Punter Kirk Christodoulou?

[VincePITT]

So has Kirk Christodoulou ever played a game of football or did he just go to Prokick Australia (a kicking camp)? I haven't seen any stats, pic's or videos of him playing a game! I guess you don't have to play a game to be recruited as a punter or kicker!

 

[ratking17]

He must have impressed to be offered a scholarship

 

[Hailpitt]

Aussies can punt the damn football!

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

So has Kirk Christodoulou ever played a game of football or did he just go to Prokick Australia (a kicking camp)? I haven't seen any stats, pic's or videos of him playing a game! I guess you don't have to play a game to be recruited as a punter or kicker!

Chris Tilbey of the USC Trojans have a Punter from Prokick Australia too. They do need more coaching for example if you notice he goes to side before he kicks a long tall boomer punt that can last 5 to 6 seconds, but when he takes a straight kick it is not as far and high? My USC Friend showed me that from the Video. He said the USC Kicker did that too until coach out of it and went to a Community College to learn the game before transferring in to USC.

ProKick Australia is starting to become a place where American Football Kickers are coming from for College and Pros he told me. These guys are Big Players too at 6'5" and 6'2" as well.

It shows to me at least that Coach Pat Narduzzi & Staff are on top of good sources to find better Recruits following some trends of Pac-12 and Big-10 Schools. But I'll leave it to others more knowledgeable on techniques to talk about these developments and abilities of these Australia Players where kicking is a big part of their game in this Sport Down Under?

Also, talked about a new concept I never knew about called BLUESHIRTING?
Excerpt:
2016: Tilbey, who has a background in Australian Rules Football, will compete to be USC’s punter as a sophomore in 2016.
2015: Tilbey redshirted as a sophomore punter in 2015 after transferring to USC in the fall of 2015 from a junior college. He was awarded a scholarship by virtue of an NCAA rule known as “blueshirting” (it allows a non-recruited student-athlete to receive athletic financial aid after beginning practice and have that student-athlete count towards the next year’s signing class if the school has reached its NCAA-maximum aid limit for the current year).
JUNIOR COLLEGE: He was a punter and tight end as a 2014 freshman at San Francisco (Calif.) City College. He averaged 39.4 yards on 54 punts in 2014, with 19 pinning opponents inside the 20-yard line, 9 being fair caught and 3 touchbacks.
HIGH SCHOOL: He attended Sandringham School, located in a coastal town near Melbourne, Australia. He played Australian Rules Football in 2011 and 2012 for the Beaumaris Football Club, as well as cricket for the Beaumaris Cricket Club. He also played basketball. He spent 2013 training to punt with ProKick Australia.
PERSONAL: He is an economics major at USC. If he letters at USC, he will be the only Trojan football letterman ever from Australia.
LINK:
http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/chris_tilbey_981791.html

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

More Info On ProKick Aussies Going To America Link:

EXCERPT:
MELBOURNE, Australia – One of the most memorable moments from the college football season involved an Australian punter, for all the wrong reasons.When Michigan’s Blake O’Neill fumbled the snap and lost the ball on the final play of his team’s showdown against Michigan State in October, it handed the Spartans an extraordinary 27-23 victory and the 22-year-old Aussie an unwanted place in the rivalry’s...............
It was no small number. Australian punting is booming as forcefully as one of the towering kicksfrom its collection of college standouts. In the Big Ten East, four of the seven teams will likely feature punters next season who hail from Down Under. The last three winners of the Ray Guy Award for the top punter in the college game has gone to an Aussie, with Memphis’ Tom Hornsey winning in 2013 and Utah’s Tom Hackett the past two seasons.

That’s not a coincidence. It is a bona fide movement. But why?

“American athletes don’t grow up wanting to kick a ball,” Nathan Chapman, head of the ProKick Australia kicking school, told USA TODAY Sports at a recent training session near the center of Melbourne. “But that’s what we do all our lives.” Most of the imports come from a background in Australian Rules football, which is not to be confused with rugby. Aussie Rules, as it is locally known, features kicking for distance and accuracy as an integral part of the game..............
.........The results so far have been impressive. O’Neill’s mistake at the Big House overshadowed a fine season, while Hackett ranked No. 3 in the nation in yards per punt at 48.0 this year and is likely destined for the NFL. Plus more than a dozen ProKick alums play in college, and there are more on the way.

“There has been so much time and effort put into every part of the game,” Chapman said. “There are analytics for everything but punting might be the last frontier in terms of gaining that extra edge that coaches want. Punting, if it is done at an elite, expert level, can dramatically influence the outcome of a game.” The typical Australian punter has a strong mentality to go with a big leg. They are also adept at placing kicks and making the ball bounce sideways.

The next wave of kickers from Australia will include Wade Lees, a former Aussie Rules starlet whose career hit the brakes when he received a controversial drug ban in 2012. Lees said he ordered a weight-loss supplement on the internet that was found to contain traces of a banned steroid. Though the package was intercepted by Australian customs and never entered his possession, he was sidelined for 18 months and lost motivation. However, after a year of working with Chapman, Lees last month accepted a full scholarship at Maryland, having worked to complete high school classes in order to qualify, while also toiling as a laborer to make ends meet. “It feels like I am getting a second chance,” he said.

Thanks to the success of Hackett and other Australians, such as NFL punters Brad Wing (Giants) and Jordan Berry (Steelers), American coaches are now treating Aussie hopefuls as a hot commodity rather than a novelty act.Young U.S.-based kickers are also taking notice.
LINK:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...rokick-school-michigan-blake-oneill/78023852/

VIDEO LINK:
http://videos.usatoday.net/Brightco...1/29906170001_4684170044001_4684049471001.mp4

 

[Zeldas Greenhouse]

Playing Aussie Rules will have you be able to kick a football.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

Playing Aussie Rules will have you be able to kick a football.

They are used to kicking while being on the Run as well. They are adapting to the American Game quite easily and good to see Narduzzi is on top attracting such Kickers just like USC, Michigan, Utah, MSU and others in CFB and NFL is doing the same thing.

 

[Zeldas Greenhouse]

That ball they play with is a bit fatter than a regulation football but it is pretty amazing how those guys can boot the ball on the move.

 

[Cap pitt]

He must have impressed to be offered a scholarship

Why is his name not on the commitment list?