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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Knoxville Kicking Lessons

This past weekend I was at Carter High School doing kicking lessons in Knoxville. Throughout the year most of my kickers and punters in Knoxville have traveled to Nashville for kicking lessons and it was now time for me to return the favor.

There is a lot of talent in the Knoxville area with kickers and punters and it was a great weekend for kicking! One of my longest running clients in Knoxville is Carlos Lopez, who is the kicker at Carson Newman. Carlos is an extremely talented kicker who missed the 2010 season because of an injury. It was great to see Carlos this weekend in top form and back to 100%!

I work with kickers of all ages and all skill levels and some of my favorite guys to work with are younger kickers. Alex Rinella is entering his freshman year at Science Hill in Johnson City, Tennessee. He worked with me this winter and I have seen major improvement.

Alex, like most freshman, is constantly growing and with a size 12 1/2 shoe I certainly think he is going to be a big boy! I expect big things from Alex in the future.

A couple other top freshman to watch this year in Knoxville are Roberto Veljkovic (Karns) and JJ Jerman (Seymour).
Another kicker I worked with this past weekend was Lincoln Taylor from Greeneville High School. Lincoln is entering his junior year at Greeneville and has a nice frame for kicking. He is the backup to Ben Ogle and was able to kick some in blowout victories last year.

Lincoln has quite a bit of upside and showed nice progress during the two days. I look forward to seeing how hard he works and am I think that Greeneville has a nice stable of kickers over there!

Last but not least is Evan Toby (Maryville High School). Evan is entering his senior year at Maryville and is the best kept secret in the state of Tennessee. He backed up Mr. Football kicker Zach Sharp last year and unfortunately for Evan, he would have started for almost anyone else in the Knoxville area!

I was very impressed with Evan's ability and more importantly his willingness to learn. He will continue to improve over the Summer and will be a force to reckon with this season as Maryville looks to win another State Championship!

Overall it was a great weekend for Knoxville kicking lessons and I look forward to coming back from June 20-22 to work with more kickers from the area!

Posted by at 6:45 AM

4 comments:

  1. Miguel McNellyAug 3, 2011 04:42 PM

    What would u rank Evan Toby in the state

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  2. Evan is as talented as any kicker in the state.

    He needs some time to develop more with his technique but I believe he will turn some heads

    James Wilhoit

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  3. Miguel McNellyAug 6, 2011 09:50 PM

    I am on the same team and every day he talks a big game about being #1 in the state. U r the only argument he has "James says I'm #1". Yet he has not committed anywhere and I'm not saying he's not good but all of maryvilles kickers r really tired of hearing it. Plus the coaches r not impressed with his boastful attitude. Lastly I would like to thank u for responding in such a short period. Thanks

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  4. It is much better to be humble and prove things on the field. So much of kicking is being strong mentally and it is important to never be too high or too low.

    I would hope that all kickers can understand that you are only as good as your last kick and I hope Evan knows that his play on the field is all that matters.

    Sorry you feel that way and I hope that you guys get things squared away

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