
Daniel
Senior List
Has anyone else noticed the proliferation of goals intentionally kicked along the ground during the past few seasons? When a player is running towards an open goal or is shooting from an angle, it has become routine to see the ball guided along the ground. I am sure it never used to happen this regularly even as recently as 5 years ago.
Why do they do it? It certainly looks good and Matthew Lloyd is one who is particularly proficient at it. However, you would think that you would have a better chance of kicking a goal if you kept the oval-shaped ball off the ground. But this is apparently not so. Many players seem skilled at making the ball curve the right way along the turf.
Anyway, I was just wondering how many others have noticed this unmentioned change in goal-kicking style that has come over the game. Is it really easier to kick a goal if the ball travels along the ground, especially from an angle? Logically you would have to say it isn't, but evidence suggests otherwise.
As everyone knows, kicking for goal has not improved much, if at all, over the years. Apart from when wind is a factor, why are a lot of players unreliable from a set shot at 35 metres when they must give the ball some elevation, yet almost certain to kick a goal if they steer it along the ground?
I reckon it's an interesting phenomenom and one that has gone largely unnoticed.
Why do they do it? It certainly looks good and Matthew Lloyd is one who is particularly proficient at it. However, you would think that you would have a better chance of kicking a goal if you kept the oval-shaped ball off the ground. But this is apparently not so. Many players seem skilled at making the ball curve the right way along the turf.
Anyway, I was just wondering how many others have noticed this unmentioned change in goal-kicking style that has come over the game. Is it really easier to kick a goal if the ball travels along the ground, especially from an angle? Logically you would have to say it isn't, but evidence suggests otherwise.
As everyone knows, kicking for goal has not improved much, if at all, over the years. Apart from when wind is a factor, why are a lot of players unreliable from a set shot at 35 metres when they must give the ball some elevation, yet almost certain to kick a goal if they steer it along the ground?
I reckon it's an interesting phenomenom and one that has gone largely unnoticed.