Michael Luckhurst

Cal kicker talks about his father and his field-goal range

Transcript

00:00 - How were you introduced to kicking?

00:03 Did your dad introduce you to it or on your own?

00:05 - It was just kind of around me my whole life

00:07 since just my dad kicking and then my brothers both kicked

00:10 and then my junior year of high school,

00:12 I was like, okay, I'll try this now that my brother's gone

00:15 and I'll take over.

00:17 And then I just started kicking

00:18 and kind of fell in love with it.

00:20 - I'm assuming you never saw your dad kick, did you?

00:24 - I did not.

00:25 That was before my time.

00:26 - Yeah, did you see films a little bit or anything?

00:28 - Yeah, I've seen a couple of videos,

00:30 some funny, some just good kicking, but it's cool.

00:34 - Does he coach you at all?

00:36 - Yeah, yeah, he does.

00:37 But he more on like the mental aspect

00:40 of just like how to go through it,

00:42 go through your process and just make it repetitive.

00:47 - Like what are the instructions as far as that?

00:49 - It's kind of just like, first of all,

00:52 find like your swing that you can repeat every time

00:54 and then just find your rhythm

00:56 and like just stay in it.

00:58 It's just, and every kick's the same kick,

01:00 whether it's a PAP or a 60 yard or just same kick

01:03 and have one swing.

01:04 And it's like golfing with one club, so.

01:06 - How far do you think you can go out and make a field goal?

01:10 - Around 65, yeah.

01:15 It's about my range, yeah.

01:17 - Obviously you'd have to lower the.