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Get the Answers App. Three-time Pro Bowl punter Reggie Roby would sit and rub footballs with a piece of Astroturf to break it in. Former Jaguars, Bills, and Giants kicker Mike Hollis would overinflate balls and would rub them down with a wet towel.

He would also take a heavy weight plate, place it on top of the football, and then stand on it and roll it around. Others would soak balls in evaporated milk or lemon juice.

Some would microwave footballs or bake them in the oven. The methods were endless and the NFL had finally had enough. When the K-Ball was first introduced in , the original goal was that every kick had a new ball. A punter like King just needs to offload the ball in order to avoid oncoming rushers — and a kick at only 75 percent power is light years better than a block.

Every time. I can do it, but at the same time getting the result you want every time would be difficult. While King is a straight-line punter who rarely deviates from his spot in the backfield, running rugby-style kicks have recently become more popular in the NCAA and, to a lesser extent, the NFL. It also allows the punter to line up closer to the line of scrimmage, adding a little extra distance to his boot. Running with the football and punting it down the field with great height under it is really hard.

All my combine work has all been in regular American style. That ability to crank a boomer on the run is still something most punters are happy to keep in their back pocket. What about off the field? The days of the pound kicker are mostly over, save for whichever Gramaticas may be coming down the line. A big part of that comes from a weight room routine that spares few kickers from the rigors their teammates incur.

But while building up strong legs in the offseason is important, the key to special teams play throughout the regular season comes down to explosiveness and flexibility. Boiled down to one go-to exercise, King and Hopkins both sang the praises of power cleans — a lift that sees a player lift a bar from the ground to shoulder level in one intense movement. You can hopefully transfer that into kicking. Hopkins also said his workouts mirror those of sprinters and other athletes whose successes lie in increasing leg speed.

Getting your foot moving. That comes along with being flexible, having good timing. A lot of short sprints in the offseason. Not a lot of long distance runs — everything is quick and explosive. Not too much cardio on my end, except for the occasional bike ride.

The more you lift, especially during the season, the tighter your muscles get. And that creates problems. Quads, hamstrings, making sure your hips stay loose. For each veteran, avoiding overworked muscles takes precedence over pure strength when the season begins.

King began his college career as a wide receiver before changing positions to escape a crowded depth chart. As I got to the pros [former Raiders kicker Sebastian] Janikowski would always get down on me … I would get aggravated and punt until my leg felt like it was gonna fall off.

Hopkins stays active in the weight room throughout the year, but his workload decreases as Sunday approaches — at least from a pure stretching standpoint.

Now I do more active stretching. He puts me through a routine. The reason for that is I felt at one point that I was so flexible I was losing pop. After that, the final part of the equation is having a life off the field and outside the practice facility. I get my massages, make sure my muscles are loose.