CREATING A 'KICKING FOR THE GOLD' YOUTUBE VIDEO:

Although Coach Zauner is working getting inerviews about 'Kicking For The Gold' from some of the top kicking specialists in the world, he says he would like to have input from every kicking specialist or anyone who is a fan of kicking.

So, to ensure everyone can voice their thoughts on the idea, he is asking kickers -or kicking enthusiasts- to create a video and post it to YouTube with the tag: 'Kicking For The Gold'.

Zauner says these videos should include a persons thoughts on how 'kicking' as an Olympic sport might be implemented.

Should it be an individual or team sport? What kind of ball might be used? Should a new universal ball be created specifically for the event?

And perhaps most importantly, who do they think would be the best 'kicker' in the world? Would that be a football, soccer, rugby, or Australian rules football player. Or would it be someone who has never played the game?

Zauner says he will then select some of these videos and post them to the 'Kicking For The Gold' website and blog.   

THE LETTER TO THE IOC:

"As someone who has coached 'kicking a football' for over 35 years, and has been an ardent fan of the Olympics for at least as long, I am respectfully requesting the IOC add the activity of ‘kicking a ball’ to the 2012 Olympics in London as an individual or team sport. My request is not one of frivolity or without fore-thought, but rather an attempt to bring recognition to an activity which is currently perhaps the most practiced, and oldest sports activity in the world. The art of .........."

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