He calls it the “spin kick” and it’s like something out of a Harlem Globetrotters’ playbook for high school football.
The ball rests on its side and is spun backward with one foot, then forward with the other, forcing it to rotate on one point like a high-speed top. With a running start, he launches the free-spinning leather 45 yards through a pair of field goal posts.
You can watch Matt Ammendola — a kicker from North Penn High School about 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia — master the spin kick in a Bleacher Report video that’s been viewed more than 25,000 times on its website.