Being a placekicker in today’s NFL is one of the most high-pressure jobs not just in football, but in all of sports. So how exactly does one go from kicking soccer balls in high school to nailing 50+-yard field goals with an entire NFL organization’s success on the line? I sat down Brent Grablachoff, Miami Dolphins kicker Jason Sanders’ personal kicking coach, to find out.
First, let’s learn a bit about the man who’s been so instrumental in Sanders’ rise to elite status. After competing as a collegiate athlete in his own right, Brent Grablachoff spent several years in marketing and sales before opening Kicking World, one of the nation’s foremost kicker and punter training organizations, to help prep prospective collegiate and professional athletes.