The Didak Bounce Kick...

[Chrisrocks53]

During the course of a match, Ive always seen Didak kick a footy that bounces to the other player.

My friend thinks it because he is a star and that he means it.

Does he really mean this as it gives an advantage?

Or is it just Dids under-shooting the ball?

cause for one, wouldnt it be better that the kick result in a mark?

Im not a fan of it.

Although he is my favourite Collingwood player, is this kick too "mercurial"?

 

[Thommo 42]

he does it to beat a smother sometimes, very skilful.

 

[Chrisrocks53]

he does it to beat a smother sometimes, very skilful.

Im refering to the kick not the one to beat the smother, its the kick in which its travelling but it only bounces 5 metres in front of the Collingwood player. Not the one that bounces almost immediately after he kicks it.

 

[SimJamie]

During the course of a match, Ive always seen Didak kick a footy that bounces to the other player.

My friend thinks it because he is a star and that he means it.

Does he really mean this as it gives an advantage?

Or is it just Dids under-shooting the ball?

cause for one, wouldnt it be better that the kick result in a mark?

Im not a fan of it.

Although he is my favourite Collingwood player, is this kick too "mercurial"?

I'm sure he knows what he's doing most of the time.

 

[Jabso]

His kicking has been a bit off in recent weeks, still recovering from his knee injury.

 

[huh what?]

His kicking has been a bit off in recent weeks, still recovering from his knee injury.

yeah,seems to come off his boot like a spinning top occasionally,lately

 

[Aristotel]

During the course of a match, Ive always seen Didak kick a footy that bounces to the other player.

Wog-Kick...

 

[Us3]

Wog-Kick...

that's exactly what i thought.
there are quite a few players who do it, not all of them are wogs, but it partly comes from a 'round ball' football background, the same players also tend to kick the ball in front of a player on the run so it bounces in line with their run and they dont have to break stride to gather.

 

[game on]

A couple of things are in advantage in this.

1. Ofter can be a straighter kick. On windy wet days it is a better kick to use because you know that the ball is going to skid through straight. eg. Thomas' non-goal last week. It takes out the element of the wind effecting the ball.

2. It's a quicker kick. The ball takes less time to travel to the teammate. Notice that cricketers aways bounce the ball into keepers these days. The ball goes flater and harder and therefore quicker.

 

[LOOK AT THE DUKES]

During the course of a match, Ive always seen Didak kick a footy that bounces to the other player.

My friend thinks it because he is a star and that he means it.

Does he really mean this as it gives an advantage?

Or is it just Dids under-shooting the ball?

cause for one, wouldnt it be better that the kick result in a mark?

Im not a fan of it.

Although he is my favourite Collingwood player, is this kick too "mercurial"?

I think you will notice he does not do this to rocca I believe he may do it the the smaller forwards because it shows faith that they can gather the ball out turn or out run the opponent shows there agility.

 

[__DaVE]

sounds like a mistake to to me. it's called a miskick

 

[Magnus the Magpie]

Buckley might be a better long kick but Dids passes the ball over 30-40 metres better than anyone in the side (and is as good as anyone in the comp). He's also our best set shot-on goal by a mile.

Even more impressive is the improvement in his right foot over the last two years - in direct contrast to most left-footers who don't even seem to bother to try and develop their right side (e.g. Tarrant).

I agree he's looked a bit rusty on occasions since coming back but that'll pass.