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Posted: Tue Dec 11th, 2007 09:25 pm |
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tjkramer wrote: Coach V,
We are still watching your video and continuing our short practice sessions on the drills. The two points you made were exactly right -- he needed to focus on putting his force and energy into the ball and not past it, and the process will take time.
We would like to take you up on your generous offer of reviewing videos of his kicks. I have pasted three different links of him kicking -- each link has him kicking 5 balls and takes 30 seconds per link to watch. Any feedback, tips or follow-on drills would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again for your time and patience. Reviewing these videos and receiving personalized feedback goes above and beyond what I expected from your product. If I can ever do anything to repay your kindness and professionalism please let me know (testimonials, references, etc.).
Thanks again!
Great to see him working and you as parents taking the time with him.
This one is actually an easy fix. (Quicker than you think but not "easy.)
Both of you watch the section where we do the "line drill" I want you to watch Ryan kicking. You will notice that he doesn't "jump in the air" to load. He simply allows his last step in to be the load. What your son is doing is "hopping and stopping". This causes him to force his leg through rather than allowing his natural forward motion to carry him "through the shot".
You can have him move further back and continue his movement "through" the ball with out stopping, and I mean almost run through it. This will help him lose the stopping point. Right now he is stopping his forward progress to load. The load should simply be a part of that motion.
This is common among young plays. Often we can see their heads "pop up" against the back ground images. When in fact the head should stay even or even drop a little. Watch Dan, from the Silverbacks, strike the ball from the side view. You will see the same thing. His "constant forward motion" is huge and it carries his whole body through the point of contact and beyond.
I hope that clears it up. If not let me know.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11th, 2007 09:33 pm |
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kerbman wrote: I just bought Blast the Ball for my 15 year old nephew, who is a relative soccer newcomer. He is learning quickly, but is really struggling with lack of leg strength. Other than working on his form, are there any drills / exercises / weight training he can do to build leg strength?
Normally I would not recommend weight training for a youth player. However, at 15 he is fine to start some light workout routines. People always forget about the inner core as well, so don't. (mid section) Light squats, leg ext, hamstring curls, and lunges will help. Also, don't forget about NOT forcing the leg through the shot. Make sure he undersatnds this well and review this section well. A big load, and lots of speed at the point of contact. If you weight train, make sure he has 2 days recovery between sessions and gets quality protien in him afterwards. Whey protien is great for kids.
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Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 01:59 am |
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My feet are very big and long. I am 6'3'' and I wear a size 14 shoe. Every time I have attempted to practice a straight instep drive kick on the center of the ball, I either drag/jam my toes on the ground on the swing or end up hitting the ball where my toes meet my foot. It's like my feet and legs are too long to swing straight and directly at the ball to hit the sweet spot on my instep.
Is it possible that my feet are just too long for this kick? Do I need to just give up and do an angled approach and strike on the ball at an angle to make contact on the sweet spot? Or am doing something else wrong?
I have just ordered Blast the Ball, and am so excited to watch it!
Lincoln
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Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 02:17 am |
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mr.waffles wrote: My feet are very big and long. I am 6'3'' and I wear a size 14 shoe. Every time I have attempted to practice a straight instep drive kick on the center of the ball, I either drag/jam my toes on the ground on the swing or end up hitting the ball where my toes meet my foot. It's like my feet and legs are too long to swing straight and directly at the ball to hit the sweet spot on my instep.
Is it possible that my feet are just too long for this kick? Do I need to just give up and do an angled approach and strike on the ball at an angle to make contact on the sweet spot? Or am doing something else wrong?
I have just ordered Blast the Ball, and am so excited to watch it!
Lincoln
Love the name, mr.waffles....
With size 14 feet, you can call yourself anything you want.
When you watch the video you will learn several items / techniques that will teach you to "shorten" your leg. ALL players, even small 8 year olds, will STUB toes when trying the straight kick. We show you step by step the ways to perform it the right way. Remember, there are players at the some of the top levels that struggle with this kick because they were not introduced to it early on.
US players have a BIG problem because so few coaches know a good method to teach it step by step.
Let us know how you do and if you have any questions.
Would love to see a video of that size 14 shoe striking the ball.
V
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Posted: Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 04:24 pm |
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my daughter is 11 and very small. She is about 4'5" tall and 62 pounds. But she is a very strong and consistant runner both in long distance and sprints. She runs a 6min 40 sec mile. But her coach is worried about her leg strength. Since she plays outside mid and they are moving to 11 V 11 next season. (she is playing up U-12/U-13 competitive). My daughter wants to know how she can develop her leg strenght and volocity to beable to cross fields in one kick. Is this going to be hard for her since she is so small? How can we work on this effectively? She trains 4 days aweek as is so any corrections would be helpful. She wants this so badly!
We ordered the video and alson would like to know which sections to focus most on and what tools would be most helpful for her to work with.
Thanks for your help. ~Soccer Mom and daughter
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Posted: Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 05:14 pm |
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Hi Lori...
She will learn from the video about "impact zone".
Most players have a tendency to put too much effort into their kick after contact has been made. We call this "the excessive push through". When you guys watch the video make sure you understand about the "explosion point" at and just through the ball. Everything after that doesn't matter. (The ball is gone.) The line drill we do should help greatly.
Also if you want to send a video of her kicking, I will review and offer some help.
Feel free to PM me through this board and I can take a look.
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Posted: Mon Feb 25th, 2008 05:56 pm |
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Coach V,
My son is a goalkeeper and we have watched your video many times and have used it to improve his kicking.
I was wondering if you had any specific coaching for goal kicks and punts that might be helpful.
Are there different techniques for goal kicks? I watch a lot of EPL soccer and the goalkeepers seem to keep their foot low after they kick a goal kick which is I think different that some of the advice in BTB.
Any thoughts specific to goalkeepers and their kicking would be great.
Thanks,
Rob
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Posted: Mon Feb 25th, 2008 06:40 pm |
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Hey Rob,
The goal kick is slightly different.
You can take "parts" of our placement, and angles section and apply them to his kick.
Keepers usually step even or slightly behind the ball.
They use the angle kick.
They strike the ball with the sweet spot or the knuckle of the big toe.
They focus on the bottom of the ball.
Their foot has little follow through because they are using something similar to our "LINE DRILL" where we punch at the ball with very little follow through.
Start VERY close to the goal. (5ft)
Use the line drill and focus on the "punch".
Make sure the "soccer hop" is not an "upward hop" but simply a heavy load.
Have him concentrate on releasing on his energy AT THE BALL and little past it.
Move back a little at a time without changing the effort or force.
Make sure he feels as though his whole body is LOOSE. Very relaxed.
You will see that this will produce long high balls with backspin, which will also add a upwards loft and "hang time".
When you watch the pros kick you will notice that their eyes stay focused on the ball all the way through the kick. Make sure he does this as well.
That should help and keep moving back to the close shots.
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Posted: Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 12:30 pm |
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Hey Coach V,
A while ago I bought your video after much convincing to my parents. Im 13yrs old and play goalkeeper and winger.
Im wondering, my goalkicks need abit more power and height and sometimes I dont strike the ball cleanly. Im wondering which parts of your video relate to lofting the ball. Do I use a V swing? Do I step behind the ball? Should I follow thorugh properly? Do I "skip" onto my other foot after kicking? Should I lean back? I have watched your vide many times (which I must say it is the ONLY decent, no great, soccer video)
Also as a winger I have to cross and take the corner kicks. I read the previous post but mostly Im just wondering about some of the specific tips in your video.
By the way, what is the line drill you refer to? Is it in blast the ball?
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Posted: Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 12:58 pm |
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dandaman208 wrote: Hey Coach V,
A while ago I bought your video after much convincing to my parents. Im 13yrs old and play goalkeeper and winger.
Im wondering, my goalkicks need abit more power and height and sometimes I dont strike the ball cleanly. Im wondering which parts of your video relate to lofting the ball. Do I use a V swing? Do I step behind the ball? Should I follow thorugh properly? Do I "skip" onto my other foot after kicking? Should I lean back? I have watched your vide many times (which I must say it is the ONLY decent, no great, soccer video)
Also as a winger I have to cross and take the corner kicks. I read the previous post but mostly Im just wondering about some of the specific tips in your video.
By the way, what is the line drill you refer to? Is it in blast the ball?
Thanks Dandaman.
Yes, the line drill is where we place the line on the ground and focus our power at the ball rather past it. It is GREAT for goal kicks.
Repeat this over and over.
Stay loose, wind up and PUNCH at the bottom of the ball with an angle kick.
Do not have a large follow through.
All your energy should focused through the ball ONLY.
You will find that the ball travels quite far.
Many people strike the ball with too much effort in the follow through.
I will have to figure out which section it is in. Kind of hard to remember with such a long video.
Don't forget to send us your picture and comments.
"V"
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Posted: Wed Apr 30th, 2008 10:25 am |
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Thanks Coach V that helped ALOT.
I went to the park and practiced and was kicking miles further. The only problem was we were using a good quality padded soccer ball, but when I have to use slightly smaller, harder balls I seem to not be able to strike the ball cleanly. It always has spin and I cant get it very high or far. Any tips?
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Posted: Wed Apr 30th, 2008 11:13 am |
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dandaman208 wrote: Thanks Coach V that helped ALOT.
I went to the park and practiced and was kicking miles further. The only problem was we were using a good quality padded soccer ball, but when I have to use slightly smaller, harder balls I seem to not be able to strike the ball cleanly. It always has spin and I cant get it very high or far. Any tips?
What kind of spin does it have?
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Posted: Thu May 1st, 2008 11:15 am |
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It curves to the left (im right footed) so like a david beckham kick (conventional curve)
One more question- is it better to "curl" the toes down? Instictively my toes curl up when i kick but i read somewhere they should be curved down, as if trying to pick up grass with your toes.
Thanks Coach V
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Posted: Thu May 1st, 2008 11:51 am |
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dandaman208 wrote: It curves to the left (im right footed) so like a david beckham kick (conventional curve)
One more question- is it better to "curl" the toes down? Instictively my toes curl up when i kick but i read somewhere they should be curved down, as if trying to pick up grass with your toes.
Thanks Coach V
OK, that makes it easy.
You need to start striking the ball left of center.
Not much off center, just a bit.
Watch what happens.
Also, your toes should not curl up.
They should be down or neutral.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 09:15 am |
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| Ok thanks so much Coach V :-)
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