INDIANAPOLIS — Adam Vinatieri was up and kicking Thursday.

Vinatieri kicked roughly a dozen field goals during the period of Colts practice open to the media Thursday, first in a full-team setting and then over on a field with the rest of the specialists.

How those kicks felt will determine whether Vinatieri will resume his chase of Morten Andersen’s all-time scoring record Sunday in Oakland. Vinatieri, who injured his right groin on his first extra point against Buffalo, spent the first couple days of the week rehabilitating the leg. Thursday’s practice was a chance to test it out.

“We’ve been in the training room a ton, doing everything we can to get back on the field as quickly as possible,” Vinatieri said before practice began. “We’ll test it today and see how it is.”

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Vinatieri had little information in his meeting with the media in the locker room, in large part because Thursday’s practice was the target date to test it out.

“I’ll have a pretty good idea,” Vinatieri said of how the rest of the week would play out after testing it in practice. “It’s easy to say if it’s not right, and if it is, we’ll keep moving forward.”

Based on his performance during the open portion of practice, Vinatieri was able to kick repeatedly and from distance, although, obviously, how his leg responds to the injury will play a role in the decision.

Indianapolis tried out veteran kickers Kai Forbath, Cairo Santos and Taylor Bertolet earlier this week, and in the event Vinatieri can’t go, the Colts would sign one of those legs before making the trip to California.

“We’ve taken every step in the right direction,” Vinatieri said. “If we’re good to go, we’re going to go.”