube page, which is the leading football kicking video site in the country; we have hundreds of football kicking and punting videos available for FREE. These instructional videos educate you, help you visualize good form and allow you to learn a ton of new things about kicking and punting. You can also watch some of the wildest kicking videos you’ve probably ever seen. Some examples are 13 year olds hitting 60 yard field goals, Youth football players hitting 40+ yard field goals, Onside Kicks that stay in the air forever and kickoffs that go through the goal posts! Also, Coach Brent has a few instructional videos where he teaches you some of the basics of field goal kicking, punting and onside pop up kickoffs. Make sure you Subscribe after visiting Kicking World’s YouTube Channel.
5. FREE TIPS for VIP Members
Lastly, here’s yet another FREE way to get kicking instruction without having to pay a dime! Simply add your e-mail address to our ‘VIP E-mail List’ signup form which is located on the home page of our website at www.kickingworld.com You will automatically start getting e-mails from Coach Brent which include free kicking tips, exclusive videos not seen on our YouTube page and the first to know about any upcoming camp dates. If you are not VIP yet, what are you waiting for?
6. Coming Soon! … The Complete Guide to Kicking DVD!
We hope this list of the top 5 ways for you to get Kicking on a Budget has helped you. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us through our website, Facebook or YouTube pages. You can signup directly for a camp or private lesson on our website or feel free to Call Coach Brent for more info. Thanks for reading and best wishes for a great football career!
Tags: Kicking Book, Kicking Coach, Kicking Lessons, Kicking Training, Kicking Video
23 Jul 11 10 Steps to Emergency Kicking Tune-Up
This week I received a ton of calls asking ‘What can my son due to get his kicking/punting tuned up for the start of the 2011 season?’ (which begins on August 1st and only 10 days away!) Well, most of you who have been training with me on a consistent basis are already tuned up and ready to go. You’ve been following a program that has gradually increased your kicking frequency over the last few months and has improved your accuracy, distance and overall confidence.
Well what about the kickers and punters out there who let the summer slip away and have only practiced a couple times, or even worse- not at all! Yes, you are definitely behind schedule and should have been practicing all summer, but don’t worry! I have created a special 10 step emergency tune-up guide for you to follow over the next 10 days which you will start TODAY! This is for every kicker/punter whether youth, HS, College or Pro. You should print this guide out or save it to your phone so you can committ to it over the next 10 days. Good Luck!
1. Kick or Punt a total of 40 balls these days:
(F 7/22, S 7/24, T 7/26, R 7/28, S 7/30 and S 7/31).
This will allow you to kick 6 times over the next 10 days and help build your confidence back up and get your leg conditioned again for weekly kicking/punting.
2. Sprint:
You need to fire up those fast twitch leg muscles and build SPEED. Speed trumps Strength in kicking/punting. I am not asking that you go run incredible long jogs. What I’m recommending is something geared toward firing up your fast twitch muscle fibers and consumes much less time but is more challenging. The following sprinting drill will help generate more speed and allow you to get that ‘fast leg snap’ as well condition your body for the gruelling double-sessions with conditioning drills your coach will put you through the first 2 weeks of practice in August.
Shuttle Runs every other day through July 31:
Sprint Goal Line to 10 Yard Line (touch hand to line) and sprint back through Goal Line. Rest 5 seconds. Repeat and without rest run back to the 20 (touch hand to line) and sprint through goal line. Rest 20 seconds. Repeat both 10 and 20 and continue without rest sprinting to 30 yard line (touch hand to line) and sprint through goal line. Rest 30 seconds. Repeat all 3 without rest and continue sprinting to 40 yard line (touch hand to line) and sprint back through Goal Line. COMPLETE. This will probably tire you out if you haven’t been doing any conditioning. Do this every other day through July 31. If this is too easy for you, I would like you to repeat the process in reverse (Run to 40 and back, Rest 5 seconds. Run to 40 and back then 30 and back. Rest 20 seconds. Run to 40 and back, 30 and back, 20 and back, rest 30 seconds. Run to 40 and back, 30 and back, 20 and back, 10 and back. COMPLETE!
3. Stretch:
Your muscles need to be flexible and strong to endure daily double-session practices the first 2 weeks of football camp. Also, your legs need to be loose/flexible to ensure you can kick/punt fundamentally sound and decrease the risk of injury due to strained quads, hamstrings, groins, etc. The easiest solution to ensure you ‘get your stretching in’ is to follow the FREE downloadable 3 page Football Kicking ‘Stretching Guide’. Do this DAILY and do it 2-3 times per day. It should take you roughly 10 minutes each time you stretch. If you can committ to stretching when you shower in the morning, before & after you kick, and before you go to sleep you will feel much more ‘loose’ and you will significantly increase your chances of a healthy injury-free season. On top of that, your genuine well-being will improve and if you have constant back, hip or other pains, these stretches will help to alleviate some of that pain due to tension/pressure/stiffness.
4. Core Focus:
The word ‘core’ has become so widely used of late. I hear it used more often than anything in the workout world. Your ‘core’ refers to the center of your body consisting of mostly your Abdominal Muscles, Hips and Low Back. These 3 muscle groups are paramount in a kicker or punter. I encourage you to implement core excercises in the gym at your workout sessions now and through the season. I recommend a personal trainer who can help you with specific kicking or soccer type of core movements or simply calling me to schedule a 1 on 1 in-gym training session so I can show you around the gym and give you specific workouts based on your body type that will help improve your overall balance, stability and strength. If you don’t live in California and can’t come out to see me, here’s a few simply ones for you to do (do these 2-3x per week, usually at the end of your gym session).
* Bent Knee Leg Lifts on Dip/Pullup Bar
* Bent Knee Leg Lifts (with twist to each side) on Dip/Pullup Bar
* Straight Leg Lifts on Dip/Pullup Bar
* Low Back Extensions (don’t go past parallel) use weight like 10 to 25 pound plate to challenge even more
* Safe Hip Exercises (see #5. below)
5. Isometric Leg Speed/Strength Program
I’m not going into detail into this. You can read all about it at the link. I’ve been recommending this program for the last 4 years because it WORKS. It had added an average of 3 yards per each of my student’s field goals, kickoffs and punts. Do this starting ASAP through the season (full instructions included when you receive the program). Athletic Quickness Kick Farther Program
6. Kicking World eBook
This is it. Everything you need to know about field goal kicking, kickoffs, punting in a concise format with step by step guides on technique, fundamentals, drills, exercises and even discussion on gym workouts and kicking equipment you need. The best part about this Football Kicking eBook is it is downloadable immediately and you do not have to wait for any shipping as it is in electronic format only so you can read it on your iPad, iPhone, Smart Phone, Laptop, PC or Mac or even print it out! Read detailed description of the book I wrote here: ‘Complete Guide to Kicking & Punting’ by Brent Grablachoff
7. Emergency Tune-Up Lesson
Schedule a 1 on 1 Training Session with me any Sunday at Laguna Hills High School in beautiful Orange County, CA or any other day in beautiful San Diego, CA with 3 locations near downtown, La Jolla and East County! I offer kicking lessons and punting lessons year-round in So Cal. You can also fly me out to train your son 1 on 1 wherever you may be located or come train with me for a 3 Day session like this Professional Kicker did (see his before & after instructional YouTube Video).
8. Virtual Private Lesson
If you don’t have the means to see me in California, there is a ‘virtual private lesson’ option. You would simply e-mail or mail me footage of your kicks/punts and then we schedule a 15 minute phone call to break down your form/technique and help you understand everything that is going on and what you need to work on to improve. This is one of the best deals in the Kicking World Shop
9. LAST California Kicking Camp of 2011
Sunday, July 31 One-Day Camp Only!
Laguna Hills High School
8:30am-11:30am Youth Ages 10-12
12pm-3pm HS Ages 13-18
Cost: $100 Youth, $200 HS
Register Online Now!
10. LAST Texas Kicking Camp of 2011
Tuesday & Wednesday, July 26-27!
6pm-8pm, 8am-10am (both sessions included)
Cedar Park, TX
Cost: $300 Returning, $350 New Student
Limited to first 8 signups, Only 2 Spots Left, Call to Register!
As always, feel free to e-mail or message me on Facebook or YouTube if you have any questions or need help with anything. Our YouTube site and Facebook page are incredible resources for you to get free tips, participate in contests and make some kicking/punting friends. You must ‘LIKE’ the Facebook page to unlock all the additional features.
Have a great start to your 2011 Summer Camp!
-Coach Brent Grablachoff
619-564-1333
brent (at) kickingworld.com
www.kickingworld.com
Tags: Football Kicker Workout, Kicking Training, Kicking Workout
30 Nov 10 Kicking World is the Real Deal!
Not sure if Kicking World is the right choice for your football kicking and punting development? Take a look at some of our recent REAL testimonials and reviews from happy students, parents and coaches! See what makes us unique, why people enjoy training with us, and why our students excel. Subscribe to our Youtube Videos and watch high school kickers hitting 60 yard field goals and keep up to date with the latest news and enter free contests by joining our Facebook Page.
“I had the privilege to work with Coach Brent in the late summer of 2010 and I owe my success to him. Prior to this I had wanted to meet with Coach Brent because I needed help and from what I saw from his website he knew everything there is to know about kicking and punting. I contacted Coach about doing 1 on 1 kicking lessons but this was a problem because he lives in California, and I am in Hawaii. To compensate for this, I purchased his online book “The Complete Guide to Kicking & Punting”. The book is full of beneficial drills and exercises that I was able to use during the off-season and even during practice throughout the season. The book is much more than just drills however. Coach Brent also includes ways to handle the ‘mind game’ which is something all kickers and punters struggle with; beyond the actual game itself. Everything in the book is of use and helpful if you are trying to improve yourself as a kicker and even as a punter.
Shortly after purchasing the book, I actually received an email from Coach informing me that he would be in Hawaii for the weekend on a recently planned trip out to coach another student on the island of Oahu. He was able to work me into his schedule and we trained for an hour and a half on the very windy field of Kaimuki High school. In this short time together, Coach Brent was able to adjust my approach, follow-through, and add accuracy and distance to my kicks; even with the heavy swirling wind! Coach cleaned up my field goal kick, showed me the proper way to kick a kickoff and even helped me learn how to kick the pop-up onside kick.-Lee Arakawa, Junior Kicker at Moanalua HS in Oahu, Hawaii
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15 Jul 10 High School Freshman Kicks 55 Yard Field Goals!
I had the opportunity to work with Christopher Gulla from Toms River North High School again this summer while I was in New Jersey for our annual jersey shore kicking camp. Last year Christopher had private kicking lessons with me at Toms River North HS and attended the 2009 kicking camp. This year we met up again for a couple private lessons a few days before the camp. Toward the end of last season I received a nice e-mail from Chris’ dad Dennis saying:
“As we enter into State Playoffs, Chris has been pulled up from the Freshman team to Varsity and yesterday won the starting kicker job. With your help and dedication to practice, he is now consistently down to the 5 yard line and regularly in the end zone on kickoffs. In practice he also kicked several 50+ yard field goals. We look forward to seeing you again this summer.” – Dennis Gulla
It was awesome news to get and was very rewarding for me to know that the few kicking lessons we did and him attending the camp last year helped him so much. Christopher has improved even more since last year and this week during our 1 on 1 kicking lessons he was booting 50+ yard field goals with ease and even hit some 55 yarders. We tried a couple at 60 yards but it was just a little out of range.
Chris was the star of the kicking camp on Sunday as he was perfect from start to finish in the field goal competition hitting 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 yard field goals consecutively with no misses! Coach Brent’s comments on Chris:
“Christopher exhibits excellent concentration under pressure and has a great attitude and hard work ethic. Christopher is the real deal because of his smooth tempo and height on field goals, accuracy inside 55 yards and his ability to knock the ball deep into the end zone on kickoffs. I expect him to land at a top college football program when he graduates in 2013!” – Coach Brent Grablachoff
Be sure to watch the Christopher Gulla Highlight Video with kicks from his private training sessions with Coach Brent and highlights from the 2010 New Jersey Kicking Camp. Chris is going to be a force to be reckoned with this 2010 season as he starts his sophomore campaign. Be sure to keep an eye out for him in the newspapers and blogs online!
Tags: High School Kicker, Kicking Lessons, Kicking Training, New Jersey Kicking Camp
18 Jun 10 How to Kick a Football Farther!
Every week I hear “What can my son do to strengthen his leg and kick a football farther?” Today I’m going to give you a few tips to help improve your kicking and punting distance. Contrary to popular belief, kicking a football far is not necessarily due to a ‘strong leg’ but more commonly it is due to a ‘fast leg’ and precise ball striking. One of the easiest ways to immediately improve your distance is to work on striking the ball’s sweet spot with the correct part of your foot. You want to hit the ball with the upper instep of your foot (right at the second shoelace loop from the top of most soccer cleats). If you strike the ball down by your toe or on the middle/side of your foot you’re going to lose a ton of power! You also want to make sure your ankle and knee are ‘locked’ at impact. If you keep your leg or foot loose at impact you will severely cut down your power. In field goal kicking, punting, and kickoffs you want the ball to explode off your foot. See below for two excellent videos that will help you understand the above points.
To improve your leg speed there’s several things you can do and here’s a couple quick tips that will help you:
- Isometric Resistance Band Training (builds the fast-twitch muscle fibers)
- Sprinting short distance (20 to 30 yard wind sprints)
- Improving Flexibility/Stretching (allows your leg to snap through quicker)
- Leg swing motion in shallow end of pool (water resistance improves balance and speed)
Here’s 2 free instructional videos on our YouTube page that will help you with precision and power and kick the football farther. For detailed training tips, practice routines, kicking and punting fundamentals, techniques, mental training tips and more check out the Complete Guide to Kicking & Punting Book!
Tags: Football Kicker Workout, Kicking Instruction, Kicking Training, Kicking Video
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
14 Jul 08 Free Kicking Training Forum Available for You!
Have you been searching the internet for free kicking tips and kicking videos or pictures of how to kick or punt? Have you been wondering where you can go to ask professional NFL kickers and punters how they do things or ask for their advice on kicking topics? Ever wonder if you could exchange ideas with other kickers or maybe meet a kicking buddy to workout with? Check out the New Kicking World.com Forum Check out our free Kicking Forum today which enables you to message other users, post questions, reply to questions, comments, answer poll questions, and even WIN Contests and Prizes and free gear just for participating! Registration is free and all you need to do is create a username and password. I look forward to seeing you on the new forum. Good Luck in your upcoming kicking and punting season! -Coach Brent
Tags: Kicking Training, Kicking World
11 May 08 How To Train For Kicking
Many of my students have asked me “How do I train to be a better kicker or punter?” There are several tools available to help take your kicking performance to a whole new level. Everyone knows that kicking field goals and punting more, attending football kicking camps, and weightlifting and running is a good start, but what else can you do?
A very important thing to realize is where your power comes from. Most people think just go ahead and pump up your leg and you will get stronger and kick longer field goals and higher and longer punts. That is not necessarily true. Your “core” is extremely important. The core is comprised of your abdominal (ab) muscles, both upper, middle, lower, and obliques (sides). It is very important to work these muscles. You work them when you kick, but that is not enough. You need to be doing swiss ball work and leg pulls and leg lifts. I talk more in depth about the exact exercises and drills you can in and demonstrate them with pictures in my complete kicking and punting guide found on www.kickingworld.com
Another way to build your kicking body is to work on balance exercises. As seen in one of the above pictures, you can do balance drills on boso balls as well as utilize medicine balls to learn stability and develop your supporting muscles in the kicking or punting leg swing. do encourage weightlifting in the gym, but so many people do not know the way to weightlift as a kicker. If you go do squats, power cleans, lifts, and bench presses, and think you are helping your kicking career, well you are missing a LOT! You are NOT a lineman or a running back. You are a specialist, and there is much more specialized gym exercises you need to be doing which I explain exactly how to do with pictures in the Kicking World: Complete Guide to Kicking & Punting
Tags: Football Kicker Workout, Kicking Book, Kicking Training
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