This past month (Feb 17-19) was a busy one for myself and 7 Minnesota High School Specialists.
We all traveled down to the National Camp Series- Super Camp 6. It was my first time coaching at the event, and all these boys first time traveling to a major kicking camp. Minnesota kickers Alex Friedrich, Alexi Johnson, Tucker Lorentzen, Tim Vassallo, Jon Coppens, Tyler Knutson and Patrick Leccore all were in attendance.
There were over 120 high school Kickers, Punters and Long Snappers from across the country. I was 1 of 17 instructors from across the country and under the National Camp Series Coaches Network to come and give quality instruction to the campers.
During small group instruction, I was teamed up with Nick Fleming of All American Kicking (Orlando, FL). We worked with 3 small groups of 8-10 athletes from the West and Northeast areas of the US. It was a great experience to be able to give back to more kids as well as learn from another instructor.
After all the small group training every athletes did their NCS charting. One thing I noticed that became apparent while down there is that many of these kids have had the abilities to train year around. I just started offering Winter Kicking Clinics (video) to allow kids the chance to train over the winter. We had just completed 2 of them over the winter and planned 5 more between this weekend and mid April. Needless to say I'm very proud of how our guys did from MN considering they didn't get to train as much as these other kids. A few charts that stood out include: Tim Vassallo from Rochester Lourdes (Sophomore Class) going 10 for 10 in FGs. Patrick Leccore from Edina (Freshman Class), represented well going 8 for 10 on FGs and excelling in his KO chart with a 61 yard average (averaging a potential touch back over 10 KOs). Tucker Lorentzen from Champlin Park (Junior) went 9 for 10 in FGs and averaged 60 yards on his KO chart. Alex Friedrich from Tartan (Senior) improved immensely on his Kickoff and Punting chart averaging 64 yards and 37 yards (with a 3.7 hang time) respectively. Alex is really setting himself up as a potential dual kicker in college.
Every kicker was ranked and seeded in a kicking tournament. For some kids that didn't chart well, it was a chance for redemption to see if they could be the top kicker, punter or snapper in the NCS nation. We had a few guys that really did well. Patrick Lecorre made the Final 4 in Punting & Elite 8 for FGs and KOs for the Freshmen. Tucker Lorentzen and Alexi Johnson for finishing in the Elite 8 in field-goals out of 45 Juniors.
This year I was named the Midwest Coach for the Team Kicking Tournament, which was the first year this team event was created. We had 13 kids from our region competing. The best team score from the NCS chart won. This year it was the Northeast Team from the NJ area. Unfortunately it wasn't Team Midwest's year, but next year we'll come back bigger stronger!
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Chris Husby
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