Nashville Lessons June 3-4

On June 3-4 I concluded my first group of two day lessons in Nashville. I worked with two kickers from Memphis, one from Savannah, and one of the best junior kickers in the state of Tennessee from Nashville.

So far I have used Moss Wright Park in Goodlettsville for my kicking lessons . Even though this same field was under water two months ago, the field is now in great condition.

It has a nice shaded place to review video with kicking specialists, and I plan to use the facility for the rest of the Summer as it is a great place to improve kickers and punters across Tennessee.

Now to the lessons...

Clayton Williams (Evangelical Christian School) and his father, Shaun, traveled from Memphis to get some One on One Kicking and Punting Lessons before their summer camp schedule got started.

Clayton is a very impressive senior kicking prospect in the state as he has great height and a huge leg. I noticed that he was a natural kicker and after some instruction really did a nice job kicking off the ground .

He has had some nagging injuries that held him back last season from contributing for his team, but I expect him to explode onto the kicking scene with a big year in Memphis.

Next up was Caden Holt (Savannah High School). Caden worked with me in Memphis a few months ago on his kicking and now wanted to try his hand in punting.

As you can see in the picture (above) Caden is a big boy for a freshman! He is much more of a natural punter than kicker and I was impressed with his potential.

To start most lessons I like for kicking specialists to kick with there current technique before I coach them. This gives specialists the ability to see the difference between the new and old technique.

As Caden used his old form he turned over punt after punt and did very well.

Even with all his success he was still wiping spirals. Wiping spirals is the incorrect form for punting so I looked to sharpen up is technique by tweaking his drop and leg swing.

I worked with him on the Drop Progression Drill and he really started to develop solid fundamentals. By the end of the second day he was getting much more comfortable and I look forward to working with him again soon.

Next up was Landon Foster (Independence High School). I had heard about Landon through Brian Davis, former Brentwood & current Arkansas State kicker, and he said that Landon was very talented and to look him up.

I contacted Landon on Facebook and booked lessons with him. I appreciate Brian's referral and I certainly agree with his opinion of Landon's talent. I think that Landon could very possibly be the best junior kicker in the state of Tennessee.

Landon took to my coaching very quickly as he is extremely intelligent. He actually reminded of Brian! I had never had a kicking student pick up the proper technique so quickly and I believe that if he keeps on this pace I expect a scholarship should be in order in the near future.

Finally, Corey Acosta (Southern Miss) came to Nashville for some adjustments on his kickoffs. Corey does a great job on kickoffs, but I told him that I thought there were some things I would like to sharpen in his technique before he reports to college July 1st.

Corey did a nice job hurdling through his kickoffs (picture above) and I was impressed with the finished product. It was great seeing him, like always, and I am excited to come to his first college game on a Thursday night September 2nd at South Carolina!

Stay tuned for another On A Specialists Path on Monday and more blogs about lessons in Knoxville!

Visit: www.jameswilhoitkickingcoach.com

Follow me on www.twitter.com