— CHICAGO KICKING CAMP – MAY 2025

NFL Kicker Austin Seibert talking about how he modifies his kicking shoes.

Strength Coach Danny Cola teaching kicking mobility and balance.

Kicking Camp Summary

• Recommended Camper Age: 12 – 19. Average age is 14-17.
• At all of our kicking camps, athletes: 1. learn the skills that are used by NFL and successful college kickers, 2. learn how to train effectively all year around, 3. receive subjective and objective evaluation of their current kicking abilities
• Chicago Illinois Kicking Camp is a small event that allows coach Filipovic and his staff to devote a huge amount of attention to every athlete, making sure that they understand how to kick and how to train in order to reach their full kicking potential.
• The Kicking Coach is based out of Chicago. We host 3 annual full day kicking camps in the area (January, May, July), and many small group training sessions. We also work with kickers in one on one setting.
• Skills taught: Field Goals, Kickoffs, Punts. We teach the most efficient techniques that are used by NFL and top college kickers while allowing room for individual nuances.
• Camper skill level varies from the first time kickers to more experienced kickers with several years of camp and playing experience. We tailor instruction to the individual.

• College Potential Evaluation: We chart and evaluate athletes for college referrals. Athletes who are going into their junior and senior seasons of high school will complete our standardized testing workout. Statistics and observations from the evaluation are used for college referrals.
• We teach execution of game kicks – directional kickoffs, onside kicks, coffin corner punts, hurried punts, kicking field goals in bad weather, etc.
• Parents are welcome to stay and observe instruction and evaluation.
• At the Chicago Illinois Kicking Camp, our top priority is to teach kickers and punters how to train and improve while kicking on their own. There are no kicking coaches on middle school, high school, or college football teams. When your high school coach gives you couple footballs and tells you to “go practice”, you need to know… How to kick? How much to kick? How often to kick? What to tell your snapper and holder? How to make adjustments for different conditions? Etc.

EVENT SCHEDULE:

8:50 AM      Camp Check in for Kickers and Kickers/Punters

9:00 AM     Kicking Fundamentals Instruction

12:15 PM       Evaluation of field goals and kickoffs

1:00 PM      Camp ends for Kickers Only. Lunch break and rest for kickers/punters

2:30 PM      Check-in for punters only

2:35 PM      Punting Fundamentals Instruction

3:30 PM      Punting Evaluation

4:30 PM      Instruction and Practice of game-scenario punts

6:00 PM      Camp ends for all athletes

*Many athletes shy away from punting because it is a more difficult skill. This is exactly why there are significantly more opportunities for playing time and college scholarships for punters and combos than kickers-only. Please consider learning the skill of punting. Nobody is born a good punter. Every great punter had to start somewhere.