Meet Our New Snapping Coach: Former UCF Snapper Scott Teal

Scott Teal was a snapper for the University of Central Florida from 2012 - 2014.

How did you get involved in football and become a snapper?

In high school, my head coach proposed that I learn how to long snap because the senior long snapper, Chris Guido, was near graduation. I spent an off season learning from Chris and attending camps nearby in Orlando and across the southeast United States. My senior year of high school was my only playing experience as a long snapper prior to college.


What is the best advice you received as a snapper?

The best advice I have received as a long snapper is to have a short memory. As a long snapper, you are probably going to make a mistake at some point in your career. Mistakes should be used as a learning experiencem to understand why it happened and how you can correct it. You should never dwell on a bad play. Instead, look forward to the opportunity of the next play.


Why did you want to start coaching?

I started coaching because I want to help out younger kids learn how to long snap. I wish I had a coach to teach me how to long snap at an earlier age and I want to be able to do that for the kids seeking help.


What did you learn from your experience playing for University of Central Florida?

While at UCF, I learned how to take pride in my work. When I committed to investing physically and mentally into my work, or in this case long snapping, the results were very rewarding. Instead of only working and hoping for benefits, I learned to enjoy working and pushing my own limits.


What do you hope to teach All American Kicking students?

Every snapper’s technique is unique, and some things work for some that may not work for another. I want to teach All American Kicking students techniques that worked for me and that I still work to perfect, but more importantly I want to teach them the mentality and work ethic it takes to be a successful long snapper and student-athlete.

AAK High School Playoffs and College Football Schedule - November 14-16, 2014

Class 8A, Region 1

Flagler Palm Coast (8-2) at Lake Mary (10-0)

Apopka (6-4) at Oviedo (7-3)

Timber Creek (7-3) at West Orange (10-0)

Class 8A, Region 2

Valrico Bloomingdale (9-1) at Dr. Phillips (10-0)

Boone (6-4) at Tampa Plant (9-1)

Class 7A Region 1

Wekiva (8-2) at Orange Park Oakleaf (10-0)

Class 5A, Region 3

Titusville (6-3) at Bishop Moore (10-0)

Class 5A

Mosley (8-2) vs. Godby (8-2)

Class 6A, Region 2

Armwood (10-0) vs. Largo

November 14:

UCF vs. Tulsa

November 15:

Augustana vs. Southwest

Minnesota State

St. Francis vs. Taylor University

N.C. Wesleyan vs. Huntingdon College

Colgate vs. Lehigh

Wagner vs. Duquesne

College of DuPage vs. Atlanta

Sports Academy

Duke vs. Virginia Tech

Florida vs. South Carolina

Temple vs. Penn State

Geneva vs. Westminster

Tusculum vs. Mars Hill

E. Illinois vs. Jacksonville State

Benedictine vs. Culver-Stockton Coll.

Lenoir Rhyne vs. Catawba

Greensboro vs. Averett

University of South Alabama vs. Texas State

Brown vs. Dartmouth

Week 13: AAK Student Scores, Stats and Social Media, November 6 - 8, 2014

November 7:
Colonial 26, Bishop Moore 55

• Bishop Moore's Jake McIntyre with 5 extra points to help his team remain undfeated on the season!

Orangewood Christian 16, Deltona Trinity Christian 6
Oviedo 20, Lake Mary 30

• Congratulations to Lake Mary snapper Jacob Rubenstein on an undefeated season!
• Oviedo's Connor O'Toole with 2 extra points in Friday's game.

Jones 51, Olympia 7

• Olympia's Phillip Shure with the extra point.

Freedom 13, Timber Creek 42

• Christian Morris of Timber Creek with 6 extra points.

Boone 24, Edgewater 14

• Boone's Tommy Townsend wih 2 picks and 2 punts of 48 and 46 yards.

West Orange 50, Ocoee 18

• Congratulations to West Orange's Andrew Brickweg on an undefeated regular season!

Wekiva 38, University 20

• Congratulations to Wekiva snapper Brandon Fields on Friday's win!

Dr. Phillips 37, Winter Park 24

• Ethan Shafer of Dr. Phillips with 4 extra points and a field goal for 24 yards in Friday's win.
• Dr. Phillips goes undefeated in the regular season for the third straight year.

Armwood 42, Strawberry Crest 0 (Tampa)

• Armwood's Sterling Hofrichter with 5 extra points and a 30 yard field goal to help his team go unbeaten in the regular season.

A. Crawford Mosley 26, Walton 13 (Panhandle)

• Mosley's Ben Raybon was 3 for 3 on extra points and had 38 yard field goal to help his team to victory Friday.

Terre Haute North 24, TBD - Sectional Playoffs 34 (Indiana)

• Zach Potter of THN with 3 extra points and a field goal for 29 yards in Friday's game

November 6:

Tusculum 49, Brevard 10

November 7: 

Temple 13, Memphis 16

• Austin Jones of Temple with one extra point and two field goals for 43 and 46 yards.

November 8:

Geneva 34, St. Vincent 30
Colgate 16, Lafayette 19
Wagner 20, Robert Morris 0
FAU 10, North Texas 31
Duke 27, Syracuse 10
Florida 34, Vanderbilt 10

• Florida's Frankie Velez with 4 extra points and field goals for 25 and 40 yards.

Colorado State 49, Hawaii 22
E. Illinois 48, Murray State 26
Benedictine 17,MidAmerica Nazarene University 23
Lenoir Rhyne 42, Alderson Broaddus 7

• Hunter Haire with 7 kickoffs for Lenoir Rhyne on Saturday.

Greensboro 6, N.C. Wesleyan 31

• N.C. Wesleyan's Codan Breckenridge adds 4 extra points and a 21 yard field goal in Saturday's win.

University of South Alabama 10, Arkansas State 45

• Aleem Sunanon of South Alabama with one extra point and a field goal for 41 yards.

Brown 42, Yale 45

• Brown's Grant Senne with 3 extra points and 3 field goals for 33 and 38 yards.

Augustana 7, Concordia St. Paul 17

• Augustana's Lucas Wainman with the extra point.

St. Francis 7, St. Ambrose 10

• Ryan Giachetti of St. Francis with 9 punts for an average of 34.3 yards.
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AAK Week 7 Student Stats and Scores - Week of October 15 - 18, 2014

October 15:
Lake MaryFreshman 7, Seminole 14

Oviedo Freshman 17, Hagerty 14

• William Przystup of Oviedo with 2 extra points and a 4th quarter 28 yard field goal. Congratulations to William being brought up to Varsity for the remainder of the season! On the Freshman team he was responsible for all kicking duties including kickoffs, punting, punting and extra points.

October 16:
St. Cloud 42, Lake Nona 59

• St. Cloud's Andrew Bogaenko went 3 for 3 on field goals for 24, 30 and 31 yards. Bogaenko also had a pooch punt from the 45 to pin Lake Nona at their 7 yard line. He had 2 kickoffs that were touchbacks with a hang time of 3.85 and 3.9. Bogaenko also had an opening onside kick that St. Cloud recovered on the one yard line and were able to score on the next play. .

October 17:
Orangewood Christian 0, First Academy 49
Lake Highland 7, Tavares 58
Bishop Moore 25, Tampa Jesuit 17

• Bishop Moore's Jake McIntyre was 2/2 on field goals of 25 and 27 yards.He also had a touchback and a 40 yard punt.

Lake Mary 48, Lyman 13

• Congratulations to snapper Jacob Rubenstein of Lake Mary on the victory over Lyman!

Easter River 28, Oak Ridge 34
Freedom 7, Boone 33

• Freedom JV's Michael Castaned with one extra point.

University 21, Timber Creek 42

• Timber Creek's Christian Morris with four extra points in Friday's win.

Dr. Phillips 51, Cypress Creek 0

• Ethan Shafer of Dr. Phillips with 7 extra points and 2 punts in Friday's win over Cypress Creek

East River 3, Wekiva 63

• Congratulations to Wekiva snapper Brandon Fields on the huge win over East River!

West Orange 48, Olympia 7

• Olympia's Phillip Shure with the extra point for Olympia
• Congratulations to Andrew Brickweg of West Orange and his team on clinching their first District TItle since 1999.

Plantation American Heritage 30, Apopka 20

• Apopka's Tyler L'Heureux with two extra points Friday

Armwood 56, Lennard 0 (Tampa)

• Sterling Hofrichter of Armwood with 8 extra points in Friday's victory.

Terre Haute North 25, Franklin Central 23 (Indiana)

• Zach Potter of THN with 2 punts for an agerage of 53 yards. One was 65 yards downed at the four yard line, tying a school record! Game average broke school record and set a school record for most punts in a career.
• Zach was 2/2 PAT's, FG 1/1 20 yards and 5 kickoffs with 2 touchbacks.
• For the season: Punts (30) 39.46 yard average with 12 downed inside the 20 yard line and 5 fair catches. 20/23 on PAT's, 6/11 on Field Goals and 37 Kickoffs with 17 touchbacks for a total of 38 points for the season.

October 17:
Temple 10, Houston 31

• Temple's Austin Jones with a 22 yard field goal and extra point in Friday night's game.

October 18:
Duke 20, Virginia 13
Florida 13, Missouri 42

• Florida's Frankie Velez with one extra point Saturday.

FAU 45, Western Kentucky 38

Colorado State 16, Utah State 13
UCF 20, Tulane 13

• Shawn Moffitt of UCF with 30 and 47 yard field goals as well as two extra points in Saturday's win.

Geneva 19, Case Western 33

• Ed Schuster of Geneva punts twice in Saturday's game.

Tusculum 35, Carson Newman 55
Eastern Illinois 52, S.E. Missouri 13
Benedictine 49, Peru St. 6
Lenoir Rhyne 23, Newberry 10

• Hunter Haire with one kickoff of 57 yards for Lenoir Rhyne in Saturday's win.

Greensboro 14, Maryville 39
University of Southern Alabama 30, Georgia State 27

• Aleem Sunanon of Southern Alabama with 3 field goals for 43, 28 and 43 yards as well as 3 extra points.

Brown 16, Princeton 27

• Grant Senne of Brown with 3 field goals for 28, 33 and 19 and an extra point in Saturday's game.
• Congratulations to Grant being named Ivy League Player of the Week!

Colgate 31, Yale 45
Augustana 52, Wayne State 48

• Augustana's Lucas Wainman with a 37 yard field goal 7 extra points in Saturday's win. 

St. Francis 20, University of St. Francis 42

• St. Francis's Ryan Giachetti with 2 punts in Saturday's game for an average of 37.5 yards.

AAK Week 5 Student Schedule: High School and College Games - September 24 - 27, 2014

September 24, 2014
Lake Mary Freshman vs. Winter Springs

September 26, 2014
Orangewood Christian at Foundation
Lake Highland at Warner Christian
Evans at Davenport Ridge Comm.
East Ridge and Oak Ridge
St. Cloud at Gateway
Lake Mary at Seminole
Jones at West Orange
Merritt Island at Oviedo
University at Dr. Phillips
Timber Creek at Olympia
Apopka at Freedom
Winter Park at Boone
Wekiva at Lake Howell
A. Crawford Mosley at Arnold (Pensacola)
Armwood Vs. Jefferson (Tampa)
Terre Haute North vs. Columbus North (Indiana)

September 27, 2014

Augustana vs. U-Mary
University of St. Francis vs. St. Xavier
Duke vs. Miami
FAU vs. Texas San Antonio
Temple vs. UConn
Colorado State vs. Boston College
Geneva vs. Carnegie Mellon
Tusculum vs. Lenoir Rhyne
E. Illinois vs. Ohio University
Benedictine vs. Missouri valley
Wagner vs. Lafayette
College of Dupage vs. Georgia Military CC
University of Southern Alabama vs. Idaho
Brown vs. harvard
Colgate vs. Georgetown

AAK Student Scores, Stats and Social Media - Week of September 18 - 20, 2014

Week of September 18 - 20, 2014

Orangewood Christian 7, Delray Beach Village Academy 24

Lake Highland 3, Eustis 31

Bishop Moore 28, Mount Dora 13

• Bishop Moore's Jake McIntyre with four extra points 

DeLand 6, Lake Mary 35

• Snapper Jacob Rubenstein gets another win with Lake Mary!

Celebration 8, St. Cloud 52

Winter Haven 34, Evans 0

Leesburg 14, West Orange 47

Cypress Creek 0, Freedom 48

Edgewater 45, Olympia 6

• Phillip Shure makes a 21 yard field goal in the first, followed up with a 35 yard field goal in the second to score the only points for Olympia on Friday

Oviedo 55, Hagerty 20

• Connor O'Toole has 7 of 8 PATS Friday to help his team rally back from 13 - 0 at the half to come back to win 55 - 20. What a game!

Colonial 0, Dr. Phillips 35

• Dr. Phillips' Ethan Shafer adds four extra points in his team's win over Colonial

Boone 21, Apopka 43

• Apopka's Tyler L'Heureux adds five extra points Friday for his team's win

Wekiva 12, Oak Ridge 18

A. Crawford Mosley 15, West Florida 39 (Panhandle)

Armwood 28, Robinson 28 (Tampa)

• Armwood's Sterling Hofrichter helps his team to a rain-soaked victory to remain undefeated

Terre Haute North 7, Bloomington North 28 (Indiana)

Duke 47, Tulane 13

Florida 21, Alabama 42

• Frankie Velez adds three extra points for the Gators on Saturday

FAU 19, Wyoming 20

Temple 59, Delaware State 0

• Temple's Austin Jones adds seven extra points for his team's win

UCF 41, Bethune Cookman 7

• Shawn Moffitt adds three extra points for UCF

Geneva College 38, Waynesburg 44

Tusculum 35,  North Greenville 38

Eastern Illinois 63,  Austin Peay 7

• Eastern Illinois' Cody Edwards had four punts for the Panthers, averaging 32.5 yards

Benedictine 23, Central Methodist University 17

Augustana 48, Northern State 17

• Lucas Wainman with a big game for Augustana, making a 36 yard field goal in the first, followed by a 35 yard field goal in the fourth, as well as adding six extra points for the Vikings!

Lenoir Rhyne 51, Wingate 14

Greensboro 37, LaGrange 35

University of South Alabama 6, Georgia Southern 28

University of St. Francis 44, Trinity International University 30

• Ryan Giachetti of St. Francis has 2 Punts averaging 40.5 yards in Saturday's victory

Brown 3, Georgetown 17

• Grant Senne scores Brown's only points of the game with a 22 yard field goal in the second quarter. He also had 6 punts net 43 yard average. Made 23 yard fg and two kickoffs to the goal line with good height. 

Colgate 27, Cornell 12

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The Basics: The Plant Spot

By Coach Nick Fleming

Height, power, and accuracy; all of these are important when it comes to kicking a football, and all are affected by where a kicker plants his foot when kicking.  Here are some tips to ensure you have a proper plant no matter which tee you use.

There are two important factors that affect a kick.  The first factor is how close a kicker’s foot is to the ball on the X-axis (close or far from the ball).  It is difficult to make proper contact if a kicker plants too close to the ball and are unable to open and expose the proper spot on the foot. The distance from the ball, as well as the appropriate amount of body lean, have to be altered to make good contact. When a new kicker is starting out, I recommend planting either a football length or a shoe length away from the ball.  This will allow enough room for the foot to open up and expose the proper spot on a kicker’s foot to make contact with the ball. It will also be close enough for the kicker to maintain good momentum through the football.  This length is a general guideline but can be an inch or two closer or farther away based on the kicker’s comfort level.

The second and more important factor affecting a kick is where a kicker plants on the Y-axis (close or further from the upright).  This axis has greater impact on power and height, but depending on whether the kicker uses a block or kicks off the ground, the plant spot will change.

If a kicker is using a 2” block, the plant should be knuckle of foot even with the football.  This allows contact with the ball to occur when the leg is on its upswing and the ball will get over the line of scrimmage more easily. This is the main purpose for using a block.   If a kicker is using a 1” block, the plant spot will need to move closer towards the uprights, so that the laces are even with the ball.  This will create contact with the ball during the upswing portion of the kick, allowing for better height at the line of scrimmage.  The benefit of using a 1” block rather than to a 2” block is that it allows the kicker to plant further up the Y-axis, with contact on the ball happening closer to leg lock (the point of the swing when the knee locks out), which can generate more power.  A kicker using a 1” tee will need to rely on better mechanics to get the ball over the line of scrimmage versus using a 2” block.

When kicking off the ground without the aid of a block, the plant spot should be back of the heel and even with the ball.  Obviously, a kicker no longer has the aid of raising the ball off the ground to make contact on the upswing, so he will need to rely on great mechanics to get the ball over the line of scrimmage and downfield with good distance.  A benefit to kicking off the ground is the ability to make contact at leg-lock which will create more power. 

New kickers should be aware that using a tee also creates more breathing room for erratic plant spots or swings; so don't jump right into kicking off the ground because it might give a kicker an extra yard or two of distance.  Without proper mechanics, the extra power gained from making contact at leg-lock isn’t noticeable because poor technique won’t allow it to happen.  A kicker should practice off a tee until the mechanics are perfected. 

As a recap, here are the important tips to keep in mind about Plant Spot:

·         A football length or foot length away from the ball is a good guideline for plant spot on the X-axis

·         When using a 2” block, the knuckle of the foot should be even with the ball on the Y-axis

·         When using a 1” block, the top of the laces should be even with the ball on the Y-axis

·         When kicking off the ground, the plant spot should be back of the heel and even with the ball

All American Kicking On the Field and Social Media

Week of August 28-30, 2014 Oak Ridge 28, Apopka 23 - F Dr. Phillips 24, Timber Creek 13 - F Timber Creek's Christian Morris made a 21 yard field goal in the third quarter AAK's Ethan Shafer added three extra points for Dr. Phillips and made a 36 yard field goal mid-way thru the 4th quarter. Bishop Moore 35, First Academy 21 - F  Lake Mary 38, Winter Springs 14 - F  Snapper Jacob Rubenstein helps the Lake Mary Rams to victory over Winter Springs Osceola 48, Freedom 7 - F Oviedo 28, Lake Brantley 6 - F AAK's Zac Bastien kicked three times for Oviedo in the second half AAK's Connor O'Toole hit all 4 pats for Oviedo Wekiva 40, Jones 2 - F AAK's Brandon Fields and Long Snapper helps Wekiva to their huge victory over Jones. Bishop Moore 35, First Academy 21 - F East River 42, Cypress Creek 6 - F Edgewater 41, Evans 6 - F Deltona Trinity Christian 34, Lake Highland 17 - F St. Cloud 59, Centennial Colorado Eaglecrest 56 - F AAK's Andrew Bogaenko kicks a 51-yard field goal en route to victory for St. Cloud. Congrats for being named one of the Top 10 Plays of the Week by the Sentinel! Click here to watch his awesome field goal! West Orange 27, Boone 24 - F Warner Christian 35, Orangewood Christian 0 - F Terre Haute North 10, THS Vigo 21 - F AAK's Zach Potter Stats with THN Via Email: Punts- (8) for 43.0 avg. 5 inside 20 yd. line (3) fair catches and one return for 5 yds. FG- 2/2  (37,29 yards) PAT- 4/4 Kickoff- 7 with 3 touchbacks Armwood 37, Durant 14 - F Via Facebook from Armwood Kicker Sterling Hofrichter: "Won 37-14. Punted three times with two inside the 20 and a 61 yard punt and went 5/5 on extra points" Next Week's Games: Apopka vs. Lake Brantley, 7 Bishop Moore vs. Harmony, 7:30 Dr. Phillips at Olympia, 7:30 Edgewater at Wekiva, 7:30 Evans at Lyman, 7:30 Freedom at West Orange, 7:30 Gateway at Oak Ridge, 7 Lake Mary vs. Osceola, 7:30 Orangewood Christian at Master's Academy, 7 Oviedo at Winter Springs, 7:30 Clermont East Ridge at Tavares, 7 St. Cloud vs. Astronaut, 7:30 Terra Haute North vs. Northview (Indiana) Armwood vs. Blake (Tampa) Air Force 44, Nicholls 16 Colgate 10, Ball State 30 Colorado State 31, Colorado 17 Eastern Illinois 20, Minnesota 42 AAK's Cody Edwards made his college football debut for Eastern Illinois. FAU 7, Nebraska 55 Penn St. 26, UCF 24 UCF kicker Shawn Moffitt makes a 36 yard field goal in the 2nd quarter in UCF's season opener in Ireland. Temple 37, Vanderbilt 7 Temple's freshman kicker Austin Jones makes 19 yard and 28 yard field goals in the 3rd quarter in his college football debut and upset over Vanderbilt. Next Week's Games: Geneva vs. Frostburg Atlanta Sports Academy vs. Fort Benning University of Wisconsin Platteville vs. Buena Vista Augustana vs. Mount St. Joseph Lenoir Rhyne vs. Point Greensboro vs.Guilford University of Southern Alabama vs. Kent State Florida vs. Eastern Michigan FAU vs. Alabama Temple vs. Navy Air Force at Wyoming Don't see your game? Send us an email to make sure we include your game info each and every week! Email amy@allamericankicking.com.

Ready to Snap: Meet AAK Coach Brock Oliver

His college football career began like something out of a dream.

19-year-old Brock Oliver was a true freshman at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the team's long snapper when he was called in during the first half of their season opener against Oklahoma. With no other experience than a few weeks during camp, Oliver kicked off his college football career in front of 85,000 people.

"Playing college football was a dream of mine since I was eight years old," Oliver says. "Watching games on TV and going to games with my Dad, I remember being in awe of the crowd, the players, the traditions, just everything about it. It was something I always wanted to do and I was determined to make that happen." 

Following that first game in 2008, No. 42 was the team's snapper for the next four seasons and named to the Academic All-Southern Conference 2009-2011. Oliver majored in Business Management, graduated and married, but says he was missing his time on the field.

"I was grateful to have been able to live out my dream, but it felt like a piece of me was missing." Oliver adds, "After all those years of preparation and hours of training, it was very difficult to accept the fact that it was all over. There was a huge void in my life to fill."

Oliver began to consider the idea of coaching, something he had enjoyed with his brother, Brynn, in training him to fill his position on the UTC roster after graduating. Brynn successfully made the team and won the starting job, starting all 12 games as long snapper without a single bad snap. "Along with my brother, I have worked with some other high school kids and the snappers at UTC," Oliver says. "After seeing those guys' success, I figured that I must be doing something right."

All American Kicking's Nick Fleming thought he was doing something right, too, inviting Oliver to join the staff as Snapping Director. While snapping instruction has been offered through AAK, it was infrequent and something that Fleming wanted to make a more consistent part of the instructional sessions. Fleming says, "The addition of Coach Brock will allow our snappers to get the same quality instruction as their specialist counterparts." He adds, "I am extremely excited to see the new heights our snappers will reach under Coach Brock's guidance. He brings a great deal of knowledge in snapping technique, along with great experience to share with students about recruiting and college football." 

Oliver will be working with snappers during All American Kicking's weekend sessions, sharing two of his biggest areas of focus: flexibility and having consistent ball placement. Oliver says flexibility is something that is often overlooked and recommends stretching once or twice a day. "It takes all the muscles in your body, working in unison, to execute a perfect snap. It's really hard to be a good snapper, if you're able to bend over, grab the ball, and fire your arms back to the punter, with your legs locking out for full power, without flexible muscles."

The snapping coach says it is important to practice hitting the same target, the punter's hip, every single time. He adds, "Alot of guys out there who specialize in coaching long snappers, coach that speed is everything. While speed is important, college coaches want a guy who they can rely on in a game."

But, there is much more beyond the field that Oliver hopes he can help his students understand, showing them how they can take lessons in football and apply them to other areas of their life. "The game teaches team work, discipline, mental toughness, and other positive character traits that will make you a better man, long after your playing days are over." 

While No. 42's playing days are behind him, he sees how football has opened doors to other opportunities he would not have have enjoyed otherwise. "I really don't think I would be where I am today without having played this game. But now, I am lucky to have the opportunity to work with AAK and get back into the game that I love."