Specialists Path-Year End Review

This year has been a very productive year in my life. At this time last year I was just traveling back from a three week trip in Melbourne, Australia and then brought in the New Year’s at the Chick Fi La Bowl in Atlanta.

I am very blessed for the opportunity to help kicking specialists and I am proud of all the accomplishments that they have made this year.

This is On A Specialists Path- Year End Review.

Last year’s trip to Australia gave me the opportunity to see the world but also to see how people across the world find enjoyment in kicking a ball.

Australians have a deep passion for Aussie Rules Football and surprisingly this game has influenced the punters in the NFL. Punters like Matt McBriar, Sav Rocca, and Ben Graham have come from Australia to be NFL punters, but the Australians have also inspired the Aussie Drop Punt. This punt has been lethal for quite a few NFL punters and the ones who are not using the punt are quickly trying to learn it.

After arriving home from Australia I finished my 6 month internship with Coach Gran at the University of Tennessee.

I got the privilege of seeing how a big time university operates and how coaches view kicking specialists. This gave me some great insight into my own coaching and I now have a much broader knowledge of the kicking game by being able to learn the returns and coverage schemes that go into special teams.

The next step after finishing at Tennessee was to go out to Arizona for the second year and assist Coach Zauner with his business. I got to assist with his College Senior Combine, Free Agent Combine, and Pro Development Camps.

After all these experiences I was now excited about getting started with my own lessons.

My punting and kicking lessons were a huge success this year as I got to work with approximately 120 kicking specialists throughout the Summer.

I traveled 7,200 miles in two months and worked with college specialists from not only Tennessee but also had kicking specialists who traveled to Tennessee from the surrounding states and even from Canada to work with me .

Working ten hours a day can really take a toll and I wouldn't have gotten through it if I didn't love what I do!

I am continuing to try new things to help improve kicking specialists. Stay tuned over the next few months to see how I look to take kicking specialists to a whole new level!

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