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Hey all,

After some thoughts on set shot taking... - apologies if there was a thread for this already... I couldn't find it..

Basically after some tips/help on goal kicking... Basically taking a set shot.

Have always generally been a backman, 1st year back playing footy in a few and they are wanting me to go forward this year. Today we had a light session and did some goal kicking.. On the run I convert a lot more than I miss... From a set shot I'm not so good.

Most of my shots seem to hang right.. I'm a right footer so not pulling the kick across my body. I'm thinking its to do with my ball drop.. I get mixed up basically with my run up and my action, find myself leaning back and dropping the ball from too high.
I reckon today I hit the post 5 times in 25 mins... So I'm not spraying them terribly, just would like some suggestions for how to fix it up a bit..

Apologies if this is a bit scattered... Not the easiest to do on tapatalk :)
 
Try concentrating on moving a long way back from the mark, and then not waiting around before you start your run up. If you prefer to kick for goal on the run, then work off that. Avoid treating it like a set shot. Sounds simple, but it promotes and prevents a couple of important things happening. You don't want the man on the mark coming into near vision and influencing your shot, it will disrupt your rhythm/momentum (which you would normally have on the run) which then ruins your natural ball drop.
 
It just comes down to technique.

Make sure you run in a straight line at the goals, don't veer off, as you can, and most often will skew the ball.

As you are lining up, pick a point behind the goals to target, and don't take your eyes off it, as you go through your kick.

Make sure the ball is straight, and in the middle of your leg, and is as low as possible for your kick, so that it doesn't become an up and under, and susceptible to wind etc.

One of the most important things is to regulate your breathing. When you go back, take a couple of deep breaths and then start your run up, breathing normally. Just before you you go through your kicking motion, breath in through your nose, and as you kick, exhale. It helps to keep you calm, and fluid.

Pace out your run up. Find out what works for you. Regularity is part and parcel of being a forward. Count your steps away from the mark as you are lining up, and decide after how many steps you will kick, and make sure you follow this. It makes it easier in knowing when to kick the ball, ensuring you are not going to kick it into the man on the mark.

Walking back to take my shot consisted of 18 paces. I lead off with my kicking foot, took 5 walking steps, 7 jogging/running steps and kicked, giving me a good 4 meters of space between me and the opposition.

Also, before you run up, just take a couple of practice kicks through the air, and look at the trajectory of your foot, and where it is pointing, so you know where the ball is going to end up, and can adjust accordingly.


Those are some technical issues I had as a forward, and my accuracy in front of goal improved after my coach suggested these.
 

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set shots are easy once you get a good technique. i play hbf and last year i kicked 10+ goals and 1 behind. so once you get a good solid technique your conversion rate should increase.
 
My field kicking I have issues at all, happy with my skills in that regard.

I think I really just need to get a routine that works, an stick to it.. As I said I am all over the shop a bit and that comes from not really knowing how what I should be doing...

Potentially I am putting to much thought in and should just go with what feels natural and right?
 
I fancy myself from almost every set shot despite the fact I have played down back all my life. Watch Mark Lecras' set shot routine and the way he starts his run up. Personally works very well for me.
 
Routine is the biggest factor. Do the same thing every time, work on the smaller things, and when you start to get the results, don't change it.

I have played backline all through my footy years, but have only ever kicked 1 behind (hit the post) in that time, and around 15 goals.

Does your natural kicking action have a lot of swing on it? Im a left footer, and mine swing pretty drastically from right to left, so I had to learn to deal with that.
Because of that, I prefer to get right under the ball, and get it pretty high in the air. Usually more margin for error, but it works for me.
 
Igloo said:
Routine is the biggest factor. Do the same thing every time, work on the smaller things, and when you start to get the results, don't change it.

I have played backline all through my footy years, but have only ever kicked 1 behind (hit the post) in that time, and around 15 goals.

Does your natural kicking action have a lot of swing on it? Im a left footer, and mine swing pretty drastically from right to left, so I had to learn to deal with that.
Because of that, I prefer to get right under the ball, and get it pretty high in the air. Usually more margin for error, but it works for me.
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nah generally they go pretty true... obviously depending if i am kicking around my body a bit or running straight...
I think its just me worrying a bit much as well.... doing my own head in..
I just need to keep it simple, smooth run in, get some momentum and just keep my head down and still


Will have to see where exactly I play before i do too much work on it! :D
 
Shaneo48 said:
nah generally they go pretty true... obviously depending if i am kicking around my body a bit or running straight...
I think its just me worrying a bit much as well.... doing my own head in..
I just need to keep it simple, smooth run in, get some momentum and just keep my head down and still


Will have to see where exactly I play before i do too much work on it! :D
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just dont do a lindsay thomas. ;)
 
Ive always been a better set shot kick than shot on the run player.

You need to come up with a routine that suits you and calms you down before a shot. Everytime you have a shot, do exactly the same thing, even if its while having a kick to kick.
My routine changed a few times over the years, but it was fundamentally the same.
Id spin the ball in front of my face imagining its trajectory to the goal
10 steps, then into a short trot, then kick.
If your kicks are drifting right, then i would try more of a hooking action shot at goal. Watch Nathan Buckley kick for goal for explanation.
This will generally force the ball to spin from right to left in the air and this will correct the drifting to the right problem
 

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Looking for help on developing the perfect kicking technique. The best biomechanics that is possible.
There doesn't seem to be many AFL players with perfect biomechanics. Not leaning to side or compensating.
I want to stand out for my kicking technique.
(Rugby James O'Connor in rugby, Dan Carter with his bio-mechanics)
(Ronaldo in soccer has free kick technique that is the best possible)

Heres a video of mine
part 1 and 3 are on youtube along with this.

What needs improvement ?
 
As much as I hate to admit it, if you want to look at footage of setup and approach, Brendan Fevola. Forget about his grip on the ball, whatever works for you. He always walked straight, upright, direct...........hepled me out plenty watching and learning.
 
Shaneo48 said:
Most of my shots seem to hang right.. I'm a right footer so not pulling the kick across my body. I'm thinking its to do with my ball drop.. I get mixed up basically with my run up and my action, find myself leaning back and dropping the ball from too high.
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Need a bit more info.

Are you timing these kicks sweetly? In other words are they going a healthy distance? Spinning as you want? Or are they going a bit higher/shorter than you're intending?

Also are they fading to the right? Or do they go in a straight line?
 
Igloo said:
Routine is the biggest factor. Do the same thing every time, work on the smaller things, and when you start to get the results, don't change it.
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Pretty much it for me, too. Strangely, one thing that really helped my nerves when kicking as well was instead of finding a target between the posts and trying to get it through, I just thought of the gap between the posts as a massive pane of glass that I just had to hit. For some reason hitting a target feels so much easier than trying to get the ball through something.
 
One thing people always seem to forget is 'watching the ball onto the boot'.
 
How do you watch these coaching videos ?
Code: 
http://www.afl.com.au/coaching%20video/tabid/11733/default.aspx
Does Afl.live tv actually have these skills and drills ?
 

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Mine i call 7-7-4 7 walking steps in then 7 slow jogging steps. & allow 4 steps to clear man on the mark.

18 steps back i take from the mark
 
go to a park and practice. everyone's technique is unique to them (as evident in the afl), if you just have tons of set shots in your own time you'll work out what works
 
KickingTechnique said:
Looking for help on developing the perfect kicking technique. The best biomechanics that is possible.
There doesn't seem to be many AFL players with perfect biomechanics. Not leaning to side or compensating.
I want to stand out for my kicking technique.
(Rugby James O'Connor in rugby, Dan Carter with his bio-mechanics)
(Ronaldo in soccer has free kick technique that is the best possible)

Heres a video of mine
part 1 and 3 are on youtube along with this.

What needs improvement ?
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Maybe this is just my dad drilling it into me as a kid, but Tony Lockett has the perfect kicking style. Of course I'm not kicking a 1,000 AFL goals, but my style is basically the same as his: Straight up and down.





You're just dinking around far too much. As someone who's played both footy and soccer (in the same years as well), it's ludicrously easy to master both. You're walking on your toes, which is pointless. Additionally, your back is very straight. When you walk up, you want to have a slightly arched back. When you approach the mark, straighten up a bit to gain some leverage on the ball. Oh, and don't jog. You should start to walk up and slowly gain pace. Running the whole time will be awkward, and it's going to disrupt your kick.

You need to kick through the footy as well, you're just chipping it. You can kick a metre or 50 with a drop punt, it's the one-size-fits-all kick. Master it. It isn't hard.

In open play, your kicking style will be completely detrimental to yourself, and your teammates. By being such a twinkletoes, you're basically slowing yourself down. Your kicking style takes a lot of effort, so when someone's chasing you down, you'll probably get caught holding the ball.

You might be trying a bit too hard as well. Kicking a footy should be a natural, uncontrived movement. You seem very self conscious and analytical when you kick.

OH! And buy a footy! You don't go to footy training and do a five-star with a soccer ball. The more you use a Sherrin, the more natural everything will feel. You can't use a round ball.

I don't mean to be a prick, I'm just being honest. Scratch what you've learnt so far.
 
Silent Alarm - cheers for the tips, Ive bought a footy. The reason why I was stabbing at it was because I was copying Kickbuilders videos.
I think my technique has always worked for passing but a whole different story for shots at goal. I've got a bit of patella tendonitis but I will put effort in the next 3 weeks and post the improved version.
 
KickingTechnique said:
Looking for help on developing the perfect kicking technique. The best biomechanics that is possible.
There doesn't seem to be many AFL players with perfect biomechanics. Not leaning to side or compensating.
I want to stand out for my kicking technique.
(Rugby James O'Connor in rugby, Dan Carter with his bio-mechanics)
(Ronaldo in soccer has free kick technique that is the best possible)

Heres a video of mine
part 1 and 3 are on youtube along with this.

What needs improvement ?
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all the advice in the world won't help unless you have specific drills to change your muscle memories and formalise your kicking action not unlike sorting out a golf swing. from the video you wobble the ball too much and your delivery arm needs to be straighter ..just for starters.
 

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