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 Week 9 Student High School and College Schedule - Week of October 23 - 26, 2014

October 23:

Freedom vs. Colonial

Apopka vs. Edgewater

Timber Creek vs. Hagerty

Boone vs. Cypress Creek

Dr. Phillips vs. Evans

Wekiva vs. Ocoee

October 24:

Melbourne C. Catholic vs. Orangewood

St. Cloud vs. Liberty

Bishop Moore vs. Lake Highland

Spruce Creek vs. Lake Mary

Winter Park vs. Oviedo

Armwood vs. King (Tampa)

A. Crawford Mosley vs. Rutherford (Panhandle)

October 24:

University of Southern Alabama vs. Troy

October 25:

FAU vs. Marshall

Temple vs. UCF

Colorado vs. Wyoming

Geneva vs. Bethany

Tusculum vs. Wingate

E. Illinois vs. Tennessee State

Benedictine vs. Graceland U.

Wagner vs. Central Connecticut

Lenoir Rhyne vs. Mars Hill

Greensboro vs. Christian Newport

Brown vs. Cornell

Colgate vs. Albany

NC Wesleyan vs. Methodist

Augustana vs. Minnesota State

St. Francis vs. Marian

October 26:

College of Dupage vs. UW Whitewater

AAK Student Scores, Stats and Social Media - Week of September 24 - 27, 2014

Orangewood Christian 21, Foundation 20
Merritt Island 20, Oviedo 45

• Connor O'Toole with six PAT's and a 42 yard field goal in the fourth quarter for Oviedo

Lake Highland 2, Warner Christian 62
Evans 27, Davenport Ridge Comm. 36

• Evans' Alberto Escobedo adds three extra points for his team Friday

East Ridge 10, Oak Ridge 57
St. Cloud 36, Gateway 14

• Huge game for St. Cloud's Andrew Bogaenko on Friday! Bogaenko had a record breaking game with five field goals of 33, 32, 49 23 and 34 yards in rainy conditions.
• Click here for more on Bogaenko's big game!

Lake Mary 28, Seminole 21

• Snapper Jacob Rubenstein helps his team to victory Friday over Seminole.

Jones 14, West Orange 50
University 0, Dr. Phillips 49

• Ethan Schafer of Dr. Phillips was 4-6 of deep kickoff's resulting in touchbacks, 6-6 pats, one punt 38 yards 4.6 hang

Timber Creek 49, Olympia 7

• Phillip Shure adds the extra point for Olympia in the second quarter

Apopka 47,  Freedom 14

• Apopka's Tyler L'Heureux adds two extra points for his team in the first quarter

Winter Park 13, Boone 16
Wekiva 39, Lake Howell 6

• Wekiva snapper Brandon Fields helped lift his team to victory Friday

A. Crawford Mosley 13, Arnold 10 (Pensacola)

Armwood 42, Jefferson 0 (Tampa)

• Armwood's Sterling Hofrichter adds six extra points for his team's win over Jefferson

Terre Haute North 24, Columbus North 30 (Indiana)

• THN's Zach Potter makes his 19th career field goal during the fourth quarter Friday to break alum and New York Giants Punter Steve Weatherford's record. Click here to watch what the Giant had to say to Zach.

Next Week's Schedule:

Lake Mary Freshman vs. Oviedo
Lake Mary at Lake Brantley
Mt. Dora at Lake Highland
St. Cloud at Harmony
Tavares at Bishop Moore
Oviedo at University
Evans at Olympia
Apopka at West Orange
Boone at Dr. Phillips
Timber Creek at Winter Park
Terre Haute North vs. Blooming South (Indiana)
A. Crawford Mosley vs. Pensacola Catholic (Panhandle)

Augustana 52, U-Mary 0

• Huge game for Augustana's Lucas Wainman, who made a 32-yard-field goal and added 7 extra points for his team.

University of St. Francis 13, St. Xavier 28

• St. Francis's Ryan Giachetti with 5 punts in Saturday's game with an average of 33 yards

Duke 10, Miami 22
FAU 41, Texas San Antonio 37
Temple 36, UConn 10

• Congratulations to Temple's Austin Jones, the AAC Player of the Week! Jones had a big game this weekend, making 34 and 47 yard field goals as well as four extra points for his team Saturday. Jones is the second leading scorer for the team with 33 points! He has already pasted Temple in field goals for last year. He is 18 for 18 PAT and 5 for 7 in field goals.

Colorado State 24, Boston College 21
Geneva 21, Carnegie Mellon 22
Tusculum 9,  Lenoir Rhyne 47
E. Illinois 19, Ohio University 34

• Eastern Illinois' Cody Edwards with 5 punts in Saturday's game averaging 30 yards

Benedictine 22, Missouri Valley 29
Wagner 23, Lafayette 35
College of Dupage 6, Georgia Military 52
University of Southern Alabama 34, Idaho 10
Brown 14, Harvard 22
Colgate 19, Georgetown 0

• Congratulations to Colgate's Duncan Brennan with his first career kick this past weekend! Brennan took the last kickoff and made the tackle in Saturday's win over Georgetown.

Next Week's Schedule:

FAU vs. FIU
UCF vs. Houston
St. Francis vs. Concordia
Augustana vs. Upper Iowa
Florida vs. Tennessee
Colorado St. vs. Tulsa
Webber vs. Atlanta Christian
Tusculum vs. Catawba
Benedeictine vs. Emanuel University
Warner vs. Alderson Broaddus
College of DuPage vs. Trinity Valley
Lenoir Rhyne vs. Brevard
Greensboro vs. Huntington
University of South Alabama vs. Appalachia State
Brown vs. Rhode Island
Colgate vs. Holy Cross

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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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."