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Barefoot Kickers
Posted on 8/6/10 at 12:52 am
Posted on 8/6/10 at 12:52 am
I'm watching the 1985 Cotton Bowl (BC vs. Houston) on CBS College Sports right now. Houston's kicker is a barefoot kicker.
I've never seen this in recent times. When did barefoot kickers become less prevalent? Is it an NCAA rule you have to wear shoes now? What's the advantage to kicking barefoot?
I've never seen this in recent times. When did barefoot kickers become less prevalent? Is it an NCAA rule you have to wear shoes now? What's the advantage to kicking barefoot?
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Posted on 8/6/10 at 12:56 am to Bread Orgeron
better feel for the ball?
I used to see this shite in high school ALL the time in the mid-90's or so. But yeah, it's pretty dead now.
I used to see this shite in high school ALL the time in the mid-90's or so. But yeah, it's pretty dead now.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 1:36 am to TexasTiger08
I don't like how some wear 2 different shoes.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 2:01 am to WarhawkTiger6
they are extinct.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 2:03 am to Bread Orgeron
Technology killed it.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 7:14 am to JJ27
For some reason i could always punt the frick out of a football barefoot
Posted on 8/6/10 at 7:17 am to Detroit Dan
In high school when I kicked I tried it. If you're kicking PATs its not too bad, and it allows you to get under the ball and get it over the line quicker (though in HS you can use the block). However if you try to smash the ball on a 50 yarder... well your foot will feel like you nailed a cinder block.
I used to wear two shoes. Metal studded Puma Kings for traction on my plan foot and some old school Adidas Predators for kicking.
I used to wear two shoes. Metal studded Puma Kings for traction on my plan foot and some old school Adidas Predators for kicking.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 8:51 am to Bread Orgeron
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Barefoot Kickers
Didn't that become big in the late 80's and fade out mid-90's?
Posted on 8/6/10 at 8:56 am to Bread Orgeron
Old School LSU Tiger "Clay Parker"...look him up!
Grew up watching him kick bare-footed!
Grew up watching him kick bare-footed!
Posted on 8/6/10 at 8:58 am to Bread Orgeron
quote:
Is it an NCAA rule you have to wear shoes now?
Nope
Posted on 8/6/10 at 9:30 am to SM6
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However if you try to smash the ball on a 50 yarder... well your foot will feel like you nailed a cinder block.
Well I saw that kicker for Houston (85 Cotton Bowl) kick barefoot on a kickoff. Would that feel the same?
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Didn't that become big in the late 80's and fade out mid-90's?
I dunno
I wasn't born til '89 so that's why I'm wonderin 
I think I'd heard of it before, but never seen it until I was watchin that Cotton Bowl replay. quote:
Old School LSU Tiger "Clay Parker"...look him up!
Just looked him up
Posted on 8/6/10 at 9:35 am to WarhawkTiger6
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I don't like how some wear 2 different shoes.
Football shoe with front toe cleat for grip and stopping, soccer cleat with no toe cleat for better kicking. Makes sense to me.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 10:04 am to MemphisTiger
i don't see how people kick/punt a football without it stinging like hell. Maybe I just don't hit it in the right spot of my foot, but I can punt about 50 yards and kick a 40 yard fg so i don't know.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 10:14 am to LSUtoOmaha
Tony Franklin...one of the best barefooters ever.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 10:14 am to LSUtoOmaha
If you hit it right it doesn't hurt much. But if you midgut it...wow!! I was a straight ahead barefoot kicker. Could make them from 50 in practice and it didn't hurt anymore than a PAT.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 10:36 am to WarhawkTiger6
Posted on 8/6/10 at 11:02 am to Tigertown in ATL
:thatshandicappedist:
Posted on 8/6/10 at 11:07 am to Bread Orgeron
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:thatshandicappedist:
yeah just calling the guy out for dissing the handicapped and the Saints.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 11:19 am to Tigertown in ATL
They do it to get contact from the hardest part of foot to ball. That's why kangaroo on some diadoras and lottos are so thin. The copas are also built this way.
Posted on 8/6/10 at 11:57 am to sms151t
kicking soccer balls barefooted always fared better as well. would never play soccer barefooted though thats just asking for your feet to get stomped on
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