re: How hard is it to kick a 45 yard field goal?

Definitely doable I'd think. When I was in high school my friends and I would play 'pick-up' football at a local HS stadium and kick FGs afterwards. None of us were ever formally trained in kicking - my personal best was 37 yards off the ground and my buddy made a 45 yarder once or twice. He was money from 35 and in.

Furthest I've ever made is 35 yards.

That was after about 25 tries and if there was a six foot five offensive lineman in the way, it would've hit him in the back. It was ugly as hell but did go in.

I've played soccer my whole life and have made 45 yarders. But in pads I don't think I could. Also it's hard to be consistent. I might smoke one through and then the very next attempt hit my left guard in the arse.

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I will be given two weeks to practice.

No tee, off the ground. No rush. Just straight on.

I will be given 10 tries too.

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Didn't see this.

Definitely possible from 33. IDK about from 45. If it happens to be windy on game day you are probably screwed from both distances.

Its a lot harder than it looks. No regular Joe can do it

If it was easy it wouldn't even be a part of the game.

Also kickers wouldn't be in the NFL very long. They would get dropped after their first contract and a new guy would be brought in at a lower price, and without the perks that come along with being a veteran in the NFL.

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I started reading on technique and watching videos. Eventually, I started kicking 3-4 times a week. It took me a really long time to get to where i could hit from 30, even few times out of 10.

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I tried this my freshman year in HS, thinking I could make varsity as a kicker pretty easily. I read up on technique and road my bike to a park that had uprights and marked off PAT distance with my mom's tape measure.

I never kicked before, but I was decently athletic and I sucked. It took about 3 weeks to make half my PAT attempts from dead on. Would have been worse if I tried from the hashes.

It's harder than most people think.

I tried it soccer style, which made it harder, never having played soccer. It felt great when I was finally able to strike one clean and straight every few kicks.

Dp