Problems With Accuracy? Address Your Non-kicking Side.

Tall Posture, Eyes on Contact, Hips Square, Opposing Shoulder Closed. Quality.

I want to take a look at the role and importance of our non-kicking side during both punting and place-kicking. So often I see kickers young and old whose non-kicking side seems to almost fall asleep when executing a kick. When the kicking leg side dominates and takes over the body it results in a loss of control, balance and

Some Thoughts on Session Structure

 

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”, “Quality over Quantity” and “You get out of it what you put in to it”.

Ok, so I try not to make a habit of throwing around the clichés but, with regard to improving your performance as a kicker they all ring very true indeed! Yet so often we choose to forget about developing a blueprint, that progressive course of action specifically designed at making small continuous improvements to our technique and mental skills, or we decide to have a blowout and kick for hours on end with little regard to our physical condition

7 Reasons to Buy Kicking Essentials

1) This is a breakthrough product.

Part of the reason I wrote this book was that simply no other product like it exists. Kickers crave more knowledge on how to increase performance and get the edge. Usually discussions between players and or coaches revolve around “well this is what I do” and “it worked for me”. This generally doesn’t take you far though.

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Best Regards
Gareth

How to Develop Your Leg Swing to Maximise Distance

 

When watching great kickers perform there are a few things that are instantly recognizable; the amount of control and balance they have, the fluency and rhythm of how they move, and the consistency at which they can repeat the same action over and over again. This of course comes from a couple of different sources; a) their level of competency from a physical perspective and

Welcome to The Blog of Prokicking!

 

Welcome to The Blog of Prokicking!!

Prokicking delivers education and instruction for kickers both here in New Zealand and the world.

If you are a Coach, Player or Parent involved with the game of rugby, here you will find leading edge content on developing kicking technique and in-game performance.

My intention with this blog is to make available to you the most useable and informative content on the topic of kicking.

Included will be interviews with leading players and coaches, video content of skills and drills, plus extensive discussion and perspective around every aspect of kicking technique development.

The secrets of the games top performers will no longer be guarded amongst the few!

Often kickers are left to their own devices when it comes to developing performance.

But are ALWAYS expected to execute and deliver when under the pressure of competition.

Here at The Blog of Prokicking, you will join a community of like-minded people looking to improve their ability in the art of kicking, and most importantly, willing to share information!

Thanks for visiting!

** I’m always keen to engage in conversation, so please ask questions, make comments and share your perspective! Learn more at www.facebook.com/prokicking

Gareth

Tees – High vs Low; does it really matter?

This is a topic that creates healthy debate and confusion amongst kickers.

It comes as no surprise given the variety of tees players are using, plus those available for purchase. In this post I want to address the question of ‘should I be kicking off a high or low tee?’ plus offer some clarity to other relevant questions.

So... My answer without a doubt – a lower tee.

I know what some of you high tee advocates are thinking… kicking off a high tee works for me!!! I know, I’ll get to answering that statement soon.

The reason for my answer of kicking off a lower tee is very simple.