Goal kicking

[richoatthedisco]

"A 2005 RMIT statistical analysis divined that two-thirds of games were won by the more accurate team. More crucially, one game in 10 — Taylor's 10 per cent — was lost because of inaccuracy. In the 10 years preceding the study, the Bulldogs had lost 30 matches, more than a fifth of all their defeats, through poor kicking."

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rf...1241289311846.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2

God knows Richmond supporters are all too familiar with the frustration associated with inaccuracy (love ya Richo). Every game we see supposedly professional, elitely skilled players miss sodas. It saps momentum and confidence, especially when the opposition then takes the ball the length of the field to show you how it's done.

I know it's a tough ask given the state of even our field kicking at times, but just for once, couldn't we steal a march on the rest of the comp and become 'The Accurate Ones'?

Get fair dinkum about goal kicking practice. Instill a bit of pressure into the situation, like we used to do in our suburban/country/junior glory days - make it a comp amongst the players, with consequences.

Is that too simplistic? It's obvious to say it but a goal is worth six times as much as a behind. I don't think enough emphasis is placed on this massive differential.

 

[Rosstickle]

We were number 1 last year

 

[richoatthedisco]

So what? We could be a lot better.

 

[Rosstickle]

So could everyone else. It's not just us who struggles with accuracy.

 

[IDGAF]

"A 2005 RMIT statistical analysis divined that two-thirds of games were won by the more accurate team. More crucially, one game in 10 — Taylor's 10 per cent — was lost because of inaccuracy. In the 10 years preceding the study, the Bulldogs had lost 30 matches, more than a fifth of all their defeats, through poor kicking."

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/rf...1241289311846.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2

God knows Richmond supporters are all too familiar with the frustration associated with inaccuracy (love ya Richo). Every game we see supposedly professional, elitely skilled players miss sodas. It saps momentum and confidence, especially when the opposition then takes the ball the length of the field to show you how it's done.

I know it's a tough ask given the state of even our field kicking at times, but just for once, couldn't we steal a march on the rest of the comp and become 'The Accurate Ones'?

Get fair dinkum about goal kicking practice. Instill a bit of pressure into the situation, like we used to do in our suburban/country/junior glory days - make it a comp amongst the players, with consequences.

Is that too simplistic? It's obvious to say it but a goal is worth six times as much as a behind. I don't think enough emphasis is placed on this massive differential.

It is too simplistic RATD .

It is one thing to possess a nice kicking action etc. ... to be able to have pings at the big sticks at training and put them through 8/9 out of 10 .

But i think its symptomatic of the whole "Achilles heel" of the RFC ... and that is mental fragility .

The majority of missed shots for goal are because the player having the shot cannot deal efficiently with the associated pressure of "having" to kick the said goal ... affecting their ability to execute their routine properly to do the job .

Same goes with regulation field kicking and even holding simple marks.

If Ever you want a core sample of all that is wrong us ... your sample is the first quarter of the Carlton game round one ... our first three shots at goal , all kickable ... , missed ... Carltons first three goals ... the first two due to two absolute sitter marks being dropped on the last line and the other was a handball that just missed its very easy target .

With the weight of expectation bearing down on us ... 90000 in the stands ... three goals down .... we were reduced to a mob of school kids who could not hit as target by foot to save ourselves ...the heads dropped and shoulders hunched and the rest is history .

This is my belief of where it lies

 

[Bojangles17]

It is too simplistic RATD .

It is one thing to possess a nice kicking action etc. ... to be able to have pings at the big sticks at training and put them through 8/9 out of 10 .

But i think its symptomatic of the whole "Achilles heel" of the RFC ... and that is mental fragility .

The majority of missed shots for goal are because the player having the shot cannot deal efficiently with the associated pressure of "having" to kick the said goal ... affecting their ability to execute their routine properly to do the job .

Same goes with regulation field kicking and even holding simple marks.

If Ever you want a core sample of all that is wrong us ... your sample is the first quarter of the Carlton game round one ... our first three shots at goal , all kickable ... , missed ... Carltons first three goals ... the first two due to two absolute sitter marks being dropped on the last line and the other was a handball that just missed its very easy target .

With the weight of expectation bearing down on us ... 90000 in the stands ... three goals down .... we were reduced to a mob of school kids who could not hit as target by foot to save ourselves ...the heads dropped and shoulders hunched and the rest is history .

This is my belief of where it lies

yep , not too far removed from the truth Idy...what would we give for a 100% cuzz out there to put a flame up the group...the idea was right

 

[IDGAF]

..the idea was right

My word it was right and i will always stand by the club on that

 

[cormick]

How can you say 10% of matches were lost through innaccuracy? Once someone kicks a goal rather than a point, the whole game changes.

 

[IDGAF]

How can you say 10% of matches were lost through innaccuracy? Once someone kicks a goal rather than a point, the whole game changes.

"He" is not saying it .... an RMIT study is saying it , and i`m sure the study considers a range of factors

 

[beaver fever]

I think we should look at hitting targets before we look to goals.

 

[cormick]

Yeah I wasn't having a go at RATD, but even Tommy Hafey said it, once the ball gets brought back to the centre rather than kicked out, the game is completely different. No amount of studying can determine the result of something that never will happen.