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<blockquote data-quote="yeti92" data-source="post: 924577" data-attributes="member: 133"><p>The first step is the extra step, and there is no way it's 5ft on a 6ft tall punter. I'm 6'5 and the farthest I can reasonably stretch my feet apart forwards and backwards is 4' toe to toe, and that is really stretching, not any sort of normal step. The punter would have to literally leap forward on the first step to go 5'.</p><p></p><p>I was a punter and place kicker from the time I started playing in 4th grade through high school. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /></p><p></p><p>I went back and watched the UCF blocked punt on the game highlights on youtube. It's cut off at the beginning, but looks like it starts as the ball hits shanahan's hands. He takes two steps and it gets blocked, and the first step is less than a yard.</p><p></p><p>I watched the 1st Clemson blocked punt, he takes 3 steps (4 if you count his jump at the beginning) and the first looks to be a yard. 2nd Clemson blocked punt as well, he takes 4 steps in that one and none are more than a yard except the plant step to kick the ball.</p><p></p><p>Btw, based on your name I'm assuming you were the center on the field for those 200+ snaps. I don't recall ever seeing a center snap the ball and then turn around to watch the punter kick, but maybe they did things different back in your day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yeti92, post: 924577, member: 133"] The first step is the extra step, and there is no way it's 5ft on a 6ft tall punter. I'm 6'5 and the farthest I can reasonably stretch my feet apart forwards and backwards is 4' toe to toe, and that is really stretching, not any sort of normal step. The punter would have to literally leap forward on the first step to go 5'. I was a punter and place kicker from the time I started playing in 4th grade through high school. 🤷♂️ I went back and watched the UCF blocked punt on the game highlights on youtube. It's cut off at the beginning, but looks like it starts as the ball hits shanahan's hands. He takes two steps and it gets blocked, and the first step is less than a yard. I watched the 1st Clemson blocked punt, he takes 3 steps (4 if you count his jump at the beginning) and the first looks to be a yard. 2nd Clemson blocked punt as well, he takes 4 steps in that one and none are more than a yard except the plant step to kick the ball. Btw, based on your name I'm assuming you were the center on the field for those 200+ snaps. I don't recall ever seeing a center snap the ball and then turn around to watch the punter kick, but maybe they did things different back in your day. [/QUOTE]
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