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I am wondering if anyone here who's mocking Sarah for her kickoff has ever kicked a football off a tee? Her kick was not great but if you want to be real she was not going to reach the end zone so it was the wise decision to kick short. Here's a challenge to all of you who think it is easy. I challenge you to go to Wal-Mart (why spend more than necessary) and purchase a tee and regulation football and head to the park. Trust me a small park will be fine because you will not be able to kick it particularly far. Warm up, set it on the tee and kick 15 to 20 and let me know how far you were able to kick it in the air. FYI in high school and college I could kick it 40-45 yards in the air off the tee. I attempted to walk on in college but didn't have the leg and I never played football in high school, only soccer. You will quickly discover that it's not as easy as you think.

I am wondering if anyone here who's mocking Sarah for her kickoff has ever kicked a football off a tee? Her kick was not great but if you want to be real she was not going to reach the end zone so it was the wise decision to kick short. Here's a challenge to all of you who think it is easy. I challenge you to go to Wal-Mart (why spend more than necessary) and purchase a tee and regulation football and head to the park. Trust me a small park will be fine because you will not be able to kick it particularly far. Warm up, set it on the tee and kick 15 to 20 and let me know how far you were able to kick it in the air. FYI in high school and college I could kick it 40-45 yards in the air off the tee. I attempted to walk on in college but didn't have the leg and I never played football in high school, only soccer. You will quickly discover that it's not as easy as you think.

I am pleased she's getting an opportunity to kick for Vanderbilt this weekend. The fact that she can make history is cool as well. There is honestly some PR to it as well, we all know Vandy's football team is not particularly good. Her form is just fine, both of my boys play high level soccer here in Dallas and my 11 year old's form is similar to Sarah's and he can strike the ball. Honestly I prefer not to be in net when he shoots, even though he's a defender. My son's coach 100% rebuilt his shot in 2019. My 11 year old son's club coach played pro in Europe (as a keeper) so I am guessing he knows more about kicking a ball than Desmond Howard. As someone who played 25 years of soccer throughout my life (I am 47 years old) and now my 2 sons play high level soccer here in the Dallas area I know more about kicking then Desmond Howard will ever know (I attempted to walk on in college but just didn't quite have the leg, PS I never played high school football). You also do not want to use a Striker (sticker) as a kicker because as a Striker you want to "drive" the ball (lower and with power) as opposed to a keeper who is to "sweep under" the ball and put it high into the air. I do not care if Desmond has an opinion BUT when you are ignorant of what you are discussing you should just keep it to yourself.