Stefan Nickel
Nickel-Stefan@t-online.de

Stefan Nickel is the Kicking.com European Contact and one of the original members of the site. He has been coaching and training kickers in Germany the last few years, and has been an integral part of the development of German-born kickers who wish to play in NFL Europe and beyond. Stefan is currently the Kicking Coach of the Assindia Cardinals.

Stefan started his work in 1995 for the first time, when he met the Kicking Guru Doug Blevins in the Duesseldorfer Rhine stadium. He was invited to help with many of Doug Blevins' Kicking & Punting camps in Davie, Florida.

Stefan was recently had his first coaching position in Germany in 2001, when he was named Kicking coach for the Langenfeld Longhorns. Look for player interviews, videos and updates from Stefan on the 2003 NFL Europe season.

The Mental Aspect of Kicking >>>
It's a rainy day. The score is 21-21. Only four seconds on the game clock. The ball is on the 20-yard line. Coach yells "Field Goal!" I run on the fie...2/17/2008


 
Ralf Kleinmann Interview >>>
The following is an excerpt from an interview with Ralf Kleinmann, Frankfurt Galaxy kicker in the NFL Europe League.

Nickel: How is it for y...3/26/2003


 
Manfred Burgsmueller - Dreaming of a Touchdown >>>
After retiring from soccer, a lot of people thought that it was a promotion gag to let Manfred Burgsmueller kick field goals for a pro football team (...10/1/2002


 
Interview with Dolphins Kicking Coach Doug Blevins >>>
The following is an interview with Doug Blevins, who gained coaching experience in NFL Europe

You were the Kicking Coordinator for the NF...9/9/2002


 

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	Baseball was for me, too, a form of spirit-discipline, a way to make myself a better person-although I surely never sought discipline for such a reason. It became my Way, as the tea ceremony or flower arranging or the making of poems were the Ways of others.
	-- Sadaharu Oh

Doug and Tommy's Frequently Asked Questions: "I can easily kick 20 and 25 yard field goals consistently. The ball looks to be good from another 20 or so yards back, but as soon as I move back to kick, the ball falls short. Is this a mental problem or should I do drills to increase distance? I think that it is partly mental because the farther I get from the uprights, the less confident I feel. What do you think?" -- Click here to read our answer