The purpose of this article is to discuss place kicks, teaching soccer kickers the art of kicking field goals. We’ll walk you through the steps required to become a successful placekicker.

The tips written here are for football-style position kickers.

1. Ball positioning:

The place kicker lines up 7 yards behind the snap. For practice purposes, he starts about 20 yards from the goalposts. The ball should have a slight backsloping angle, whether it is being teeed off by the holder or placed on a kicking tee.

2. Placekicker Positioning:

1st. Take a step back from where the ball will be placed.

2nd. Take two or more strides, depending on your comfort zone, to the side, measuring the distance from where the ball will go.

3rd. It is very important that kickers always measure the same distance, regardless of the distance needed to kick the field goal.

4th. The proper angle to tackle and kick the ball. Successful kickers enter the ball from half the distance of their side steps. If kickers take 6 steps to the side, they want to take 3 steps in as they approach and kick the ball.

3. Look rights up, visualize the ball sailing, splitting the goal posts.

4. Approach to the ball for the place kick:

1st: a kind of blow on the ground with the planted foot to start the forward momentum.

2nd. He takes the first step with his kicking foot.

3rd. Start approaching half the distance you came out.

4th. When you’re ready to kick the ball, start on your heel and plant your foot firmly on the ground.

5th. The planted foot must point directly towards the goal posts, even with the ball and approximately one foot from the ball.

5. kicking the ball

1. Supporting the weight on the sole foot, ensure that the body is facing the goal posts.

2nd. Strike the ball with the top bone in the center of the foot.

3rd. Kick the ball in the bottom third, otherwise you risk spiking the ball. Kicking lower on the ball adds height.

4th. Keep your head down and continue to extend your kicking leg as far as possible. Raising your head too early can cause the ball to go to the right for right-handed kickers and to the left for left-handed kickers.

Kickers should do about 20 minutes of warm-up exercises before practicing. These warm-ups should include stretching exercises to prevent muscle pulls and get the most out of kicking practice. Remember that it is quality and not quantity that creates successful field kickers.