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Really happy his yips really only went for 1 week.
Roast Tom Hawkins’ goalkicking
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It was longer than that. His kicking had been pretty poor for most of the year. Just look at his accuracy stats pre-last night.
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That’s right. He has a beautiful technique. Technically spot on.
Makes you wonder how he had a bad patch.
Makes you wonder how he had a bad patch.
Vdubs
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All career. When on, he is perfect; other days, if he misses the first shot, he seems to drop confidence. Just not always reliable, but he creates so many opportunities that he is an absolute gun. And looking at the tables, it backs up how great he is. Who really is more reliable?
Just a few interesting comparisons. I admit to having been overly critical of Tomahawk.
620 goals, 350 behinds. 240 goal assists
JC
440 goals, 250 behinds, 90 goal assists
Gary Rohan
160 goals, 90 behinds, 80 goal assists
GAJ
445 goals, 337 behinds, 261 goal assists
Taylor Walker
470 goals, 300 behinds, 165 goal assists
Josh Kennedy
670 goals, 370 behinds, 140 goal assists
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Vdubs
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Let me finish....I was editing while you were disagreeing.
He knows his routine and knows when he is kicking it well. Puts him ahead of most. That shot with the hand dropping the ball and the outrigger is classic. Something Sav needs to work on .
To kick with a slight hook is natural as the leg swings across the body. To kick left to right requires a precise drop and a precise contact with the boot in order to achieve his slight slice. It doesn’t take much of a drop in confidence to affect his kicking.
Natural depends on several things. If you look at the period when Hawkins was dropping the ball outside... it was when he kicked the goal after the siren to beat Haw , he made an effort to kick that way with a draw. I think his back and how loose it feels plays a role in how he kicks now, what is natural etc is what you are most comfortable with. Hawk does hold it a little too central etc for perfect tech but its very repeatable and he knows his shape.
One might make the argumant that in this era , to be able to shape it that way in one pocket and the hook the goal in the other, allows him to have a chance to be happy either side. Even Camerons action means he not overly happy in the left pocket.
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Is hawkins the best kick in our side? Not just at goal kicking but in general play as well?
Endorse that view , I believe he's close to our best ball user to be honest - kicking , handpassing and tap ons are elite
Was going to write this. If you were to build the perfect footballer from everyone in our team, your contested marking skills and kicking skills and probably vision would all come from him
Does he have more goal assists than goals this season?
standupand
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Vision, absolutely! Not sure about kicking.. Duncan, Tuohy, Stewart are all beautiful kicks too imo. Hawkins does after all have a tendency to inexplicably lose some confidence in front of goals every now and then. More than makes up for it in setting up twice as many for his teammates.
standupand
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Equal 7th overall in goal assists in the comp with 14, and equal 6th for goals with 29.
