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TKS Summer Kicking Camp is set for July 13th, 2008 at Mira Mesa High School, San Diego, CA

* Cutting Edge Drills for FG, KO’s and Punts

* Add distance and hang time to your kickoffs

* Cutting Edge Strength information from Fitness Quest 10, trainer to NFL stars such as LT from the San Diego Chargers. (www.fitnessquest10.com)

* How to increase your flexibility, improve your mental game

* Train with the best kickers in SoCAL  

* The best kicking camp you will ever attend

* Also find out how to get a DI scholarship.  Presentation given by John Matich, TKS owner, will lecture on what you need to do to get a look!  John Matich, sent three kickers this past season to PAC-10 schools from San Diego County alone. He has a proven method to guarantee you looks to colleges!!! 

Registration coming soon!

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Specialists often have the hardest times getting noticed by college recruiters and coaches.You often hear about kickers from a small school in Nebraska or Idaho that hit a 65-yard field goal and are listed as the number one kicker in their class on Rivals.com because of that kick. Kickers are also often the last position to get recruited and there are thousands of good kickers across the country. So,what can set you apart?

Here are three easy and simple things you can do to separate yourself from the rest:

Build it and they will call. If you can build a high-end highlight film or DVD, coaches will notice. All you need is a 3-5 minute DVD of your best kicks in games andpractice that is easy to see and professionally done. Visit as an example:http://kickingsystem.com/ethan-swerdlow.html.

Make sure your game film looks professional and that is not low-end film. Add your personal information such as SAT score, grades, phone number and school information at the beginning or on the DVD itself. Highlight your strengths, such as hang time on kickoffs or long field goals. Put your best stuff in the beginning.

Once you have your DVD, send it to at least 20 schools that interest you. Find out the name of the special teams coach or recruiting coordinator and include the DVD with your football resume. You have only one chance to make your first impression!

If you’re a rising senior or JUCO player, I recommend attending the college camps. Each Top 25 college football program will either have a  “football camp” or a kicking camp in June or July. Sometimes you’ll be invited to attend by the coaches on staff; as an alternative, you can sign up online, as most schools list their camps on their athletic websites. There are numerous kicking events and combines out there, but the new rule that college coaches cannot attend them places even more emphasis on the summer camps.

I can tell you from experience, by running the San Diego State University Football Kicking Camp last summer, the entire staff was in attendance, with the head coach holding for placements. You’re guaranteed exposure at these camps. Sometimes colleges will just have you come in for a day and kick for a coupleof hours. Others, like Cal, have full-fledged kicking camp; it has a three-day kicking camp that includes instruction and lectures.

Study! I can’t tell you how many more doors you can open for yourself if you can raiseyour GPA or SAT scores. Making sure you are on pace for the NCAA clearinghouseand have all the requirements to graduate are easy steps to solidify your eligibility, but I cannot overemphasize the important role grades play in your acceptance to certain universities. Sometimes kickers and punters have to “walk-on” their first year and earn a scholarship. Getting into the school academically is a great way to help you get on the football team.

Lastly,if you’re an upcoming junior, senior or JUCO player, let your performance speak for itself. Acquiring great stats, kicking long field goals and setting records will only help you get noticed. Your high school coach will believe that you’recollege material and recommend you more to college coaches when they visit your school.

TKS had an opportunity to work with Derek Kutz, place-kicker from the Rivercity Rage of the UIFL.  The owners of the Rivercity Rage flew Derek out to San Diego (3/29) for help in his overall kicking technique. I am glad they did!

Although Derek is having a great season, he went 4-4 in his last game, there are some adjustments he needs in his technique.

Off the bat, I knew he had a strong leg! He was barely kicking and making 45-yard field goals.

Here are a few things we needed to work on:  First he was crunching on contact, secondly he was kicking a more of a wedge style kick.  I told him that it was not going to change over night and he needed plenty of drills to work on these elements.

Derek kicked about 40-50 field goals and was starting to him a better ball towards the end of the session.  The biggest thing I told him was that he needed to build his stroke.  Get his hips into the kick and things will be fine. I learned last year during my kicking with the San Diego Shockwave, that if you have a solid stroke you cant miss. Derek was receptive to my comments and wrote down all the things he needed to work on. I believe Derek can be an all-star in that league.

I hope to see him leading the league soon!

TKS Combine 2008 Camp Outline

March 30th, 2008

Rancho Bernardo High School

The Kicking System

Football Kicking Camp/Combine

$175.00 Early Bird Discount

All-LEVELS WELCOME

Pop-Warner, HS, JUCO

www.kickingsystem.com to register

Events offered at no other kicking camp:

¨     Combine Performance Stats

¨     Custom Edited Recruiting DVD

¨     Complete DVD of Combine Workout

¨     Online Recruiting Video Link

¨     TheSportsTV.com will film every kick

¨     Great teaching tool for young kickers

¨     Compete with So-Cal’s Best

¨     Professional one on one Instruction

¨     San Diego Kicking Competition

¨     Prizes, Fun and Combine T-Shirt

Early Bird Discount

$175 Kicking Video ($200 after)

$225 Kicking & Punting Video ($250 after)

(Before March 10^th, 200

Travis Golia - committed to Stanford,

David Seawright – committed to CAL

Who will be next?

John Matich - Director- Current Arena League Kicker San Diego Shockwave, Boston College Kicker 1995-1999, Minnesota Vikings 2001

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