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Strangely enough, kicking was not really a specialty at any level of American football until the late 1960s/early 1970s. Some teams had guys who were very good kickers, but they most of them played other positions first. Ray Guy, the first noted punting specialist, played quarterback in high school and defense in college. Even in the pros, Guy was an emergency quarterback. Garo Yepremian was one of the first placekickers to solely come along as a placekicker. He was the one of the first, too, of the soccer-style kickers. If you watch really old NFL games, the style of placekicking was much different: straight on. Yepremian brought over the Euro-style football kick. You see that pretty much everywhere now. For a time, the NFL was actually recruiting Europe to find these players, which landed Toni Fritsch in the NFL without even having seen a game. Morten Andersen was for a time considered the NFL most reliable placekicker in history, in part because he was an ageless wonder, also in part because he was meticulous in tracking his kicks. Andersen came to America as an exchange student, began kicking in high school and parlayed that into a deal with Michigan State. In the South, many high schools look for Hispanic players to be their kickers because of the perceived soccer bacckground, though there has been a big increase in the past 20 years overall in Hispanic players at many positions.
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harperdc posted:Oregon high school basketball used to not have shot clocks even inside the last decade I think, it’s just a lot of bad four corners offense. No fun. The shot clock is only now begining to get traction in high school basketball. Georgia began phasing it in two years ago and the private and public school leagues are using it in all games this year. The NFHS has declined to make it a rule for everybody. Having watched a ton of both, there really isn't much difference in pace of play. I am one of those weirdos, though, who prefers having the option to stall. A four corners offense done right is poetry to see. I do understand why the pros and colleges needed to go to a shot clock.
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