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On-Side Kicks - Extra Point - 09-08-2016
I have been wondering if this approach to an on-side kick was practical for some time:
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/9/6/12826248/this-high-school-kicker-proves-kickers-have-been-doing-onside-kicks
Looks like it is!
Re: On-Side Kicks - Row80Critic - 09-08-2016
I have to imagine if that caught on, good college players would either catch it or get out of the way... Also wonder how consistently most kickers could nail someone like that?
Re: On-Side Kicks - stupac2 - 09-08-2016
(09-08-2016, 11:25 AM)Row80Critic link Wrote:Also wonder how consistently most kickers could nail someone like that?
That's my thought, also how consistently you'd get that bounce. Plus if it caught on you'd certainly see it banned, seems like a safety issue for the poor guy getting whacked in the head. The amount that kid's head recoiled made it look pretty painful.
Re: On-Side Kicks - VFRing98 - 09-08-2016
I can watch that video all day.
Re: On-Side Kicks - Extra Point - 09-08-2016
"I have to imagine if that caught on, good college players would either catch it or get out of the way"
The return team players on the front line are generally not good receivers, unless an on-side kick is expected. They are there to block. If the player gets out of the way the results would be similar to a squib kick. The risk of the return team getting the ball at mid field is less than it would be for a normal on-side kick.
Kickers at the college level are more accurate and put more velocity on the ball too.
All on-side kicks are more likely to succeed when the return team doesn't see it coming. With this approach, the kicking team could line up pretty much the way they do for a normal return.
Perhaps this would only work a few times, but I would really love to see it happen, against U$C.
"also how consistently you'd get that bounce." "Also wonder how consistently most kickers could nail someone like that?"
Anytime the ball hits a front line player on the return team, the ball will most likely bounce towards the kicking team. The likelihood of someone on the kicking team getting the ball is greater.
In this video, the player who got hit didn't have much time to react.
"seems like a safety issue for the poor guy getting whacked in the head."
I doubt that the kicker aimed for the head. A waste high shot would make it harder to get out of the way and the bounce would most likely be in the direction of the kicking team. But, you are right about the safety issue.
Re: On-Side Kicks - dabigv13 - 09-08-2016
It didn't look like a planned onside kick. And if this were a viable way of doing it, I'd bet we'd be seeing it already.
I think the main problem is accuracy.
Re: On-Side Kicks - donkey687 - 09-08-2016
Accuracy is definitely the reason why you don't see this as the typical onside kick strategy. Nailing someone who doesn't duck or catch it or move out of the way is hard. With that much velocity, if you don't hit the front line player, it is very likely that it will easily be picked up by another receiving player in good field position. Thus, the higher percentage move is a slowly kicked ball that doesn't go much beyond 10 yards that more of the kicking team can swarm.