Late last week, I met with the Head Football Coach and the Special Teams Coach to go over our plan for Spring Football. We start practice at 6 am on April 12th. The times work out for me with work - I can get to practice in the am, then hop on the Metra and head downtown in time for work. The NCAA allows us a certain number practices this spring and we only have one kicker returning. We'll have plenty of time to get him focused on kicking this spring. He doesn't really love punting, but we're going to have to figure out a way to get him to fall in love with punting - my favorite part to coach. The real reason why I like it is because you actually can "coach" a kid up in punting. Sure...with placekicking, you can tune someone to get the ball further or more accurate, but placekicking is a lot about leg strength. Punting, on the other hand is all about mechanics and being deliberate. And...when you connect on a punt? It might ...
