Goal kicking accuracy

[Cheer Squad]

Interesting article in today's SMH:

Goal-kicking yips a thing of the past for Swans

Cameron said his device, GoalKicka Target, which uses a plastic bullseye hoisted in the middle between the two main goalposts, lessened the daunting psychological effect of shooting for a goal by focusing the player on hitting a target as they would with a general field kick.

Gee, what a surprise. Unlike last year, when they were aiming at a Coke can tied to the goalposts, they're now aiming at a target hoisted between the goalposts. Who would've thought that would improve their accuracy?

[erica]

Didn't we suggest that on RWO last year? Bleedingly obvious strategy, I'd have thought.

[grarmy]

What a beat up! Tony Lockett used to aim the ball at a mentally projected black dot between the posts. The approach was well documented. The significant improvement by the Swans kicking strengths is due to practice, practice, following a personal approach routine, and more practice. Giving credence to the "GoalKicka Target" disses the effort the Swans players have put into their game. It has worked for Goodes. Not so for LRT and Rhyce.

[wolftone57]

What a beat up! Tony Lockett used to aim the ball at a mentally projected black dot between the posts. The approach was well documented. The significant improvement by the Swans kicking strengths is due to practice, practice, following a personal approach routine, and more practice. Giving credence to the "GoalKicka Target" disses the effort the Swans players have put into their game. It has worked for Goodes. Not so for LRT and Rhyce.

It also demeans the impact of 'Specialist Coaches' like Nick Davis who has been working with Sammy in the last month or so. His goal kicking, while not perfect, has improved wholesale.

[GongSwan]

Jetta's delivery into the forward line hasn't hurt iether, or McV

[Nico]

It also demeans the impact of 'Specialist Coaches' like Nick Davis who has been working with Sammy in the last month or so. His goal kicking, while not perfect, has improved wholesale.

I think you will find that Davis has been working on Sam's technique. If your technique is wrong then accuracy is most likely poor.

Sam drops the ball wrong and swings his foot across his body. Nick's technique was almost flawless. Dropped the ball correctly, straight leg and straight follow through.

Heard the Goalkicka Target bloke on SEN. Makes a lot of sense. Kids have always been taught to pick something out behind the goals, close to the centre of the goals, to aim for. Unfortunately bad habits happen such as kicking around the body in the back yard and in junior footy, so the straight kick deserts them through lack of practice.

I think, and I stand corrected, that Tom Hawkins in junior footy played in the ruck. This may explain why he lacks confidence when kicking for goal. It will be interesting to see how Patton goes when kicking for goal because he played full forward in his junior days.

[RogueSwan]

Didn't we suggest that on RWO last year? Bleedingly obvious strategy, I'd have thought.

Of course we did, all the good ideas the team get come from RWO!

[Red]

Goal-kicking yips a thing of the past for Swans

"Hello?", said The Jinx. "Did someone just call me?"

[Jewels]

"Hello?", said The Jinx. "Did someone just call me?"

I thought the same thing.....

[TheAgent]

I have seen what I believe is the reason for our increased goal kicking accuracy and quite simply it is just lots of practise as many have already mentioned.

As far as the glorified archery target thing, I have seen it put up once at training for about 5 minutes.

[Xie Shan]

Maybe it's just the law of averages... I'm sure all teams practice their goalkicking like we do, but ultimately it's a confidence thing... look at Lewis Jetta, kicks 19 behinds to start his career and now he's equal 5th in the race for the Coleman!

[GongSwan]

I thought the same thing.....

Yes 19/18 is hardly our best return and those easy shots at the death last night were horrifying, we should have probably kicked 25

[Bloody Hell]

"
Swans coach John Longmire, however, dismissed the effect of GoalKicka Target, saying his players had used it on only ''three out of 70'' sessions. ''That's not the reason,'' he said.

Cameron was stunned when told of this yesterday by the Herald as he believed he had enjoyed a ''really good working relationship'' with the club and had received feedback that suggested they were ''very happy'' with the product."

BURN!

[The Big Cat]

Maybe it's just the law of averages...

No such thing! It is the law of probabilities! The term has been corrupted and twisted, just like Murphy's Law which originally referred to design, and stated that if the design allowed the potential for something to go wrong, it eventually would. Now people refer to it as some sort of fatalistic prediction in all walks of life. Other common sayings have also been corrupted such as "money is the root of all evil" when the original adage was "LOVE of money is the root of all evil". Malcolm Fraser's axiom of "Life wasn't meant to be easy...." is a corruption of his statement that "Life wasn't meant to be easy, but with love etc etc..."

[Jewels]

Yes 19/18 is hardly our best return and those easy shots at the death last night were horrifying, we should have probably kicked 25

I was chatting to a Giants member sitting behind me last night and he said jokingly that the AFL must have ordered the Swans to NOT beat them by 100 judging by our kicking performance in the fourth quarter.