Point taking from the hand.

Remmy

Hi all

Is there any websites that describe good point taking from the hand.This is regards to gaelic football.Our trainer tells us the 'walking around a corner technique' but I just cant get the technique down.It always comes off of the outside of my boot.Any ideas?

baztard

This probably wont be much help to you but I find if you want to kick the ball in a straight line use the outside of your boot. If you have an easy angle in front of the posts this your best bet. If you want to curl the ball use the 'walking around the corner technique'. If you are at an awkward angle, running or off balance, kick the ball this way.

Remmy

Sorry I should have explained it better.Punt kicking i'm grand with Id kick it as straight as a die off the front off my laces.But the times when its called for to curl the ball or while on the run that's when I struggle to kick it accurately.I'm a leftie and when I try to turn it into the right and straight it just spins off my boot madly to the left most times.:rolleyes:

homerjay2005

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what is this about, from the hand??? lads, kicking styles is down to natural ability. you either have it or you dont, simple as.

the only kick you can be thought is the straigt kick off the top of the laces for a short pass or a tap over free or one the run.

evil-monkey

homerjay2005 wrote: »

lads, kicking styles is down to natural ability. you either have it or you dont, simple as.

:rolleyes: lol. all those years of training wasted then...

kerry4sam

Remmy wrote: »

Hi all

Is there any websites that describe good point taking from the hand.This is regards to gaelic football.Our trainer tells us the 'walking around a corner technique' but I just cant get the technique down.It always comes off of the outside of my boot.Any ideas?

try and get your hands on some clips or videos of the great Maurice Fitzgerald, he will show you more than you'll ever read or hear about.

homerjay2005

evil-monkey wrote: »

:rolleyes: lol. all those years of training wasted then...

training can only improve you so much. you need natural ability to be able to start from. if everybody on here was able to kick scores from any angle they please, when ever the please, wed all be county stars.

very few people (yes there are odd exceptions),improve their status over the years i.e. - get better than the players who are naturally better than them. in kerry, the good underage players 12/13 for example are generally picked out fairly early as wearing the kerry jersey and quite often they do make ie.

was working with my uncle one day bout 10 years ago, maybe more. he was talking about some young lad that was only bout 12 that lived in the house where we worked and how they all knew in the house he would play for kerry. i laughed to be honest. the same lad, was togged off in croke park against tyrone this year in the final.... so what am i getting at? proving a point, that training can only do so much. coaching, now thats a different story, but your dissmissive argument towards my point was training.

kevmy

homerjay2005 wrote: »

training can only improve you so much. you need natural ability to be able to start from. if everybody on here was able to kick scores from any angle they please, when ever the please, wed all be county stars.

very few people (yes there are odd exceptions),improve their status over the years i.e. - get better than the players who are naturally better than them. in kerry, the good underage players 12/13 for example are generally picked out fairly early as wearing the kerry jersey and quite often they do make ie.

was working with my uncle one day bout 10 years ago, maybe more. he was talking about some young lad that was only bout 12 that lived in the house where we worked and how they all knew in the house he would play for kerry. i laughed to be honest. the same lad, was togged off in croke park against tyrone this year in the final.... so what am i getting at? proving a point, that training can only do so much. coaching, now thats a different story, but your dissmissive argument towards my point was training.

I think thats bollox really.

Fair enough lads who have natural will rise to the top but training and persistence will improve a player especially if he is working on a specific aspect of his game - as described here.

The lads with the natural talent prob don't have to work on these things as much as other lads and this helps them to be better all round players but all lads can improve almost any individual part of their game - if they want to and put in the time and effort

Waylander

kevmy wrote: »

I think thats bollox really.

Couldnt agree more. I am not saying you can turn anyone into Maurice Fitz with training, but you can teach someone how to kick a ball, the talented ones just pick it up quicker and better.

homerjay2005

we will just had to disagree lads on this. the same players that we standing out at under 12 on my club team are now the same 3 or 4 lads on the senior team playing with me. no matter how much you train, you may get fitter and fitter, but lets not confuse quality with fitness. its possible that on any given day, a fit player of lesser ability can beat a player widely known to have natural ability or be a star.

Even in intercounty level, christ, theres plenty of athlethes in the game, but hell lads, you see the amount of wides in football, at the top level? i rest my case. some of my mates couldnt kick a ball when they were 12 and they still cant do it.

Waylander

Living up to you name here Homer! Are you honestly telling me you cannot improve a player by coaching, you can only make him fitter?

kevmy

Sure players who excel at underage are often the stars of the future no ones arguing that. And naturally talented players have an obvious advantage.

But I know two players in my club, one of them an intercounty player, have improved their shooting considerably in the last 3 years.

One guy we used to continually joke that he could only score with the fist, now he regularly chips in a point a game from midfield.

Both of these guys would be in their late 20's, maybe 30 but would be hugely committed and I know one of them goes training on his own after work as an electrician

homerjay2005

Waylander wrote: »

Living up to you name here Homer! Are you honestly telling me you cannot improve a player by coaching, you can only make him fitter?

thers a difference between training and coaching tho :p:p:p the argument here is training. sorry lads, im just going off the basis that if you aint got it, you aint got it. theres exceptions of course, but im only going off what i see and thats lads shooting is the same in general right throughtout their careers......

anyway, what was the topic again?:P