Sam Watts brings his kicking, punting and special teams expertise to today's USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast. Watt was a special teams consultant and kicking coach at Erie (N.Y.) Community College for 15 years. While at ECC, he helped placekickers, punters and long snappers at NCAA Division 1 programs. Watts serves as a personal coach working with NFL, CFL, AFL, college and high school kickers and punters, along with 20 years as a special teams advisor working with college and high school coaches. Today, he talks to USA Football's Keith Grabowski about all things kicking, punting and special teams related.

Show notes

• :57        Why Watts wanted to become a kicking and punting coach
• 3:04     Key things he's learned in his development as a coach
• 4:24     Watt's general coaching philosophy
• 5:58      Building culture and integrating special teams into the whole team
• 8:17      How he builds the extra point unit
• 11:20    "The holder needs to be like the QB"
• 15:45    Recommendations when hiring a young kicking coach
• 19:33    Making coaching adjustments during a game
• 21:02    Using technology to give players better feedback
• 23:37    The winning edge 
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