Chris Sailer
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Chris Sailer has been putting together a National Competition each year for the past 3 years, allowing players from around the country to showcase their skills to college coaches. He was a High School All-American, where he set a national record for FGs in a season (22). He attended UCLA, where he was a 2-time consensus All-American as both place-kicker and punter, was an Academic All-American, winner of the NCAA post-graduate scholarship award and he currently holds a UCLA record for longest field goal (56 yards). He was also a finalist for the Lou Groza National Place-Kicker of The Year Award in 1997, and is a current member of the Lou Groza Collegiate National Place-Kicker of the Year Award voting committee.

After college, Chris signed with the San Francisco 49ers (1999), played 4 years in the Arena Football League (currently with the Arizona Rattlers). In 2001, he was the season record holder for longest field goal (59 yards). He ranks in the Arena Football League top 10 all-time in both FG and PAT percentage. Currently, Chris serves as director of Chris Sailer Kicking.

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	Never let a missed kick interfere with your next one. Have you ever taken statistics? The probability of getting heads when you flip a coin never changes - even if you hit heads ten times in a row. This means that each flip of the coin is independent. It's the same with kicking. Even if you miss three kicks in a row, those three kicks have nothing to do with the next one. Those three kicks will only affect your next one if you allow it to
	-- Doug Brien

Doug and Tommy's Frequently Asked Questions: "Does the size of a kicker's foot affect his kicking ability (soccer style)? In other words is there an optimal foot size for kicking a football relative to the size of the football? Do kickers with smaller feet have an advantage, or is it the other way around? Am I at a disadvantage with an 11 1/2 foot or not? Can I overcome this, if so, how? Should I switch to toeing the ball?" -- Click here to read our answer