Kyle Konrardy Iowa State Media Day

just uh right now I'm feeling about at least 60 mid 60s mid-50s on a guaranteed 50 yard for sure 60s pushing it a little bit well still pretty confident we can make them and then um coach gamble said that you felt one of the reason Chas was so good last year is because you were really pushing him how would you describe your relationship with him and how that kind of helped you develop helped him and put you in a spot to maybe have so me and Chase we had a great chemistry so me and him were always working together even though we were competition we always saw the success in each other so we always push each other to the most of our top of our game and that's and right now I have the same situation so me and King Keegan shafford who was a kickoff specialist last year working on field goals he's we're always pushing each other to a Max and how would you describe what L confidence you have now versus maybe when you first stepped foot on because you can be confident I mean you've proven some things now and probably beat that confidence so when I first started it was probably a little bit of false confidence cuz I didn't really see the progress but now as I'm seeing the progress It's coming true confidence and I'm really feeling myself now thank you thank you I did I played what's up I played soccer for about 10 to 12 years before I started playing football where I really trans transitioned my junior year into football what position did you play soccer help football so I started to play off and soccer I played Striker which really helped because I was a finisher on the field finisher in soccer which also helps me finish on the field for football it um right now I feel like in the spot that I put soccer in my past so I'm really focused on football and it doesn't really change anything now what right now I'm feeling 60 going for big 60 yard what can you kick further football or soccer soccer I I'd say soccer because it's I don't know what it is but it's the ball it's is a lot different and the the sweet spots bigger all that football is smaller sweet spot so more preciseness are you a soccer fan are you watching the oics I am I I dab a little bit of soccer still oh yeah got you football fan or soccer fan football for sure what made you switch uh my brother mainly he uh he started kicking in his senior year of uh High School yes and then I really saw I wanted to step into his footsteps and then I transitioned into football and saw a future ahead of me so here we are was it hard letting it was yes it was it was difficult but I knew that I I tried to do what was best for me and uh I saw a future and I saw a journey that I wanted to take and then I had to take it thank you and then Kyle dealing with like weather conditions that could obviously play a factor as the season goes along what do you kind of do to kind of try to practice and imitate the fact of you might be kicking in snow wind rain whatever and get ready for it so if this we have if we know we're going to have a rain coming up in the next game we'll have we'll do wet ball drills where the balls are wet we're spraying water on the balls to imitate the rain snow that's a little bit harder but it's basically all the same thing every day every day so basically just doing the same thing nothing changes really and then going into the season what are you kind of looking forward to the most as the season starts to get underway and you guys getting another season going I'm really looking for the success in our team right now we felt very confident in our team really good we're Got Talent all around we just got to put it to the test