Kicking: 9:00 AM – 1 PM
Punting: 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
Coach Bowen explaining full field goal operation
Hillsdale College Football Stadium
Who is Michigan kicking camp for?
- Michigan Kicking Camp is recommended for kickers and punters of ages 12 to 19. Majority of athletes are in 14 to 17 age group.
- Kicker skill level varies from beginner kickers to more experienced kickers with several years of camp and playing experience.
What will kickers learn?
- NFL-level kicking skills
- How to train like a professional kicker
- How good their kicking ability is compared to their peers
- Execution of game kicks – directional kickoffs, onside kicks, coffin corner punts, hurried punts, kicking field goals in bad weather, etc.
Is there college exposure for kickers at this event?
- Yes. Rising sophomore, junior, and senior kickers go through standardized charting session. If their performance is at a level that would generate college interest, we add them to top prospects page and we refer them to colleges that are interested in them.
Additional Kicking Camp Information
- Why our kicking camp? Because there are no kicking coaches on middle school, high school, or college football teams. So, what are you going to do when a coach gives you couple footballs and tells you to “go practice”? We teach you how to kick, how much to kick, how often to kick, how to make adjustments on windy days, etc.
- There are significantly more opportunities for playing time and college scholarships for punters and combos than kickers-only. Therefore, consider learning learning how to punt. Your coach and college coaches will value you more as an athlete.
- Parents are welcome to stay and observe instruction and evaluation. Usually about half of parents stay and learn kicking.
Kicking Camp 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
Kicker training in Michigan
- We host three annual full day kicking camps in Michigan – December in Grand Rapids, June at Hillsdale College, and early August in Ann Arbor. If you are on west side of the state, coach Filipovic works with kickers in one on one setting in Chicago.
- Coach Filip Filipovic – NFL Veteran, Kicking Coach
- KC Lopata – former Michigan Kicker, Kicking Coach
- NFL and/or Big 10 specialists. The Kicking Coach Alumni includes many current and former NFL and Big 10 specialists who assist with coaching at the camps.
Coach to camper ratio is always 1:7 or better.
$50 refundable deposit is due at sign up. Remaining balance is due on the day of the event.
Deposit is refundable for any reason up until 10 days before the event. If you have to cancel within 10 days of the event, you can transfer your payment toward any other event that we host.
