Spring 2012 Kicking Challenge
Saturday, June 2, 2012
FIU STADIUM (Miami, FL)
CLICK HERE to view Scout.com’s recap of the Spring 2012 Kicking Challenge
How can this event help me?
Dozens of Scholarships Signed Each Year!
(by athletes who attend Kornblue Kicking events)
Fall 2007 Kicking Champion Jack Griffin – full scholarship from FIU!
Spring 2010 Punting Champion Justin DuVernois – full scholarship from ILLINOIS!
Spring 2010 Kicking Champion Mauro Bondi – full scholarship from NEBRASKA!
Fall 2010 Kicking Champion Mark Deboy – scholarship from CSU!
Fall 2010 Punting Champion Kyle Brindza – full scholarship from NOTRE DAME!
Fall 2011 Kicking & Punting Champion John Lunsford – full scholarship from LIBERTY!
Those who perform the best at our Kicking Challenge and Fab 50 camps are recognized in the Fab 50 National Rankings. The Fab 50 is actively promoted to college coaches and annually helps dozens of kickers, punters, and snappers receive college scholarships.
The training and exposure we provide produces many of the nation’s top recruits every year. Kornblue Kicking-trained athletes have received scholarships to every major Division 1 conference in the country. The athletes we’ve trained have been selected to the nation’s top all star games, including the Under Armour All-American Game, the U.S. Army All-American Game, & several others. Additionally, analysts with the recruiting industry’s two most prominent sites, Scout.com and Rivals.com, regularly use our recommendations to identify the top kicking, punting, and snapping prospects.
Results from this event are posted on Scout.com’s national recruiting page. CLICK HERE to view the link to last year’s summary on Scout.com.
Maximize your opportunity for college scholarships by competing in this recruiting/exposure event! This is a competition-only event. Competing in this event is the single best way to showcase your ability for the chance to be ranked for the first time or improve your spot in the Fab 50 National Rankings. Kick, punt, or snap in ideal conditions…warm weather on a turf field.
College coaches rely heavily on video footage to evaluate scholarship potential. At every Kicking Challenge event, PSI Videos will professionally film every FG, punt, kickoff, & long snap. If you perform well, you will have high-definition YouTube footage to present to colleges and universities. CLICK HERE to view sample Kicking Challenge YouTube video
Pre-purchase an individual video of your performance which will be uploaded to YouTube for $100. (YouTube video must be purchased prior to event)
LOCATION OF EVENT:
FIU Stadium
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, Florida 33199
WHAT TO BRING:
If you have already registered or plan on registering for the Spring 2012 Kicking Challenge, here is what you need to bring with you:
1) Football Game Jersey (ask your head coach to borrow it for the event)
2) Holder & Tees
3) Footballs to use for warming up (during competition, all athletes will use footballs provided by Kornblue Kicking)
4) Water, Gatorade, snacks, etc. but there will be food/drinks for sale at the event
OFFICIAL HOTEL PARTNERS:
Hotel Indigo Miami Lakes
7601 Miami Lakes Drive · Miami, Florida 33309
Kornblue Kicking Exclusive Hotel Price: $89
Call (305) 556-0100 & mention “Kornblue Kicking”
TownePlace Suites by Marriott
3100 Prospect Road · Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
Kornblue Kicking Exclusive Hotel Price: $65
Call (954) 484-2214 & mention “Kornblue Kicking”
COLLEGE COACHES: Send us an email or call to receive more detailed info about any specific athlete (typical response time: within 24 hours)
(561) 702-0203 or coach@kornbluekicking.com
Similarities between the Kicking Challenge & the NFL Combine?
Said ex-NFL head coach Mike Holmgren, “Anybody who’s asked me, I’ve told them, ‘Compete in the combine. Don’t worry about it.’ That message hasn’t gotten across to enough of them, I don’t think. I just think they need to go out there and compete. That’s part of the deal. (You want to) watch them grit their teeth after they throw a bad one or throw one where they couldn’t gauge a receiver, and see what they do with the next one. I think they do themselves a disservice by not teeing it up here.”
“From my perspective, it’s all about the competition. It’s never going to get any better as far as the type of conditions you’re under. They want to see what you have when you’re standing on the same field next to your competition. You get an apples-to-apples comparison that way. In talking to scouts and coaches, that apples-to-apples competition is important to them. The key word out of the whole combine is compete. They want to see players who aren’t afraid to compete.”
Refund Policy
Regrettably, refunds are not available under any circumstances. You may, however, transfer your camp fee to another event within one year.
Rules
One KICKING CHAMPION, one PUNTING CHAMPION, & one SNAPPING CHAMPION will be named for each grade level (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors).
The KICKING CHAMPION will be crowned based on the combination of FG and Kickoff points. Punting and kickoffs will be charted first. Field goals will be the last event.
First, all kickers will be charted on five kickoffs. The best four will be scored. Hangtime will not be factored into the scoring, but will be charted for recruiting purposes.
A kick between 50-59 yards = 1 point
A kick between 60-69 yards = 2 points
A kick of 70+ yards = 3 points
The field goal competition will be double elimination. Every kicker will start with a PAT with a snap and hold. Thereafter, kicks will be attempted alternating left and right hash. The order is 30 – LH, 30 – RH, 35 – LH, 35 – RH, etc. Kickers move on to the next attempt until they have missed twice. Each made kick = 1 point.
The kickoff and field goal points will be added. The kicker with the highest point total in each grade level will be named “kicking champion.”
The PUNTING CHAMPION is determined by the combination of distance and hangtime. Distance is measured from the line of scrimmage, NOT where the punter kicks the ball. Punters are lined up 14 yards behind the line of scrimmage. 8 punts will be recorded. The hangtime is multiplied by 10 and added to the distance for each kick. The points for each kick are added for the total score. (i.e. A punt has a hangtime of 3.9 seconds with a distance of 60 yards. The points for that kick would be (10 x 3.9) + 60 = 99. Punters with the top 10 point totals will advance to a final round and punt 5 more each. The punter with the highest overall point total in each grade level will be named the “Punting Champion.”
The LONG SNAPPING CHAMPIONS are determined by a point system which combines accuracy and velocity. Snappers will be timed in the 40 yard dash and those times will be posted to the athlete’s Fab 50 profile but the times will not factor into scores to determine the event champions.