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Mechanical football holder for field goal kickers that replicates a holder catching the ball and placing it down in one smooth motion.
Derek Zoch W'08

PennVention 2007 Third Place Winner
Won Bresslergroup Best Product Concept Award
Won Lowenstein Sandler PC Legal Mentoring Award

During a football practice, the kicker's opportunity for game-speed and intense field goal repetitions may only last a few minutes. The rest of the time, they are off on their own utilizing a stationary football holder. Wharton junior, Derek Zoch, developed the Quicker Kicker to allow place kickers to practice kicking as they would in a real game. The Quicker Kicker simulates the actual task of the teammate who receives the snap and holds the ball, incorporating the important variables of timing and positioning which kickers are faced with in real game conditions. Zoch, has been playing football since the sixth grade and has been starting kicker for the Penn Quakers for the past three years. He is consulting with industry leaders and NFL coaches, and has brought on board Engineering junior, Steve Jones, to help build a prototype at the Weiss Tech House.