2010 Ohio Off-Season Kicking Clinic

After a huge success of Illinois and Michigan Off Season Clinics we expanded east to include a great football state of Ohio. Sold out clinic took place in March at the University of Akron 's beautiful indoor facility. Staff was very talented, consisting of future NFL kickers and punters.
From Left: Jon Thoma - OHIO STATE, Aaron Bates - MICHIGAN STATE, Aaron Pettrey - OHIO STATE, Myself, Craig Burgess - IUP, Todd Carter - GRAND VALLEY STATE, Zach Johnson - EASTERN MICHIGAN, Dan Conroy - MICHIGAN STATE


Filip Filipovic
THEKICKINGCOACH.COM

Mesko and Swenson handling kicking duties for Team North in Senior Bowl

Two TKC staff members were selected to play in the UnderArmour senior bowl that is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 30th in Mobile, Alabama. Game is televised on NFL network at 3 PM Central time.

Brett Swenson, Michigan State and Zoltan Mesko, University of Michigan, were both 4 year starters who completed their college careers with too many honors to list in this entry.

Zoltan Mesko
Brett Swenson (on far right)

Filip Filipovic
TheKickingCoach.com

"The Michigan Daily" Newspaper Article

This is a short article on twitter kicking tips, college specialists competition, etc.

"With Tweets and coaching tips, Filipovic helps Mesko, 7 other Big Ten Kickers"

BIG 10 Visits

One of my favorite things to do is to visit BIG 10 campuses, watch games and kick with my guys. Week 1 - Michigan State, Week 2 - Wisconsin, Week 3 - Michigan...


WISCONSIN

MICHIGAN STATE

PURDUE
IOWA
MICHIGAN
ILLINOIS

Filip Filipovic
THEKICKINGCOACH.COM

Signs that a college coach is interested in you

This is a great article written by Kris Crause, founder of NCSA and a former D1 scholarship athlete.

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The answer to this question will always vary based on the age of the prospect, the sport, the division level and the individual program, amongst other factors in the process. However, here are the top indicators of a coach’s level of interest, in declining order:

1. Full scholarship offer in writing
2. Full scholarship offer made verbally
3. Partial scholarship offer in writing
4. Partial scholarship offer made verbally
5. Offer of an official visit
6. Phone calls from the head coach on the first day of the contact period, which varies by sport
7. Hand-written weekly letter from the head coach or assistant coach (the former indicates higher interest)
8. Athletic application with fee waiver
9. Letter from the head coach or assistant coach with an invitation to call or email (the former indicates higher interest)
10. Offer of an unofficial visit or game day visit
11. Request for game, highlight, or skills video
12. Invitation for pro-rated one-day summer camp visit
13. Questionnaire and letter inviting the student-athlete to correspond or call

Filip Filipovic
THEKICKINGCOACH.COM

Great College Season Coming Up !

I was looking through the college football schedule today and marking all the games that I cannot miss. There are too many because...

1. I LOVE BIG 10 FOOTBALL.
2. There is a game every Saturday in which 2 or more The Kicking Coach alumni/staff will face each other on the field.

If you attended one or more of our kicking camps this year, you probably met many of them and had a chance to kick with them.

Here are just a few games you should try to watch:

9/5 Illinois vs. Missouri (D. Dimke K Illinois, A. Lalich P Missouri)
9/12 Northwestern vs. Eastern Mich. (S. Demos KP NW, Z. Johnson P EMU)
9/19 Michigan vs. Eastern Mich. (Z. Mesko P MI, Z. Johnson P EMU)
9/26 Michigan vs. Indiana (C. Hagerup P IN, Z. Mesko P MI)
10/3 Michigan State vs. Michigan (A.Bates & Swenson MSU, Mesko MI)
10/10 Iowa vs. Michigan, Illinois vs. Michigan State
10/24 Illinois vs. Purdue (Dimke K IL, C. Wiggs K Purdue)

etc...

Filip Filipovic
THEKICKINGCOACH.COM

Zoltan Mesko named to Playboy PreSeason All America Team

Zoltan Mesko, University of Michigan's punter, was named to his first of many preseason All-America teams. Zoltan is a TKC student and a staff members. He assisted with coaching of the punters at every camp of 2009 and will be present at both Chicago and Michigan Preseason camps at the end of July.

Read the press release on Michigan's site

http://www.mgoblue.com/football/article.aspx?id=181338

Filip Filipovic
THEKICKINGCOACH.COM