Leaning over the ball eliminates unnecessary lift so the shot won't sail over the crossbar. When a player attempts a shot toward goal in a soccer game, that player is instructed to lean over the ball and drive through the strike on most occasions. The German will also be on kickoff duties for the Cobras, and he learned to change his technique when looking to boot the football downfield in hopes of a touchback. I tried to kick it like a soccer ball and it works." ![]() "It's a bit different because a soccer ball is round. "I just know how to kick a soccer ball and I just tried on a football," he said. Koller held no previous experience in kicking the egg-shaped football but said there weren't too many challenges in adapting to the shape of the new ball. Then I thought, 'Ah maybe I just try to play football because I heard they need a new kicker.' Because I play soccer I was thinking, 'Ah, maybe it could be a good idea.' Now I'm here and I like it. ![]() I wanted actually to play soccer on a local soccer team. "I was just coming in for my exchange year. "I didn't have the plan to play football," Koller said. After booming extra points through the uprights and then knocking down some field goals from 45 yards out, Koller was an instant hit. Instead, his background was in a sport that most of the world knows as football: soccer.Īfter hearing the Fountain Lake football team needed a kicker, Koller decided to introduce himself to head coach Kenny Shelton and give it a try. ![]() Germany native Mats Koller arrived at Fountain Lake from Berlin at the start of this school year and had never stepped on an American football field. FOUNTAIN LAKE - A Fountain Lake exchange student will be kicking a different kind of football for the Cobras tonight.
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