How about the crows learn to kick the ball straight?

[Slippery Pete]

You can get all the goalkicking coaches in the world.

You want better kicks for goal, recruit more skillful players. Simple as that.

 

[ilovethelegs]

You can get all the goalkicking coaches in the world.

You want better kicks for goal, recruit more skillful players. Simple as that.

One day a club will decide to exclusively recruit genuine footballers and forget about the marathon runners and super athletes. Dare I say the results will be very interesting.

 

[Elite Crow]

You can get all the goalkicking coaches in the world.

You want better kicks for goal, recruit more skillful players. Simple as that.

Thanks for saving me having to post this.

Oh, and when you've got a forward playing good SANFL footy who is a great kick, how about giving him a game?

 

[Schulzycrow]

Haven't seen any of the game just got in. Just add goal kicking to the long list of things that need to be on our list of things to do for 2014. This season has been such a black dog for so many reasons. Add another forward to our injury list...saw that on twitter on the way home. 4 out of th last 5 games someone has gone down with a serious injury.

Our kicking for goal has sucked for a long time and its about time it was given a higher focus by a dedicated kicking coach. Not some fly in consultant, but someone to iron out faults and get some consistency.

 

[Schulzycrow]

Thanks for saving me having to post this.

Oh, and when you've got a forward playing good SANFL footy who is a great kick, how about giving him a game?

Shoe in for next week.

 

[Deaneus!]

One day a club will decide to exclusively recruit genuine footballers and forget about the marathon runners and super athletes. Dare I say the results will be very interesting.

Yeah, they're called Geelong 2007 - 2011

 

[Skippy231]

Thanks for saving me having to post this.

Oh, and when you've got a forward playing good SANFL footy who is a great kick, how about giving him a game?

Now to hope he doesn't get injured, I'd be inclined to pull him from Nth Adelaide today to make sure

 

[SugarShane]

Most schoolboys kick better than Ottens. Must be traded. Last round pick will do.

He retired years ago.

 

[Damp Squarie]

The game is called football.

I'd suggest that it's 5 games now lost because we cannot kick a freaking set shot to save our lives.

I'm sick of it.

And its hurt us, particularly over the last couple of years.
That's what makes it so frustrating.

As far as being sick of it goes - get in line.

 

[Elite Crow]

I'm watching the replay, misses to DMack, Vince and Smack extremely poor. DMack with the hook kick when he's running at goal, what's wrong with a drop punt?

 

[Crow_68]

Any coincidence that Tippett's kicking looks to have improved??

 

[SugarShane]

Now to hope he doesn't get injured, I'd be inclined to pull him from Nth Adelaide today to make sure

They'll let him play, they're going to need every possible excuse ready to not pick him next week.

 

[swanfan]

Any coincidence that Tippett's kicking looks to have improved??

Who ? Yes, we've only been saying we need a kicking coach for 10 or so years.

 

[SugarShane]

Any coincidence that Tippett's kicking looks to have improved??

Tippett at the Crows:
17.17
55.31
46.34
31.22
39.31
Tippett at the Swans:
12.13

 

[Mr_Moogle]

One day a club will decide to exclusively recruit genuine footballers and forget about the marathon runners and super athletes. Dare I say the results will be very interesting.

Thanks to trigg, Sando's recruiting strategy has been severely compromised. It's true that Craig placed too much emphasis on athleticism over football ability but he still had a few decent picks to use. Sando has nothing to work with aside from free agency and I wouldn't back the Crows to have any success there either.

 

[BrissyCrow]

How about they just simply learn to kick using good old fashioned technique?

Sometimes the solution is so basic and simple.

 

[Vader]

Haven't seen any of the game just got in. Just add goal kicking to the long list of things that need to be on our list of things to do for 2014. This season has been such a black dog for so many reasons. Add another forward to our injury list...saw that on twitter on the way home. 4 out of th last 5 games someone has gone down with a serious injury.

We still have a ridiculously short injury list for this time of year. Refer to my post in the JJ broken ankle thread for a comparison of our injury list with the rest of the competition.

 

[Schulzycrow]

We still have a ridiculously short injury list for this time of year. Refer to my post in the JJ broken ankle thread for a comparison of our injury list with the rest of the competition.

Yep I know, but its the players that have gone down that is the killer.

 

[Brenton Davy]

It's threads like this that make me even angrier at Gunston's inability to live outside of Melbourne. His is an "old fashioned" technique, reminiscent of Dennis Sachse from the late 60's early 70's, especially with the high grip of the right hand. He was a very good set shot as well

 

[RippaRiley43]

It's threads like this that make me even angrier at Gunston's inability to live outside of Melbourne. His is an "old fashioned" technique, reminiscent of Dennis Sachse from the late 60's early 70's, especially with the high grip of the right hand. He was a very good set shot as well

Except when it matters

 

[Brenton Davy]

Except when it matters

I just knew that would come up. Have to admit I chuckled at that miss

 

[Go the Guts]

Goalkicking is just not as hard as so many of our players make it look. The line they walk/run before impact of the kick is so important. So many times you see the bloke lining up his approach on a weird line, and then trying to kick across the body. I get that for certain situations, but 90% of the time they just need to aproach the kick in the exact line they are aiming for, hit it, and follow through in the same line. Lloyd-esque pretty much. Or Lockett or Dunstall. Our players should be made to study hundreds of goal kicks from these 3 guys, and they would soon see what they are doing wrong and/or how to improve.

 

[macca23]

We actually played reasonably well last night, but bad kicking for goal decided the result.

Freo had 10 set shots for goal for 8 goals 2 points.

Adelaide had 12 set shots for goal for 3 goals 8 points and 1 out on the full.

That is fkg pathetic.

 

[Kickin_Goals]

Look it's clear that most of the sides players and players families have been viciously attacked in the past by rampaging sets of goal posts. Definite case of PTS here.

 

[Crow54]

It's not only goal kicking that's terrible. Inability to hit targets around the ground is poor too.

I turned the TV off when a Crows player (was it Otten?) kicked straight to a Freo player who turned and goaled. Commentary had just been warning how dangerous it was to play a certain way, because of what could happen, then the Crows did exactly that! Text book case of what not to do. How embarrassing.