


Kicking Equipment You Will Need:

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  1. Holder
  3. Kicking Shoes
  4. Football

1.  Setting Up The Football


2.  Taking Your Steps Back


3.  Proper Stance:  Athletic


4.  Approach Steps


5.  Plant Foot and Ball Contact


    • When planted your foot will be pointing to the target.


70 Responses to “Learn How To Kick a Field Goal in Football: Soccer Style”

  1. Anonymous says:


  2. Hi.
    I am having trouble with the technique. Every time I go to kick I seem to be scooping the ball. I goes really high but only about 20 yards. I have kicked a 57-yarder off of a toe bash, so I know it is not the leg. I am assuming it is the technique, please help.

  3. I’m a freshman kicker who is really struggling with consistency. Some days I can hit 40+ yards easily, and other days I have trouble at 30 and closer. I always try to hit with the sweet spot of my foot just below the middle of the ball, but I always end up varying between hitting with my toes, my ankle, and everywhere else on my foot. How can I improve this?

  4. I am 14, 5’7 and am a freshman going into sophomore year. I decided to pick up kicking in the off season but I’m struggling to get good contact with the ball, and also hitting it with the right part of the foot. Another point is that my kicks always go to the left. Any suggestions? (Eighty)

  5. You shouldn’t kick with your toe it can break it

  6. I’m going to try out for kicker in my freshman year and I am practicing now but I am getting no height to my kick but when I do it feels like I’m just scooping it up and not making solid contact.

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  8. I can hit 28 yrd. field goals but i want to hit at least 35 yards.
    I have the power i need the technique. PLZ HELP!

    • Carson Gray says:

      I went to a kicking camp over my spring break… It was Dan Orner and I recommend going to him. We started kicking field goals from approximately the 10 yard line and started working our way back to the 40. The main tip is this, give yourself room for error, you and everyone else in this world is not perfect. Just like the kicker for the Minnesota Vikings, hitting a 40 yard field goals like 3 times but then missing the 27 yarder because he didn’t make room for error. So the tip I am going to give you is pick out something you see behind the goalpost and aim for it (which gives you room for error) and work yourself backwards from the 10 yard line. Thank you for reading. For more information on kicking visit

    • I can kick a thirty yard field goal and I’m only nine years old

  9. I got the opportunity to be kicker in eigth grade and had no kicking experience before and no coach who actually knew proper technique for kicking. I’m now a sophomore and not the best. I use to be a straight on kicker but I’m trying to convert to a soccer style method. I can seem to get the leg swing down. I need help to do this for the next season. My max field goal is from the 25(35 yards) and my max kickoff is about 35-40 yards. Any tips for me?

    • I’m the same way, but I am slowly improving on the soccer style kick. Focus on increasing the flexibility in your kicking ankle, try to rotate your foot more outward than normal when you kick. It feels awkward at first, but once you get the hang of that, you can add in more hip rotation, which is where the power comes from. Hope that helps!

  10. Felipe nogueira says:

    Hey guys, I have a problem with somebody could help me that would be nice! My kicks usually dont have a good heigh. I think it is because my drive step its too long. is that why?

    • Not necessarily. Try starting about 2-3 inches closer to the ball than normal. Keep your drive step the same length, and by the time you reach the ball with your final step, you should be able to get more under the ball. If you get too much under it, try moving back from your starting position an inch or two, until you find your balance. Hope that helps!

  11. hey everyone i have a problem. I cant seem to make solid contact with the football. I know how im supposed to connect with the ball but i cant seem to do it. I always end up scooping the ball even though i lock my ankle at the full extent of my downswing. Does anyone know why this is? Foot to ball contact is a real problem area for me. Please help!

  12. I have a problem with making contact on the football with the large bone on top of your foot, the 1st metatarsal.
    What exercise do you suggest to make perfect contact and ex. photo contact on the football .

  13. Where does the ball hit on the foot and is the ankle turned out. Sure would like to see a photo of this contact.


    Please fix the article. The ball can not be perpendicular to the ground and leaning towards the holder at the same time. It is either leaning or perpendicular. Can not be both. Myself, I am trying to learn how to kick, and this is the reason I am writing this comment. I want to know which one is the right ball placement – perpendicular or leaning ? Thank you!

    • Anonymous says:

      if you look at it from the side it will be perpendicular

      • Anonymous says:

        The “tip” is a few degrees toward the holder in the plane parallel to the goal line. I.e. start with ball straight up and down then tip slightly toward the holder keeping both tips of the ball in the plane parallel to the goal line.

  15. Anonymous says:

    The struggle is real…..

  16. Varsity coach asked me to come out and kick for the team next year for my senior year. Any suggestions for what cleat to go with? I know some people use soccer cleats but not sure what to get

    • Definitely go with soccer cleats. They are already optimized for kicking and are easy to find. I prefer adidas, but all the brands have comparable performance.

      I used to hit 60 yarders (off a block) in high-school while wearing regular football cleats, though, so don’t worry about the cleats too much. Technique and leg training is the real key.

      • Boaz Chung says:

        I completely agree with Eric, I play kicker for my high school team and I use soccer cleats and I can kick 47 yarders as a first year kicker. You just need to remember that not all soccer players make good kickers. I use my adipures and use t90s for a little bit. I recommend a soccer cleat that you use often. But if you don’t have any, I would recommend vapors, hypervenoms, and maybe tiempos. But cleats do not matter. As long as you have good form and get lots of practice you will be fine. I was not the best in the beginning… I struggled to hit field goals from the 25 but now I can kick them from the 37 and the block helps a lot. So, practice,practice, practice.


    • It may be your live holder not placing the ball quickly enough or correctly. I use the same metal holder you are referring to. I would suggest using a 1″ block and planting where the imaginary line through where your toes meet the foot is even with the middle of the block.


    • Make your contact where the “white line” on a football would extent to the back side, this is the sweet spot.

  19. Caleb Henderson says:



    • This has been my first year kicking. I am 15 and have experienced quite an array of techniques already. my max distance is 40 yards and I’m here to help. Do not make the contact with your laces but instead with the bone on the inside of your foot right next to the laces. Make sure that your knee and ankle BOTH are completely locked and make sure you are following through! For max power on a kick, on your backswing flex your toe and keep it flexed all the way through the kick. This will make sure ankle is locked.

      • Dude, I need help…my coach said if I get to 40 yards, ill start varsity.,,I’m 13 and I can only kick 35. VARSITY FOOTBALL. all I need is a couple tips on maximum power a d accuracy

      • Boaz Chung says:

        Zac, i would recommend that you just need to practice. If you on’t already, I would recommend to add a tiny hop after you kick. I did not do this in the beginning so i was only able to kick it from the 25(35 yds) at max. But when I added the tiny hop I can kick it from the 37(47 yds).

      • Uh Zac if you’re only 13 yrs old and your coach said you can play varsity football if you can prove to him you can make a 40 yarder, then how the hell can you play varsity football when you’re not even close to being a freshman in high school? ???. Unless you have a varsity football placement in middle school. CHANGE YOUR LIE!!

  21. Vander grooms says:

    Ignore the second one

  22. Vander grooms says:


    • chris bonham says:

      kick the ball closer to the middle of the ball and when u kick follow through by skipping with your plant foot

      • Boaz Chung says:

        You can also try to take more steps behind the ball. This will give you more time to gain momentum and the momentum will give you more power into the ball. The kinetic energy from your body goes to your foot then transfers over to the ball giving you more power

  23. Vander grooms says:


  24. it works

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      • Boaz Chung says:

        I have the same problem like you…If you have this problem I would recommend approaching the ball at a different looks like you are aiming wide right but when you turn the hips, you will hit it more to the left which can make it go straight and into the field goal…I tried it and it does help a lot.




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    • Boaz Chung says:

      I don’t think there is a way to get better without practice. I could recommend getting a soccer ball and practice kicking the soccer ball with the laces…You could also watch some youtube videos.

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