Re: AFL Round 15
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:27 pmLightning McQueen wrote:locky801 wrote:Lightning McQueen wrote:What's the deal with this around the body kicking for goal? Surely the drop punt is the most accurate and easiest kick to negotiate for any level of footballer, especially one that has done more than 10 million of them in their life, it cost Essendon the win IMO, three of them in the first quarter, I still would've kicked them all.
Said to mrs Locky last night, if i was still coaching anyone that did this kick around the corner rubbish when the drop punt is the better option would be put on the pine, is bloody ridiculous, is all about showing off IMO
As much as I agree with you I think it's a coaching and sport science thing, they honestly believe that you open the goals up to a greater angle by kicking it around the corner.
The part they don't get is the slightest miscue in angle, ball drop or execution point and then the kick is pretty much no hope, you can still wobble through a poorly executed drop punt though..................baffling, especially considering that 95% of the kicks during any given match would be drop punts.
You can thank the Irish Gaelic game for it.
They say you get consistency of ball flight, rather than kicking it on the point.
On the point, slightly miss the instep and it can hook or slice.
Kicking it on the flat and it'll only go one way....mostly.
I think there's an element off show off...look at me....but it does have merit.
Urghh, hate to say it but BT says it best.
Know your style ( Hawkins for instance).
If he's to the right of goal he fades it perfectly with a drop punt.
He's the exception to rule. When he's on the left of goal unless on tge boundary) he drops the fade and kicks it dead straight.
Can kick a footy.
