The next clinic will be July 5 at 10 AM at Holland Jr. High. Everyone is welcome. First timers are free.
DON'T FORGET TO CONTACT US IF YOU WANT TO PERFORM AT THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY COMBINE ON TUESDAY, JULY 7TH. CONTACT COACH HOFFMAN TO REGISTER.
IN JULY, AND AGAIN, FOR THE THIRD YEAR, WE ARE RUNNING THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SPECIALIST COMBINE. THIS IS ALSO AN ELITE EVENT. THIS COMBINE IS OPEN TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL SPECIALISTS THAT WILL BE IN OR BELOW THEIR SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FALL. THIS COMBINE ALSO ATTRACTS ATHLETES FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. ANY PRECISION TRAINED SPECIALIST THAT WISHES TO ATTEND BUT IS NOT YET SIGNED UP SHOULD CONTACT COACH CROCKER OR COACH HOFFMAN.
Look for the results of the 'Best of Spring 09' competition held on Sunday. A big crowd of athletes made for some great competitions!
READ THIS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.......................................................
Tomorrow is Sunday, May 24. We will have a special clinic tomorrow. We will have our spring kicking, punting and snapping competition with prizes. We encourage everyone to be there to compete for this prestigious award of 'Best of Precision Spring 09'. This award is particularly interesting because of the great number of coaches in high school, college and the NFL that regularly visit this site. Whether you are looking to calibrate your current skill level, or looking for a position in college or the pros, this event will afford you exposure to many interested coaches and help your chances of securing the position you want the most.
This has been the worst spring for kicking clinics in our memory. We began training specialists in 1982 and we have never seen a spring where it only seems to rain to soak our fields. See you there.
ANNOUNCEMENT...All high school coaches that are going to the Villanova coaches clinic Saturday May 9th, please come up and say hello to Coach Crocker. Coach will be presenting on the philosophy of coaching specialists at 3:15.
EVERYONE IS INVITED TO OUR CLINICS. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO ONE OF THE CLINICS BEFORE, YOUR FIRST CLINIC IS FREE! YOU WILL GET LOTS OF PERSONAL ATTENTION AND THE COACHES WILL DEVELOP TECHNIQUE SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU, CONSIDERING YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES, YOUR BODY STYLE, ATHLETICISM AND EXPERIENCE.
We received this email after last week's clinic from one of our first timers...
Coach Crocker,
Thank you very much for taking me in today. I really did learn a lot today and look forward to honing in on what I have learned today, and applying it to my last week of spring ball. I was kind of nervous going into today feeling that I may not be up to par with the rest of the kickers there, but they were extremely friendly and welcoming to me. I’ve bought at least three kicking videos and have watched countless hours of my kicking and the pro’s kicking and they were nothing compared to the two hours of teaching from you, EJ, and even the rest of the guys there. So thank you very much for an excellent day of kicking. I really do appreciate everything.
-Keith B.
WEDNESDAY AT 6 PM AT HOLLAND JR HIGH WILL BE STANDARD UNTIL THE SEASON BEGINS. MAY 3RD IS THE NEXT SUNDAY CLINIC. HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.
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ALL CLINICS BEGIN AT 10:00 AM.
The clinic last week was great! The Villanova stadium turf is at least a little bit different from the grass at Holland Jr. High. There is no question that working out on natural grass improves a kicker's performance when he get to artificial turf. The percentage of made kicks was very high on Sunday. Lots of Precision alumni and regulars were at the workout. In the team competition we went 4 innings without a miss!
Highlights of the day were EJ Cochrane's 65 yarder and 9th grader from Council Rock South, Ben Solis' 55 yarder!
Also, we know of an opening at a very good Pennsylvania D-3 school that is looking hard for a good kicker/punter to assume a starting role in September. You must have good grades and SAT scores of at least 1200. If you are interested, please make sure you are at the clinic tomorrow for an evaluation and contact information.
Coach Crocker
Congratulations to these Precision Kickers who have accepted college positions:
Philadelphia All Catholic Kicker, James McFadden from Archbishop Wood, has accepted a spot at Widner University.
Wissahickon Kicker Jason Bilotti will be following in the footsteps at the University Delaware of All American and Precision trainee, Jon Striefsky, when he starts at Delaware in the fall.
All everything kicker and punter, Brandon McManus of North Penn, will be joining two other Precision trainees Jeff Whatne and Jake Brownell at Temple University in the fall.
Also congratulations to Aaron Chambers, who really came on strong at Kentucky State University last season...(including 5 field goals in his last game) who transferred to Shippensburg State University where he will assume the kicking and punting duties in the fall.
These are some of the reasons that we are in this business. Our guys always play at the next level!
Please email coachc@precisionkickersandpunters.com if you are planning to attend.
See you all on Sunday!
Directions to Holland Middle School can be found at the bottom of this page.
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ANNOUNCEMENT....
Coach Crocker will be making two presentations at the Harrisburg Football Clinic for Coaches on March 13, 2009. The first presentation titled "The Culture of Kicking" will be presented 6:50 - 7:40 and the second presentation is titled "Teaching Repeatable Techniques" will be presented 7:45 - 8:35. Anyone interested in this very popular coaches clinic may contact Carl Hoffman for details.
For a new kicking tip that is just out of this world, click here or go to the Weekly Tip Page. Also see the tip on practicing something you have been told since you were a little kid.
Bad snaps have been driving me crazy this year. So here it is again...Great example of proper follow through for a long snap. Precision trained snapper, Pat Wilson of Indiana of Pennsylvania. Think about this position at the end of your snap. Just get here and your snaps will improve.
Directions from Harrisburg area...
1. I-76 E/PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE toward PHILADELPHIA/EXITS 266-359 (Portions toll).
2. I-76 E/PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE becomes I-276 E/PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE (Portions toll).
3. Merge onto US-1 S/LINCOLN HWY via EXIT 351 toward I-95 S/PHILADELPHIA. .08 mi
4. Take the PA-132 W/STREET ROAD exit. .02 mi
5. Merge onto E STREET RD/PA-132 N. 2.2 mi
6. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto BUSTLETON PIKE/PA-532. Continue to follow PA-532. 0.3 mi
7. Turn LEFT onto BUCK RD/PA-532. 1.5 mi
8. Turn RIGHT to stay on BUCK RD/PA-532. 1.5 mi
9. Turn LEFT onto E. Holland Rd. .08 mi
10. Holland Middle School on LEFT.
