Yuav ua li cas Australian Punters dhau los ua Mainstays hauv College Football, NFL

Hnub Tuesday yav tav su hauv Melbourne, Australia, Nathan Chapman thiab John Smith npaj rau kev sib sau ua ke thiab saib College Football Playoff lub teb chaws kev sib tw ntawm No. 1 Georgia thiab No. 3 TCU.

Cov neeg Australian tsis yog ib txwm paub tias yog cov kiv cua loj loj, tab sis Chapman thiab Smith yog qhov tshwj xeeb. Lawv muaj lub laj thawj zoo kom txaus siab rau lub teb chaws lub npe kev ua si uas tshwm sim hauv SoFi Stadium hauv Los Angeles, lub sijhawm 19-teev sib txawv ntawm Melbourne.

Georgia freshman punter Brett Thorson thiab TCU senior punter Jordy Sandy yog ob yam khoom ntawm Prokick Australia, ib qho kev pab cuam uas Chapman thiab Smith tau koom ua ke hauv 2007 los cob qhia Australia cov neeg ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab.

Chapman tau hais hauv kev sib tham hauv xov tooj lub lim tiam no, "Nws yuav yog qhov txaus nyiam ntxiv los saib qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm kev ua si thiab pom leej twg tuaj yeem tig lub teb thaum lawv xav tau," "Nws yuav tsum muaj kev lom zem heev."

Thorson thiab Sandy yog ntawm kwv yees li 75 tus neeg ncaws pob ntawm Division 1 rosters uas tau pib los ntawm Prokick. Loj hlob sab nraum Melbourne, Chapman tau ua si Australian Rules Football, kev ua kis las ncaws pob uas nrov hauv lub tebchaws thiab koom nrog ncaws pob thaum raug tiv thaiv. Chapman ua si yim xyoo ntawm kev tshaj lij Australian Txoj Cai Football ua ntej teeb tsa nws qhov kev pom ntawm punting hauv NFL.

Chapman kos npe ua tus neeg sawv cev pub dawb nrog Green Bay Packers thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2004, tab sis nws yog tso tawm Lub yim hli ntuj tom qab tshwm sim nyob rau hauv ob preseason ua si thiab punting peb zaug. Tom qab ntawd nws tau muaj kev tawm dag zog nrog Cincinnati Bengals thiab tau mus koom lub minicamp nrog Chicago Bears, tab sis nws yeej tsis tau ncaws tawm hauv kev ua si NFL tsis tu ncua.

Chapman tau tsiv rov qab mus rau teb chaws Australia, qhov chaw nws ntsib Smith, ib tug neeg nyob hauv tebchaws United Kingdom uas tau ncaws rau pab pawg ncaws pob tshaj lij nyob ze Melbourne. Ob leeg txiav txim siab pib Prokick tom qab paub tias muaj ntau txhiab tus menyuam yaus uas ua si Australian Rules Football thiab tuaj yeem hloov mus rau punting hauv football.

Xyoo 2009, thawj peb tus neeg kawm tiav Prokick-kawm Australia tau kos npe rau nyiaj pab kawm ntawv nrog US cov tsev kawm qib siab: Alex Dunnachie (Hawaii), Thomas Duyndam (Portland State) thiab Jordan Berry (Eastern Kentucky).

Txij thaum ntawd los, ntau tus neeg Australians tau ua lawv txoj hauv kev mus rau cov tsev kawm qib siab loj, txawm hais tias txoj kev mus rau Chapman thiab Smith tsis tau yooj yim vim lawv tsis loj hlob hauv Asmeskas thiab tsis muaj kev sib cuag ntau dhau ntawm cov kws qhia ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab.

Tseem, Chapman muab qhab nia ob tug txiv neej tshwj xeeb rau kev pab nws taug kev hauv tsev kawm qib siab football toj roob hauv pes thaum ntxov thiab qhia nws rau cov kws qhia hauv tsev kawm qib siab: John Bonamego, tus kws qhia ntev uas yog Packers 'cov pab pawg tshwj xeeb sib koom ua ke thaum Chapman ua si hauv Green Bay, thiab John Dorsey, tus thawj coj NFL ntev ntev uas paub Chapman los ntawm lawv lub sijhawm siv ua ke nrog Packers.

Chapman tau hais tias "Lawv tau loj heev los pab kuv txuas nrog qee tus kws qhia hauv txoj kev, yeej yog thaum kuv tab tom pib," Chapman hais. "Kuv ua tsaug tas mus li rau kev txuas nrog ob tus ntawd."

Qhov ntawd tsis yog hais tias Prokick yog qhov kev xav thaum hmo ntuj. Chapman thiab Smith tau ua haujlwm nrog cov neeg ua si ntawm lawv cov txheej txheem ob peb zaug hauv ib lub lis piam, cob qhia lawv tau ntau lub hlis thiab ua cov kab xev ntawm lawv cov punters uas lawv xa mus rau cov kws qhia hauv tsev kawm qib siab, uas tsis tau pom cov ncaws pob ntawm tus kheej thiab paub me ntsis txog lawv.

Chapman tau hais tias "Nws nyuaj heev kom ntseeg tau tus kws qhia Asmeskas hauv tsev kawm qib siab kom coj tus neeg nyob rau sab nraud ntawm lub ntiaj teb uas lawv tsis tau pom," Chapman tau hais. "Muaj kev ntseeg siab thiab ntau lub xov tooj thiab ntau lub sijhawm thaum cov kws qhia tsis coj peb cov players."

Sij hawm dhau mus, cov kws qhia hauv tsev kawm qib siab tau ntseeg ntau dua tias Prokick yog qhov chaw yug me nyuam rau cov neeg ncaws pob. Hauv 2013, Prokick alum Tom Hornsey ntawm Memphis Pib ua thawj tus neeg Australian tau yeej Ray Guy Award rau lub teb chaws tus neeg ncaws pob saum toj kawg nkaus. Txij thaum ntawd los, lwm yam Prokick alums tau yeej ib yam khoom plig: Utah's Tom Hackett hauv 2014 thiab 2015, Utah's Mitch Wishnowsky hauv 2016, Texas' Michael Dickson hauv 2017, Kentucky's Max Duffy hauv 2019 thiab Rutgers 'Adam2022 Korsak hauv XNUMX.

Plaub tus qub Prokick ncaws pob tam sim no nyob rau hauv NFL: Wishnowsky (San Francisco 49ers), Dickson (Seattle Seahawks), Arryn Siposs (Philadelphia Eagles) thiab Cameron Johnson (Houston Texans). Berry, lub sijhawm no, siv xya lub caij nrog Pittsburgh Steelers thiab Minnesota Vikings los ntawm 2013 txog 2021.

James Sackville, ib tug Prokick alum uas punted ntawm SMU los ntawm 2016 mus rau 2019, hais tias Australians yog natural ntawm punting vim hais tias lawv tau ua si Australian Rules Football txij thaum lawv tseem me nyuam yaus.

"Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 3 xyoos, kuv tau ncaws pob hauv lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev nrog kuv Txiv, ib yam li tus menyuam muaj 3 xyoos tau ncaws pob ntaus pob lossis ncaws pob ncaws pob nrog lawv Txiv lossis ib tus neeg hauv lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev (hauv Asmeskas), "Sackville hais. "Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb heev rau peb khaws cov txuj ci (punting) txheeb ze rau tus menyuam yaus Asmeskas."

Cov neeg ua si hauv Prokick program cob qhia peb hnub hauv ib lub lis piam ntawm punting nrog rau plaub mus rau tsib zaug hauv ib lub lis piam hauv lub gym nrog cardio thiab lub zog thiab txias. Kev tawm dag zog feem ntau pib thaum 5:30 lossis 6:30 sawv ntxov. Lawv them tus nqi ua haujlwm nrog Prokick cov kws qhia thiab cov kws qhia thiab siv sijhawm 9 txog 18 lub hlis ua ntej mus rau Tebchaws Meskas mus ua si hauv tsev kawm qib siab.

Chapman tau hais tias "Peb sim thiab ua raws li kev kawm ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab," Chapman hais. “Peb tab tom sim ua kom lawv siv rau qhov nws zoo li nyob hauv tsev kawm qib siab. Qhov ntawd yog sawv ntxov, ua kom koj txoj haujlwm ua tiav thiab ua haujlwm tawm. Peb txoj haujlwm yog npaj lawv kom lawv hloov mus rau hauv kev ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab lossis tsev kawm qib siab hauv lub neej yooj yim li lawv tuaj yeem ua tau. "

Raws li lub xyoo dhau los, Prokick tau txais ntau tus neeg rau hauv qhov kev zov me nyuam uas lawv pom tias muaj peev xwm ntawm ib hnub punting hauv tsev kawm qib siab. Tab sis txoj kev tseem zoo li qub hauv Chapman, Smith lossis lwm tus neeg ua yeeb yaj kiab rau cov punters thiab xa cov yeeb yaj kiab mus rau cov kws qhia hauv tsev kawm qib siab, leej twg txiav txim siab seb nws puas tsim nyog mus nrhiav ntxiv. Feem ntau, Prokick punters tau txais nyiaj pab kawm ntawv yam tsis tau mus xyuas cov tsev kawm qib siab lossis ntsib cov kws qhia hauv tsev kawm qib siab ntawm tus kheej.

Sackville nco txog Prokick cov kws qhia ua yeeb yaj kiab uas tsis tau hloov kho, 4 ½ feeb video ntawm nws punting los qhia cov kws qhia hauv tsev kawm qib siab seb nws tuaj yeem ncaws pob tau yooj yim.

"Peb tau yees duab kuv ncaws pob siab thiab deb, uas yog txhua tus txiv neej ua thiab xa nws mus rau cov kws qhia," Sackville, uas yog tus tus tsim ntawm Athletes in Recruitment app uas txuas cov neeg ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm theem siab rau cov kws qhia hauv tsev kawm qib siab. “Nws yog txheej txheem ncaj nraim. Cov neeg xav tias nws nyuaj heev. Tsis yog. Yog tias koj muaj peev xwm, lawv yuav pom koj. "

Nws hais ntxiv tias: "Cov neeg Australian tau ua haujlwm zoo txaus rau ntev txaus hauv kev ncaws pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab uas muaj kev sib raug zoo thiab lub koob npe nrov peev nyob ntawd. Koj tsuas yog coj Coach Chapman's thiab Coach Smith lo lus rau nws vim tias lawv tau txais cov ntaub ntawv qhia meej tshaj 11, 12, 13 xyoo tam sim no. "

Lub lim tiam tom ntej, Prokick yuav nco txog lwm lub sijhawm nco qab thaum Thorson lossis Sandy dhau los ua tus thib ob alum kom yeej lub tebchaws, koom nrog Johnson, uas yog tus punter rau Ohio State thaum Buckeyes yeej lub npe CFP thawj zaug thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2015.

Sandy thiab nws tus phooj ywg thiab yav dhau los ua haujlwm ua haujlwm ntawm lub tshuab ntawv, Tom Hutton, taug kev ob teev nyob rau ib hnub los ntawm lawv lub tsev nyob ze Victoria mus rau tsheb ciav hlau ntawm Prokick. Hauv 2019, lawv txhua tus tau txais nyiaj pab kawm ntawv, Hutton rau Oklahoma State thiab Sandy rau TCU, thiab tau dhau los ua ob ntawm Lub Rooj Sib Tham Loj 12 tus neeg ncaws pob saum toj kawg nkaus.

Thorson, lub sijhawm ntawd, loj hlob hauv Melbourne thiab tuaj txog ntawm Georgia thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2022 tsis ntev tom qab Bulldogs yeej lub tebchaws. Nws yog suav hais tias qhov kev cia siab tshaj plaws hauv kev nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm ntawm 2022, raws li 247Sports Composite. Nine lwm Prokick alums yog nyob rau sab saum toj 15 ntawm kev nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm qeb duas, ib yam nkaus, thiab kos npe nyiaj pabcuam nrog West Virginia, Boston College, Arkansas, Western Kentucky, USC, Boise State, Pitt, Florida International thiab Tennessee.

Tam sim no, nyob deb ntawm cov hnub thaum ntxov thaum Chapman thiab Smith yuav tsum tau tsim kev sib raug zoo thiab ua pov thawj tias lawv txoj haujlwm tau raug cai, cov kws qhia hauv tsev kawm ntawv feem ntau hu rau Prokick thaum lawv tab tom nrhiav cov neeg ncaws pob.

Chapman tau hais tias "Peb tseem tau txais cov lus tawm ntawm xiav thiab hu xov tooj thiab xa mus rau ib tus neeg xav tau kev sib cuag," Chapman tau hais. "Nws yog ib qho zoo thaum sawv los ntawm cov ntawv xov xwm los ntawm tus kws qhia hais tias, 'Koj tau txais dab tsi thiab koj tuaj yeem qhia peb tias nws ua haujlwm li cas?' mus cuag thiab nug txog peb qhov kev pab cuam. Peb yeej txaus siab rau qhov ntawd. "