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[Rocky J Squirrel]

There could be some problems not associated with attitude or connecting up on the field. Ask WHY shots are going high and wide.

Where was the plant foot on the kicks going high? Was it even with the ball? If it was behind the ball gets lofted. Why was the plant foot behind the ball? Reaching, because you are lazy, out of shape, slow or because your stride is shorter on grass? A short stride can be caused by age or a lack of strecthing out the leg's ligaments. A compensation is to wear a heal cup or wearing shoes with a heal.

Hooking wide can be also associated with bad body positioning, ligament tightness and even shoes. Body positioning means that the joints that should move, are, and those that shouldn't are not. Some ball joints or flexible joints should be constrained to a hinge. When the ball is kicked or passed, are the ear, hip joint and and the the ankle in a line? Is the plant foot knee hinge line perpendicular to the line of the kick? Is the dynamic of the body's center of gravity in line with the balls path? If the ankle is not at the right angle with the leg either as the kicking or support leg bad things happen. Ski boot fitters mold the filling to adjust for the various leans people have in their legs (the right boot fit relieves a lot of stress on the knees). If the ankle angle is wrong then the knee is miss-located which throws off the kick.

Tactics, systems and line-ups don't help if there are technical problems, most of which can be fixed with obsevation and correction and maybe some technology.

Hey! If anybody understands this you are probably a knowegeble coach or something.

[realPDX]

just remember this, two things determine where the ball is going. your hips and your planter foot. wherever that toe on your planter foot is pointed is exactly where your hips are going to turn the instant you lift your striking foot off the ground. your body will then rotate into that direction and youll strike the ball there. of course it also depends on how you strike the ball (laces, inside of the foot, outside of the foot, top, loft it, etc etc etc), but until you get control over your planter foot and your hips that ball is going to be wild. you are correct about tactics systems and line ups. those arent going to help you one bit if you cant get the basics down. for most of the guys it doesnt seem to be a problem of placement, more of timing and striking. these guys are professionals, they should have no problems with things like their hips and feet unless they have injuries which cause them to screw up. its more of knowing where to place it and when.

between my junior year and senior year in high school i spent the whole summer at TOSH (you gotta be a player if you know what and where that is) rehabing a quad tear and working on my placement technique. by the beginning of my senior year i could put the ball almost anywhere on goal. remember, its all in the hips, its all in the hips. hehe, loved that movie.

[Jim Umber]

This is getting too technical for me.😕 Kick the ball so it goes in the goal!:p

[BroncsBomber]

Also, I don't believe tha lads are breathing out of their eyelids like they are supposed to.

Thank you,
Bull Durham

[Stucki]

Originally Posted by BroncsBomber

Also, I don't believe tha lads are breathing out of their eyelids like they are supposed to.

Thank you,
Bull Durham

OOOOOHHHH. Susan Sarandon. 😉

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