Some speculate that because he's pressing on the kickoff part that his 'swing' is getting out of kilter all around.
Who's saying that? Because even if it's wrong, it's still a good theory.
Ingraining a new movement into your muscle memory takes time - conventional wisdom is that it takes between 3,000 and 5,000 repetitions, and if you try to rush the process, you can just make it worse by memorizing your mistakes. And injury is always a concern:
Here's what Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop (the jokes write themselves) had to say:
“We’re kind of like pitchers,” Succop said. “A pitcher can’t go out and throw every day. If he goes out and pitches every day, his arm’s going to have all kinds of problems. We’re kind of the same way. We try to put a number on how many reps we hit each day. It’s really quality over quantity. I can’t go out and kick 100 balls every single practice or I’m going to run into all kinds of problems.”
Read more here:
Chiefs kicker Ryan Succop doesn?t shy away from competition | The Kansas City Star
So even if Forbath can get in 30 good, full speed reps per day (normal range for a kicker), we're talking months before he's got a swing he can rely on, and we might see him kicking well (for somebody else) next year.
So our best hope is that he adjusted his swing last March, and he's just an extra cup of coffee away from being Morton Anderson.
I'll take either really as long as whoever we pick sets a record for most extra points made in a year.
I wonder if kickers get that incentive included in their contracts?
Coach: "Forbath! Where you going?"
Kicker: "Going out to kick an extra point, Coach."
Coach: "But we haven't scored yet! It's only first down!"
Kicker: "Oh, that's a rule, now?"
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