I don't know much at all about football. I saw an article today about pro coaches icing the kicker. What does that mean, and how is it done? I've never heard of that term before. Thanks!
2007-10-12 11:50:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Icing the kicker refers to when the opposing team calls a time out just before the kicker kicks the ball to give him a little longer to be nervous about his kick. The idea is to get him to miss. Since self-doubt is a natural tendency, the idea's a good one.
2007-10-12 11:54:47 · answer #1 · answered by Jim P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Icing the kicker" is when you try to disrupt the kicker's mental focus before he kicks a field goal. It usually involves calling a timeout. Kickers practice field goals on the sidelines seconds before they get in the game to do it for real. Since the kicker would like no better than to walk onto the field and kick the field goal as soon as possible, it's beneficial for the other team to "ice" him. When they call timeout and stop the game momentarily, the belief is probably that the kicker loses some of his adrenaline while he's waiting around to kick.
A new technique in the NFL is for the opposing coach to call a timeout a second or two before the ball is kicked. This is especially effective because the kicker ends up kicking the ball anyway, but since timeout was officially called before the snap, then the team has to re-kick it. Often the kicker will make the field goal the first time, but they miss the second time. This specific concept has just recently been a hot topic, and the NFL is probably thinking about reviewing and possibly terminating it for next year.
2007-10-12 12:07:48 · answer #2 · answered by Paul 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's tryin to rattle the kickers nerves basically. The opposing coach will call a time out right before the ball is snapped for a crucial field goal in the hopes that the extra time the kicker has to think about the kick will rattle him. Sometimes it essentially makes the kicker make a difficult kick 2 times.
2007-10-12 11:54:00 · answer #3 · answered by DoReidos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it depends on the kicker. For a lot of kickers, you may not want to ice them because it just gives them more time to calm themselves down and focus on making the kick. A lot of players use the time and over-think it and miss. It's all about composure, as with every position. So on some kickers, yes, it works. Others, it may end up hurting you. The rest it wouldn't make a difference either way.
2016-03-12 20:54:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's funny, the Coach of the opposing team usually calls a time out just before the ball is snapped. This makes the kicker more nervous because they have to think about it more, and it probably annoys the hell out of the kicker
2007-10-12 14:13:07 · answer #5 · answered by Pork and Beans 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means before the kicker comes on to make a big field goal the coach will use timeouts to tru to make the kicker think about the kick too much and make him nervous, therefore having better odds to miss the kick.
2007-10-12 11:54:17 · answer #6 · answered by lchoops 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's when you hit the kicker out from behind your side of the red line and he goes all the way down to the other goal line, and then someone on the other team touches him first.
2007-10-12 13:17:15 · answer #7 · answered by Paul in San Diego 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you take a time out right before the other team is about to kick a game winning kick and it puts more pressure under the kicker
2007-10-12 12:07:20 · answer #8 · answered by shut up and take your pants off 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burning your remaining timeouts in hopes to mess with the kickers head on an upcoming kick. they usually wait untill the ball is snapped.
2007-10-12 11:53:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋