How To Kick A Field Goal In Football (7-Step Guide)

Kickers aren't often considered one of the most important players on a team.

That is, of course, until they become the brunt of the blame for missing a key field goal... or until the entire team rushes the field to celebrate after the kicker makes a game-winning kick as time expires.

Kicking is an extremely important part of football that is often overlooked by the everyday fan.

Football coaches know just how important having a good kicking game is, though, which is why an entire coach is dedicated just to helping the kickers get better.

In addition to handling kickoffs, extra points, and sometimes even punts, a place kickers' main job is to convert field goal attempts.

Worth three points in football, a field goal is successful when the ball is kicked in between the two uprights on the goal post.

The ball can hit any of the posts or crossbar and still be good as long as the ball ends up going over the crossbar and in between the two uprights in the end.

While field goals are often seen as a consolation to offenses, racking up points is important no matter how you do it.

Sure, offenses would love to score a touchdown on every possession, but that's just not possible.

When they come up short on fourth down, being able to be in range to attempt a field goal is key, too.

While learning how to kick a field goal looks to be a pretty simple task, there's a lot of skill and technique that goes into it.

A kicker can't just have a strong leg if he wants to be a consistently good place kicker in football.

He needs to learn how to kick a football, how to have great timing with the long snapper and holder, and how to adjust his kicks for the weather conditions and the placement of the ball on the field.

If you want to learn how to kick a field goal in football so that you are converting every time, follow these 7 steps.

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