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Former ASU, pro kicker Luis Zendejas offers free lessons to high schoolers in Chandler backyard

It is a record-hot Tuesday in Chandler, and cars are lined up, leading to the dead-end sign at the end of the street.

An iron gate is left open for young kickers from all over the Valley to enter Luis Zendejas' backyard.

At the edge of his front yard is a crossroads post with one sign reading, "Rancho Zendejas Dr.," and the other, "Sun Devils Way."

Take a sharp right, and it's a kicker's wonderland. A spacious, perfectly manicured yard that looks like something from a country club golf course, measuring out to 60 yards with a trio of goal posts – one NFL-wide, another that is high-school-wide, and the narrowest is the width of the Arena Football League.