Training With Auburn Kicker Alex McPherson | Small Changes, Big Difference

Off the ground, you want to be like heel even with the ball or like at least back of your arch. That's the secret to the McPherson lean right there. That's how you get that deep lean. I mean, yeah, you're doing it right there. Boom. Great ball. I mean, that's good from 60. Boom. Crushed that one. There we go. Good from 65. At least. It's really not far from where like you should be, you know, inches, you know, from being really good, like really, really good. Welcome to my life, welcome to my life, yeah, on the bright side, yeah, this music here became my only lifeline, think I'm going crazy, I'm not in my right mind, on the bright side, yeah, ayy, yeah, one leg out that brand new Benz way. I'm starting to speak now. Welcome to my life, welcome to my... Back working with Alex today. We worked with him a little early in the summer. Wasn't able to get that on video, but he's continued to help him improve, just making little tweaks, little adjustments, fine-tuning some things. We have the big national scholarship showcase that Coles puts on in Gatlinburg, so Colin's really wanting to work on maybe even kicking off the ground. So we're going to work on that today and continue to fine-tune and get better. I think for the showcase I'm in Gatlinburg I want to do it off the ground, so. Yeah. Kind of what I wanted to work on today. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. Let's do it. This way, Doctor. I'll take care of it. Let's see how it goes. Yeah. Oh yeah. Oh, Collin said he really likes one of those new balls that you gave him. Yeah. Which one is it? This one. I feel like I get a lot of these when I kick them. That's his money ball now. That thing's so fat and juicy. That's what you like to see. And he said because that one doesn't have the markings, it'll be easier to get that one in the game. It doesn't have the Auburn logo on it. And it's got this, this is the logo they always told me that I needed. For high school? Yeah, that. National Football High School. Okay. So that's what they always told me I needed. Because didn't one of the Auburn balls just recently go flat? It went flat before spring even started. Oh really? Yeah. We have the worst luck in balls going flat. I don't know. Yeah, I never really had that problem. Collin's secretly like stabbing them or something. Yeah, he's tired of this. He's got spikes in his shoes. There you go. In those steps, you can get a little wider if you want to. Do you like being that close? No, I'll be out of the way. Really pay attention to them? Yeah. I get really wide and I line my toe up on the ball instead of like my instep. My arch or whatever. And that helps me just get through the no steps. Width of your foot on toe. And you kind of just crash. That's it. I was just showing you how I set up. If you want to try it. That just helps with the ball contact. Because it's hard to even swing when you're that close, you know. I kind of put my arm out. And just make good contact. That's all we're trying to do here. It's alright. You get behind it probably because of the... Yeah, because your plant's a little shallower. Yeah. Just straight back. You don't have to swing hard. Just make solid contact, lean off a little. It's all right, yeah, this is new. You don't have to do that. It was just kind of see if you like it. When you're set up, just try this real quick. And you're like a little, like instead of being open, you're kind of just like here. You open it as you take your step. If you just kind of start open, it'll just allow you to not have to, you know, open or turn. Yeah, reopen. Just try and start with that foot open, might help. There you go, that looks good. a little more open it's all right what do you feel like has been causing that you're like you you feel anything i don't know i kind of felt like a little closer to the ball okay yeah could be it it's all right yeah you did you about fell on that one for like off the ground the plant it's got to be like i feel like you're here right now because like off of a block you're there but really off the ground you want to be like Heel, even with the ball, or at least back of your arch, you know what I'm saying? Because you have to get under it. And when you're here, you're trying to get under it, like you're just gonna hit the ground. Don't think about getting under it, just think about making solid contact, you know? And the ball will get up naturally. Yeah, like, there we go, that's a little better. There we go, that's better. See, it's just, it's still gonna go. You just gotta hit it, hit it solid, you know? Don't try and scoop it or get under it. Bang. Does that feel better? Yeah. Yeah. You can go to full steps whenever you're ready. You don't have to keep going one step. Yeah. There we go. That's solid. Just gotta get that a little deeper. Just a little. Yeah, you're just kind of like here. Is that where you think? Yeah. You're not like here. Okay. Yeah, just thinking about getting that plant a little deeper and just making solid contact. Just think about that. Yeah. That's something deeper on that one. Yeah. Nice. Pretty good. That's so good. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So when you're stepping in your jab, I'm not, I haven't really seen what you're doing. Step to the plant. Yeah. Have you been doing that? I assume you, well, I've been trying, I think we talked about that last time. So yeah. Yeah. Really just step to that plant and that might help you get a little deeper. Big drive step. I feel like that's pretty much what we talked about last time. I think the, the cause of the ground, like you're hitting the ground a lot. Cause like off the tee, I feel like it's all foot position off the tee. Like you can be like like turned over a little more you can be with that heel up like that but like off the ground you really need to still point that toe like you do like so do like you normally do like off a block but then just like drop the heel a little bit does that make sense and you're really locking that that like everything out at contact is what i'm saying so you really think like drop that heel in kind of turn the foot over at the same time yeah so just try and drop the heel a Might help your ball contact. That's alright. I'm gonna video one of these so I can see. You used the camera to come out. That was smoked. That was better. You see how like the heels dropped? Look at that. You got through it? That's solid right there. I feel like don't let... You see how you kind of sink down into that like kind of low and then pop up? Like on the way to the ball like you go down and then up. Really just try and stay like level like the jabs fine like I kind of bend on my jab but I kind of bend and stay there. Does that make sense? I guess it's from the day earlier today. See I kind of bend and you see like watch my shoulders. See how like they're there and then they're going down towards the ball. Does that make sense? Yeah. This is just from like a rep from the day. Yeah that one wasn't bad. But you see what I'm saying? Ball contact there was solid. He's really trying to push into the ball instead of up. Do you like that one? Yeah, still catching it a little bit. That's solid, though. Look at that foot position. Obviously, we don't know what it looked like before, but I feel like the heels dropped so much more. His toe is still kind of... I feel like the toe might be dragging. So you see how your hips right here, they start going downfield, like as you're here. And then I think when you're getting to here, your hips are already turned downfield. So, like, you're kind of behind, like, your leg's behind you, so it's causing you to hit that, you know what I'm saying? Really try and keep your hips at the ball, on the way of the ball. Yeah. Because, like, when your leg gets behind you, you don't really know where it's at, and then it's just, like, kind of scraping. It kind of forces it to drag. Yeah, it's not like you're, I feel like everything else looks solid. I just feel like if we can fix that drag through, you'll be smoking it, you know, because you fixed the ball contact. Yeah, do you feel like you open up towards the field goal on the way? I don't know if I felt it, but I guess now you mentioned it. Yeah, probably. Because I feel like it looks like you step, turn, like because you're trying to just get downfield, I feel like, which would make sense. So I step to the plant pretty hard, but then at the same time I'm going towards the ball on those little rubber tracks. So you kind of just, like you see how they kind of, they stay back, stay back, fire. Instead of rather step, they're already open. Which is just going to cause like, there's a lot of moving parts right there if you do that. So just, you can try it. I feel like that was better. Did you? Yeah, I think. It was less ground. For sure. I felt like it was better. It felt better? Okay. If it's feeling better, that's all that matters. Doesn't matter about the result. Hey, we're trending. Trending in the right direction. I know it's not what you want, but a lot better. Yeah. A lot better. Just, they went dead straight. They're on the right hash. Same thing. Just kind of swing through the field goal now. ...of your hips, but I feel like it matters a lot. That's the secret to the McPherson lean right there. That's how you get that deep lean. I mean, yeah, you're doing it right there. But you see, you kind of, they're right there. I feel like they're already. Yeah, pointed. Yeah. You feel that? Yeah. Solid. Do you like that one? Yeah. I just, like, wish I could get more height on those. I don't know. Yeah, I think the reason it's, like, a little lower than you would like is you're hitting the ground here. so then it's causing your foot to pop up a little and you're hitting more middle instead of hitting there. Does that make sense? I'm like so towards the ball and then last second I feel like if my hips are like here I'm in a good spot but if my hips are already like here I kind of get stuck like I either like block it or like try to save it because my leg's behind so if you can really feel like your hips and your legs are connected and that's when you're gonna like start making that That ball contact. I actually really like that one though. I mean, you towed it a little bit. But like, you see that position though? That's really good. Money. You just hit a little under it and towed it. I think what you did right there was really good though, like step-wise and to the ball. There we go. It's good rotation though. Good contact. Just really focus on hitting it. Yeah, just a little like right there. Yeah, just focus on hitting that sweet spot on this one. Bang! Was it? Yeah. But, hey, that was a great mishit, though. Well, actually, I think it was more of a... You kind of turned it over a little bit. Yeah, you dropped that money. That was a great mishit, though. That's okay. Hey, good mishit from 50. A great mishit from 50. I mean, that's perfectly fine. Just really trying to drop that heel and swing through it, okay? Move this. That's okay. I like that one, though. It was straight. You know, it wasn't left. Obviously, you missed it left, but it was a straight ball because you were set up outside the upright. What did you feel like you did on that one? I feel like it looked good. I mean, this is your plant, right? Right there. Just a little. Until you got behind it again? Yeah, I definitely touched the ground a little. Yeah. Just really try and keep that leg nice and in front. And that should help eliminate the ground. That's okay. Hips were late? I don't know. Yeah. Instead of early, they were a little late. Now we just got to find the happy medium right there. That's funny. Hit solid ball contact. It'll go through. Going through the paces as if this were Our coals. Good ball. Boom. Crushed it. There we go. All right. So left side from 35. There you go. Back it up. Go one of one here. Now left side 40. Be smooth. That's all right. Be smooth. That's all you're doing. Good contact. There we go. That's more confident. That's all right. From 48. Boom. Great ball. I mean, that's good from 60. If you just swing your swing and get through it, you're going to be smoking it. Make good contact. Get through it. That's okay. Is that short? Yeah. Just a little bit. There it is. Bang. There you go. Good set. Back from the 60. Let's do it. Alex versus Colin competition here. Look out. Same thing. Same ball as that 48. It'll be money. Just get through it downfield. There's that pull. It's all right. Alex from 60. Game winner. Iron ball. I got under it. Stay in. No. Yeah. I got under it. Boom. Crush that one. there we go, good from 65 at least that one was better, we'll take that one over the other one if i got 63. alex from 63 there it is get there, hit the middle bar yeah dead even i hate it pretty bad i'll be honest but hey it went it isn't that it's the wind behind us you know you got it all right 63 yeah come on pr colin this is it oh and hit the ground did you slip a little oh you almost I almost made it still. Slippage a little bit. Yeah. I need some wind, though. All right. Alex back. 65. Boom. A lot of height. No. Too much height. Just short. He's tired. He's already kicked all this morning. I hit it good. And he worked out. Yeah. It wasn't legs. At least it was upper body today. Game. That'll be money. That's right. I'll be fresh. Nice. Still 65? That's a great miss hit. Yeah. For Coles, we need like 85. High five. END 1 As long as you kick too good. 3 As long as I had two good balls, that was it. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Yes. 12 Sounded good. Really good. 11 12 14 Yeah, like nine deep. 15 Might have been 67, 68. 16 17 18 Might have been 69. 19 That was solid. 20 I don't think I have many critiques. 21 22 23 24 You're smoking these. 25 26 27 I want you to put it through the uprights right here. Let's see it. It still may be good. No. Hey, that's all right. Yeah, going. Just hit the ground on that one a little bit. 3.55. 65 or so, right? Yeah. I don't know. Let's see. Ooh, that sounded good. It died. 70. 388. Was it? Yeah. It wasn't too bad. Aw, good luck. We'll do a final thoughts. What's the key takeaways for him, Alex? I think the key takeaways from today were just, the main things we worked on were like your foot position, you know, like really dropping that heel into that, instead of being, you know, heel up, off the ground you want to be a little more heel down, and your hips going towards the ball. I think once we fix those, You weren't really pulling the ball as much anymore. Your mishits were right, which was a good thing. You really want to toe the ball if you're going to mishit it. I think you got there today, though. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Appreciate you. Yeah, man. That was good. Good session. Always, Alex. We greatly appreciate this, man. This is amazing. It's always been fun. Getting to have the Alex McPherson as a mentor is pretty sweet. Sweet. No. Getting coached up by the best. I don't know if I'm the best. Probably not the best coach. There's probably better coaches. That's for sure. But the way you find, like today, the way you found out like his hips, like, yeah, I mean, you've seen him enough now. So like you're actually seeing like little things. Yeah. And like being able to fine tune a few things. And that's really awesome. Yeah, because it's really not far from where like you should be, you know, like it's just like little, I mean, inches, you know, from being really good, like really, really good. So I think that's where we're at. It's hard to do it. It's hard to, you know, see those things unless you really have to look for them. I can't see them live. I have to video them and then look at them, but Yeah Subscribe my man Murr squad. Let's go Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Welcome to my life welcome to my life Let's go. Shout out to the boys.