Michael Varn
BRONZE
In my youth soccer days, I always had difficulty achieving height and distance with goalkicks using the conventional instep.
It never occurred to me that toe poking goalkicks with a long running start was an option that would have virtually gauranteed height and distance.
Like an old school gridiron rugby feild goal kicker, or a golf ball driven off the tee on a par 5.
Of course you have to spend time practicing this toe poke to achieve consistency by not just shanking it way out of bounds.
Imagine if adult or even professional level goalkeepers started doing this.
This could potentially make things difficult for the goalkeeper on the other side of the feild!
I always bought into the running narrative that using the toe poke strategically was a sign of a lack of skill, or a bad thing.
It never occurred to me that toe poking goalkicks with a long running start was an option that would have virtually gauranteed height and distance.
Like an old school gridiron rugby feild goal kicker, or a golf ball driven off the tee on a par 5.
Of course you have to spend time practicing this toe poke to achieve consistency by not just shanking it way out of bounds.
Imagine if adult or even professional level goalkeepers started doing this.
This could potentially make things difficult for the goalkeeper on the other side of the feild!
I always bought into the running narrative that using the toe poke strategically was a sign of a lack of skill, or a bad thing.