Re: AFL Rd 5 2022 Post Game Carlton vs Port Adelaide
Reply #72 –
Yesterday was hot, the footy gets greasy, probably even more slippery than when it's raining. We missed several set shots at goal from 30m out, and each time the ball seemed to slide off the foot.
Do modern AFL players not have the basic skill / knowledge of kicking the footy with the lacing down when the set shot is inside 30 - 35m range? You obviously cannot kick it as far, but making contact with the lace side means it certainly won't slide off the boot, and you are forced to kick through the footy just to get it to 40m!.
Maybe it hurts their little tootsies too much!
I was taught to do that only when it was bucketing down and the footy was a slippery as a greased pig. It certainly wasn't a thing during my brief career in the sticky conditions of the QAFL. I probably kicked the ball that way four or five times in my life
Of course, we had to make do with one footy rather than the bag of footies at each end of the ground now.