Boys Named Alex Will Become Kickers

I'm sure there isn't a real correlation to this statement at all, but in the Midwest, boys who are named Alex will become kickers, or even Tyler.

Future Football Kicker? Photo from J.Otte Photography (found on Google)

Two months ago, my wife and I were starting to think of names for our "boy to be" that is due to be born around November 1st.  For inspiration on names to consider, I went to my cell phone address book and even my friends list on Facebook to get inspired. 

As I was going through my cell phone and Facebook lists of friends, I started noticing a trend of similar and repeat names of specialists that I was training.  Which made me think and wonder what the most common name of the kickers, punters, and snappers I was training were named.

Kicker Alexi Johnson

Turns out that in my last 3 years of training specialists, the most common name for kids I've trained are specialists named Alex.  And I have 10 of them!  This list includes Alex (6), Alec (3) and Alexi (1).  It's unreal.  The second most common name is Tyler at 5 and then Justin.

According to ESPN's 2012 Statistics, the most common kicker/punter name in the NFL is Matt with 4 (Prater, Bryant, Bosher & Mat McBriar) followed by Mike with 3 (Scifres, Nugent, Koenen).

Snapper Alex Dequaine

The moral of the story is that if you name your child Alex/Alec or Alexi in the Minnesota/Midwest area, you have a high likelihood that they will want to kick, punt or snap a football!

So if you name him Alex, Tyler or Justin, please give me a call :)

Have a great day!

Chris Husby 
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner

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The UnBINGable Question, "How much do cheerleaders really matter?"

A friend of mine, Scott Schneweis, works and creates the Yokal Sports Report.  He asks the question "How much do cheerleaders really matter?"

Scott and I use to be the kicker and punter, respectively, on the same Semi Professional Football team, The Minneapolis Lumberjacks, for about 3 years.

I think this video is rather hilarious.   See below.

 Scott also writes a great and funny blog called New Dad To Be.  Check it out here.

Interesting note:  local Minnesota kickers were used in this video.

Thank you.

Chris Husby
Professional Kicking Coach and Owner
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SuperDad: Chris Husby

Last week I was contacted and featured in the "Super Dad" Featured article from the website NewDadToBe.com.  It's a hilarious Daily Blog from Scott Schneweis, who blogs about his experiences of as a new dad.  Below is the article featuring Coach Chris Husby of Special Teams Football Academy.

SuperDad: Chris Husby

By newdadtobe ⋅ March 22, 2012

I'm not sure if Chris Husby is a better dad or field goal kicker. Perhaps we should put him through some sort of Dad Combine to decide.

Chris Husby is a former NFL prospect and all-around good guy who runs Special Teams Football Academy. He is also a SuperDad. His daughter Olivia is 15 months old and Chris talks about her with more excitement than he talks about football (which is saying something). In search of some useful advice – preferably in the form of sports cliches – I sat down with Coach Husby to talk fatherhood.

Alright Chris, is it tough for a guy’s guy to raise a little girl?

I joke about teaching her how to kick a football, so that she’ll be the first NFL female kicker. I do dress her up in Twins and Vikings outfits.  About 3/4 of our family are Packer fans so I’m trying really hard early on to get her to like the Vikings before everyone else corrupts her.

You’ve been a dad for 15 months now, what’s been your favorite part? 
Watching her grow and develop from a 30-week old premee into being able to walk, clap and say a few words and know that you helped get her to that point. It’s amazing and a little scary to be fully responsible for a human life. 

And the worst part, other than the fear that comes with being responsible for a human life, that is?
3 a.m. feedings when she won’t go to bed aren’t too fun.

Rosalie is three months old. What’s the best advice you can give me for this period in her life? 
Every week just gets better.  Once she gets mobile, the new things she’ll do are endless.  It’s cool watching her learn all these new motor skills that you teach her, and that I used to think were 2nd nature. It will make you rather come home after work than go out and do anything else.

What about for the future, what’s the one piece of advice you would give me?
Start saving money for college.

And the past? What would you go back and tell yourself before Olivia was born?
Get more sleep. Go to bed early.  Start a week before the due date.



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Chris Husby