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Originally Posted by bhlloy
Interesting. I can’t for the life of me imagine why a kicker who can kick off a tee doesn’t have the leg strength to be at least a passable punter, I can understand why a punter might not have the accuracy to kick FGs.
Assuming that is the trend at the HS level, I wonder if it’s down to parents not allowing kids to play any other position due to safety.
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Doesn't seem to have been a factor in the cases I see. We've had two soccer players kick (but that couldn't punt), we've had a D1 scholarship kicker who played QB but also was no better than our #3 or #4 punter, we had a punter (now the punter at Ga Southern) who played nothing else but also didn't kick.
I'd say it's more a function of different skill sets + the positions being specialty trained separately