COACHING POINTS:
Point After Touchdown
Oliver hit several Extra points(some not on video).
He kicked several to the left side. To correct this he needed to take bigger steps to the left when lining up.
On his misses, his plant foot was to far away from the ball, causing his kicking foot to contact the ball out on his toes rather then higher on his foot (2nd & 3rd Eyelet from the top of his shoe).
Oliver needs to focus on taking exact measured steps straight back (for Oliver that is 4 steps) on on a path straight back on a line targeting the exact middle of the goal posts. Then, he must take exact wide steps straight to the left (2 side steps). These alignment steps should bring him to the exact kick starting spot the same distance from the ball every time.
Next, he has to be consistent with his steps to kick the ball solid and straight every time, landing his plant foot (left foot) just to the left of the ball (no more than 10 inches from the ball). He needs to measure his path straight to the ball starting with his left foot, followed with his right - then his left foot to the plant spot as he actually kicks the ball.
He should talk out loud following his steps, starting slowly finishing quickly..
Left -Right- Left & KICK-THE-BALL.
The ultimate goal is for Oliver on PATs and FGs is for him to be moving as fast as possible by the time he gets to the ball, while maintaining control to plant his foot in the correct place as he is kicking the ball. The more exact the setup, the more certain the distance to the ball at start of kick, the more confidence that he will land his plant foot where needed, the more aggressively and quickly he can move to and kick the ball. Combined with an accurate placement of his kicking foot firmly at the lower third of the ball, the ball should go high and far every time.
Eventually his three steps to the ball will be very quick, smooth and powerful.
KICK OFFS:
Oliver hit several kick offs very well, some even with studder steps before the actual kick, slowing his momentum to the ball.
Oliver needs to focus on taking exact measured steps straight back (for Oliver that is 9 steps) followed by exact wide steps straight to the left (4 side steps). These alignment steps should bring him to the exact kick starting spot every time.
Next, he has to be consistent with his steps to kick the ball, landing his plant foot (left foot) just to the left of the ball (no more than 10 inches from the ball). He needs to measure his path to the ball by using two walking steps followed by 2 jog steps, followed by three fast steps to his plant spot when actually kicking the ball
He should talk out loud following his steps starting slowly finishing quickly..
Walk - walk - jog - jog - KICK-THE-BALL.
The ultimate goal is for Oliver on Kickoffs is for him to be moving as fast as possible by the time he gets to the ball, while maintaining control to plant his foot in the correct place as he is kicking the ball.
He does not have to try to kick the ball harder, he only has to work on getting his steps down and his momentum to he ball up by the time he kicks the ball, follow through with his kicks foot to ball contact smoothly and naturally;
His speed to the ball will determine how far the ball goes.