HOW TO KICK A FIELD GOAL PART 8: PLANT FOOT ARM ACROSS BODY

Special Team Servant's Complete Guide to Kicking Field Goals Accurately, Consistently, and with Proper Technique

How To Kick a Field Goal: Plant Foot Arm Across Body

Now that you know about making sure your head is down before, during, and after you kick the football, the next area we will be discussing is bringing our plant foot arm across our body.

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Your Plant Foot Arm is the Same Arm as Your Plant Foot

If you kick with your right foot, your plant foot is your left foot, and your plant foot arm is your left arm.

If you kick with your left foot, your plant foot is your right foot, and your plant foot arm is your right arm.

As You Make Your Approach to Kicking the Football, Your Plant Foot Arm is Going to Open Up

As you start your approach to kicking a field goal or extra point until approximately halfway into your approach, your plant foot arm will open up.

From approximately halfway through your approach all the way through your kick, your plant foot arm should come across your body.

Your Plant Foot Arm also Helps Keep Your Hips Square to the Target

When you have your plant foot arm coming across your body as you kick an extra point or field goal, your hips cannot open up. As a result, this is another critical part of your kicking technique to keep you finishing on target and making more kicks consistently.

If you finish your kick and your hips are facing the corner of the field, or worse, the stands, you likely pulled your head too early and your plant foot arm did not stay across your body through your kick.

You should finish with your hips pointing towards the uprights and that is made possible by keeping your head down through the follow through of your kick.

Conclusion: Kicking a Field Goal with Your Plant Foot Arm Across Your Body

Your plant foot arm is another essential part of your technique to kicking accurately because it prevents your hips from opening up and following away from your target. Your plant foot arm should open up during the first half of your kick, and come across your body during the second half of the kick.

The final step in kicking Field Goals Accurately, Consistently, and with Proper Technique is kicking with hips and kicking leg following thorough to the target.