September 2nd, 2010
Recently at the TKS Summer Kicking Camp back in July, Brian Stahovich, SDSU punter, had to chance to demonstrate and give some advice to the local San Diego talent. Great video for a youth or High School kicker/punter.
September 2nd, 2010
TKS had the opportunity to work with Raiam Santos, punter from the University of Pennsylvania, this summer. Raiam who spent two years at San Diego HS, eventually landed at an Ivy League school. In this video, Raiam talks about his experience, and what it takes to make it in college football. Not to mention, what a Brazilian soccer player needs to do. Enjoy!
August 20th, 2010
TKS Owner John Matich (Kicking Coach)
We had the opportunity to work the kickers from Kearny HS in San Diego, CA the other day. And we found some great talent! To get things started we started with a dynamic warm-up. When were done, they were almost ready to call it day. Commonly we get kickers tell us our warm-up is like a “workout”. Funny but true….
After the warm we hit some basics field goals. Working on proper form and technique. We didn’t go further then 30 yards, because we were focusing on mechanics. In the beginning of the clinic, Luis and Miguel were kicking 60% on field goals. And after some guidance they were up in the 80% range. To commonly, I find kickers trying to kick long field goals to early in their career. They often find themselves getting frustrated and not focusing on the mechanics.
Then we hit some punts. All four punters were inconsistent at best. After a few drills we started getting some punts to turnover. It was nice to see them smile. We got the snapper involved, Carlos, who was firing them back. Working on some operations and with the head coach watching, Luis and a few other of the punters kicked great punts and were praised immediately.
After some work on kickoffs, the students were all ready asking Coach Matich to come back in a few days.
Well see what happens. To be continued!
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August 20th, 2010
TKS is pleased to announce football kicking lessons in Hawaii between the dates of September 14th till the 21st. Over the past few months we have been fielding some calls about TKS coming out to Hawaii, time slots are filling up fast. Call to book your session today.
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// Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 6 a.m.
// / Union Tribune//
Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding, who has been very successful during the regular season, has missed many key kicks during play-off games.
San Diego Chargers kicker Nate Kaeding tried to chill out during the off-season, hoping to overcome the mental anguish of missing crucial field goals in a play-off game against the New York Jets.
The rest may do him little good. Same goes for other NFL kickers. An opposing team’s coach can simply “ice” a kicker and make it harder for them to put the ball through the goal posts.
A new study by the University of San Diego says that kickers are less likely to make a field goal in a high pressure situation if the opposing team’s coach calls a time out just as they’re about to tee things up. The technique is called “icing.”
Psychology professor Nadav Goldschmied reviewed data from six National Football League seasons (2002-08) and found that kickers who’d been iced scored only 66.4 percent of the time (73 out of 110 kicks). By comparison, kickers who were not iced had an 80.4 percent success rate (131 out of 161).
Oddly, the study also says that “when the kicker’s own team called a time-out” the kicker had a success rate of 83.3 percent (45 out of 54).
The university says “other factors such as experience, game location or game score were not associated with success.”
“The prevailing wisdom is that icing works because of negative thoughts regarding potentially missing the kick that overwhelm the kicker during the extended time period,” Goldschmied told us by email. “However, we found that an added time per se (e.g., if the time-out was requested by own coach) did not yield a deterioration in performance.
“Thus, an alternative proposition that I am advocating is that preparing for the kick is taxing by itself (when the kicker is iced – i.e., time-out is requested by the opposite coach – he prepares for the kick twice, thereby extending the preparation time). Other studies show that, in general, extending the preparation period results in worse performance.”
The study, which was done in collaboration with UC San Diego, will appear in the September issue of the journal The Sport Psychologist.
San Diego National Kicking Camp / March 28th, 2010 / 9-12pm / @ Mira Mesa HS / John Matich 619-994-2364
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 1st , 2010 – SAN DIEGO, CA – Current Arena league kicker and San Diego native John Matich (Mira Mesa HS), is holding a national football kicking camp for the best kickers in San Diego today from 9-12pm at Mira Mesa HS. The camp is for Pop Warner to high school students and will bring in talent from all over Southern California.
Coach Matich, is a former kicker for the Minnesota Vikings, Boston College, and San Diego Shockwave kicker (NIFL) and currently kicks for the Omaha Beef (IFL). Matich has become know as the leading kicking coach on the west coast.
This will be it’s 7th Annual Summer Football Kicking Camp. Matich and his professional staff of football coaches will host the half-day Kicking Camp and competition. LOCAL ATHLETES include:
TKS has also placed over 20 students of the last few years to colleges across the country.
For more information about The Kicking System and their full schedule of events, log on to: http://kickingsystem.com.
John Matich
(619) 994-2364
Director
The Kicking System
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The 7th Annual TKS Summer Kicking Camp is here! – This Sunday August 1st, 2010 9-12pm @ Mira Mesa HS (10510 Reagan Rd, San Diego, CA)
For those of you who are interested in attending please see attached intake form and fill it out. Bring it with you to camp and meet us at Mira Mesa HS a little before 9am. Meet at the main football stadium!
We have a great day scheduled for all of you. Camp instructors include:
We will also have a kicking specific workout, kicking competitions and demonstrations. Be ready to learn and work this Sunday!
ALL LEVELS WELCOME!
Hope to see you there!
John
John Matich
(619) 994-2364
Director
The Kicking System
kickingsystem.com
twitter.com/kickingsystem
youtube.com/automatich
FB Fan Page: facebook/The Kicking System / Kicking Camp (San Diego)
July 27th, 2010
Calling all kickers — TKS is having its 7th Annual Summer Kicking Camp Sunday August 1st, 2010 – We will have a San Diego Kicking Competition!
Mira Mesa HS – 9-12pm ($100)
For More information www.kickingsystem.com
July 27th, 2009
TKS is having a football kicking camp for all levels include pop-warner level kickers and punters on Sunday August 1st, 2010.
Where: Mira Mesa HS 9-12pm
When Sunday August 1st, 2010 ($100) Great for San Diego and Orange County Kickers and Punters
For more info: www.kickingsystem.com
July 9th, 2010
Thats right, The Kicking Sytem, is going to Orange County due to popular demand. Starting July 14th, 2010, TKS will have a 10am Kicking camp at Irvine HS every Wednesday till August 11th.
If you are interested please contact us ASAP, we are only opening it up to a few students!
John Matich
619-994-2364
john@kickingsystem.com
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