Happy we won on Friday, but a couple of repeats of the same thing that I’ve been seeing for a long time now have me very frustrated.
………..how it is that our coaching staff continues to allow (or possibly encourages or instructs) 3 players in particular – Hall, Richo and Schulz – to take these ridiculously long run ups when kicking for goal ? Honestly, it is an indictment on this hopeless coaching panel.
For 2 or 3 years now I have been watching Ray Hall almost fall over at the point where he has to kick the football.
All 3 of them completely lose their balance because of these ridiculously long run-ups. Schulz is actually a half reasonable shot on goal, but some loser off the coaching panel now has him taking a 40 yard run up to the point where the ball is moving all over the place before he kicks it.
You try running in a straight line with a football in both hands for 35-40 yards – your arms will naturally (and by logic) want to move all over the place to aid in your running. And of course, what that does is cause the ball to move all over the bloody place such that it becomes extremely difficult to guide it down directly over the kicking foot. The result is these bizarre, inept kicks off the boot that are more askew than a speed camera reading !
All the great set shot goal kickers keep their balance. Most take no more than 8 or 9 steps that are just a walk to a jog type of pace. Not these bloody stupid 30-40 yard sprints that Ray Hall takes. Have a look at Lloyd. His approach is so slow and deliberate he’s able to keep his arms very, very steady so that the ball NEVER moves around in his approach to the kick. It’s always right over his left foot.
And if anyone tries to tell me the reason is because these players find kicking goals on the run a lot easier hence they get them to use the same approach, let me say that kicking for goal on the run is completely different than taking a set shot. Firstly, you usually carry the ball rather than hold it over your kicking leg. Secondly, most players ease off just before they kick it i.e. slow down the last couple of steps to get their balance anyway. And thirdly, you will find that the proportion of goals kicked on the run from 40 metres or more (the typical distance Hall, Schulz and Richo find themselves kicking from) is actually less than those taken with a set shot that uses the proper approach anyway.
Finally, besides all of the above, the fact of the matter is that these 3 blokes are missing shots with this dumb approach from short distances – a clear indicator it just doesn’t work.
For God’s sake, can’t we get Plugger Lockett or someone down to the club to teach these blokes the correct approach – not some half baked idea to mask their real problems ? I know we had Peter Hudson down there a couple of years ago but these 3 blokes seem to either need continual training/reminding in the art, or it’s the deadsh*it coaching staff who keep filling their minds with incorrect and stupid techniques.
Memo to coaching staff: balance and timing is the key to set shots on goal. 30-40 yard bloody run-ups where you are required to keep your arms steady can not promote balance and timing, you morons !!!
………..how it is that our coaching staff continues to allow (or possibly encourages or instructs) 3 players in particular – Hall, Richo and Schulz – to take these ridiculously long run ups when kicking for goal ? Honestly, it is an indictment on this hopeless coaching panel.
For 2 or 3 years now I have been watching Ray Hall almost fall over at the point where he has to kick the football.
All 3 of them completely lose their balance because of these ridiculously long run-ups. Schulz is actually a half reasonable shot on goal, but some loser off the coaching panel now has him taking a 40 yard run up to the point where the ball is moving all over the place before he kicks it.
You try running in a straight line with a football in both hands for 35-40 yards – your arms will naturally (and by logic) want to move all over the place to aid in your running. And of course, what that does is cause the ball to move all over the bloody place such that it becomes extremely difficult to guide it down directly over the kicking foot. The result is these bizarre, inept kicks off the boot that are more askew than a speed camera reading !
All the great set shot goal kickers keep their balance. Most take no more than 8 or 9 steps that are just a walk to a jog type of pace. Not these bloody stupid 30-40 yard sprints that Ray Hall takes. Have a look at Lloyd. His approach is so slow and deliberate he’s able to keep his arms very, very steady so that the ball NEVER moves around in his approach to the kick. It’s always right over his left foot.
And if anyone tries to tell me the reason is because these players find kicking goals on the run a lot easier hence they get them to use the same approach, let me say that kicking for goal on the run is completely different than taking a set shot. Firstly, you usually carry the ball rather than hold it over your kicking leg. Secondly, most players ease off just before they kick it i.e. slow down the last couple of steps to get their balance anyway. And thirdly, you will find that the proportion of goals kicked on the run from 40 metres or more (the typical distance Hall, Schulz and Richo find themselves kicking from) is actually less than those taken with a set shot that uses the proper approach anyway.
Finally, besides all of the above, the fact of the matter is that these 3 blokes are missing shots with this dumb approach from short distances – a clear indicator it just doesn’t work.
For God’s sake, can’t we get Plugger Lockett or someone down to the club to teach these blokes the correct approach – not some half baked idea to mask their real problems ? I know we had Peter Hudson down there a couple of years ago but these 3 blokes seem to either need continual training/reminding in the art, or it’s the deadsh*it coaching staff who keep filling their minds with incorrect and stupid techniques.
Memo to coaching staff: balance and timing is the key to set shots on goal. 30-40 yard bloody run-ups where you are required to keep your arms steady can not promote balance and timing, you morons !!!
