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Casboult's Kicking.

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As silly as it sounds it might be easier to teach him to kick set shots on his left. Poor Levi's right boot may be too far gone.
 
Snoozer said:
His technique is obviously flawed, but it's too late to change now... He needs to make it work for him. His field kicking is nowhere near as bad. Similar to an early Tom Hawkins, who couldn't buy a set shot but could tit blokes from 40 yards with ease. He's gotta simplify things, and Sav Rocca is not the answer. Better off working with someone without a textbook technique. He needs to turn his back on the goals as if walking back for a set shot, turn around, 2-3 steps and pass the footy to a target behind the goal umpire, with a lot lower trajectory if possible. He'll still kick it 50m. Make it instinctive, not routine or process.
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Maybe you should coach him
 

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zeeCFC said:
Mental in that he can't calm himself on gameday and work out that he needs to guide it down better. He can kick it to a team mate perfectly fine but something in his thought process when going for goal makes him totally go against what is natural.
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He thinks to much about it... he second guesses himself and then screws it up. He needs to stop over-thinking his kick. Pick someone out in the crowd directly behind the goals and kick it to him.

If he has a snapshot from out around the 50 mark, there is a good chance that it will go in because he doesnt think about it for too long... same as you noted with his field kicking.
 
Laurence said:
Why do 2 or 3 of our players speak to Levi prior to every shot he has. No wonder the bloke is lost with it.
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They are actually going up to him to try and calm him down I think. I saw Hendo do the same with Jones as well for his second point.
 

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What we need to do, is create a Frankenstein monster by surgically grafting the bottom half of Watson onto the top half of Casboult. Would immediately be the best mark and kick in the game.
 
Although taking the full 30 seconds to have his shot is helpful to give players a rest or run the clock down... I think Levi's best bet is to just go back and take 5 seconds and just kick it.. not aim.. nor think.. Even better if one of our players is smart enough to run behind the goals against the fence and call for it so Levi just thinks he's doing a field kick.
 
Assuming he has spent the vast majority of his childhood and his entire adolescent and current adult life playing football, how in the hell did it take this long to allocate him a specialist goal kicking coach? Being handcuffed in that booze cruise did him wonders...
 

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jj1978 said:
Although taking the full 30 seconds to have his shot is helpful to give players a rest or run the clock down... I think Levi's best bet is to just go back and take 5 seconds and just kick it.. not aim.. nor think.. Even better if one of our players is smart enough to run behind the goals against the fence and call for it so Levi just thinks he's doing a field kick.
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Even when he's shooting for goal at the opposite end from where we are sitting, Milkcrate and I always cover ourselves in anticipation.
 
I have confidence in the big fella that it will come. He looks seriously out of any confidence when it comes to set shot kicking. Field kicking appears good(good enough) so I think he needs to nail an early set shot and it may just start to turn.

He's a huge talent, you can't teach the things he can do but you can tweek a goal kicking technic.

If I had to pick a ruckman on our list to play 30 % ruck and 70% fwd he's the one.
 
Casboult would not be a good option for CHB. Lacks the ability to change directions and isn't overly quick. Has a big problem with being outmarked, was outmarked twice on the weekend and pretty sure I saw Mick giving him a spray over it. All you'd have to do is kick it slightly over his head and the opposition mark it like we see every week with him up forward. He's slow to pull up and change direction at pace and I doubt he'd have a lot of tricks at CHB, he's get killed on double back leads, Rowe struggles to go with players who use double back leads, let alone Casboult. I like Casboult as a ruckman floating around in defence but he'd be no good minding an opponent, there are forwards out there who'd kill him. He's a ruckman and a forward who is struggling with goal kicking. None of our other ruckmen are options for CHB. Henderson is a genuine CHB, tall, lean quick, mobile and handles the ball well below his knees at pace and can hit targets under pressure.
 
gbatman said:
Casboult would not be a good option for CHB. Lacks the ability to change directions and isn't overly quick. Has a big problem with being outmarked, was outmarked twice on the weekend and pretty sure I saw Mick giving him a spray over it. All you'd have to do is kick it slightly over his head and the opposition mark it like we see every week with him up forward.
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Lance Whitnall played back - was slow in body but rapid in mind.

I think the idea is worth exploring; at VFL level at least.
 
Is Sav allowed on to the field when the boys are doing their warm up. If so, him and Levi should just head to the goal and have a few set shots with Sav standing behind the goal posts. Hopefully Sav is in the change rooms before the game calming Levi down and giving him some much needed advice.
 

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