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Exactly. The comparison that came in my head would be like changing the way you hold a pencil, being asked to write neater, but thereās 18 blokes frantically trying to hit you in the head whilst that happens.
His kicking will improve, as will his confidence in his ability. It will just take time and lots of additional reps to really bed in all that is new.
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That is so far off the mark, that it is laughable. Donāt how anyone can come to that conclusion
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I think he needs to find a comfortable spot to hold the ball with one hand and guide it onto your foot. For some players, their hand is closer to the laces because their hands are big enough to guide onto the foot. Others have smaller hands and have it closer to the tip.
Iām not too worried where the ring finger is. In that Elijah pic, I think his palm is more towards the top of the footy which can cause some inconsistent drops of the footy. Iād say Elijah would be struggling with the wind out at Tullamarine messing with the ball drop when training. It can be pretty windy and you really need to adjust your ball drop in those conditions. In Zacās pic, it looks like heās at Marvel which is far easier to guide the ball on to your foot. Even the MCG is far easier because the stands shelter the breeze as your kicking it.
Elijah just needs to work at his kicking. Heās likely to have a poor run of kicks as heās trying to learn his new technique. It takes quite a bit of time to break old poor habits.
E L I J A H
Elijah!
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Elijah!
Tsatas absolutely has an appetite for the contest imo
His work in close is very good already
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Iām not sure you know which player Tsatas isā¦
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And he is trying to work on his kicking.
I donāt know how you go through the system with such a glaring deficiency on a core skill.
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He is not a great kick
He might get better
He might get worse
Some people are upset that he is a bad kick
Some people are upset that some other people are upset that he is a bad kick.
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I havenāt seen anything from him yet thats made me think yeah, heās got it. Thats what you look for with these kids, moments or passages of play that make you take notice
I hope i do soon, because im not sure he has that many weapons at the moment
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Kav vibe?
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Fixed - por quƩ no los dos
@barnz , please. Tsatas has shown more already than Kav ever did. Tsatas dominates VFL and has looked decent at AFL level. Kavās crowning achievement was that he handballed once in a game against Freo one time.
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4 times for 4 goal assists you heathen
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Nino, Tsatas is #5 for us.
There that should clear things up.
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Howās his kicking at VFL level? is it equally questionable? Maybe he just needs more time to get comfortable with the speed in the seniors and the pressure hesā under when he has the ball.
Iām sure itāll improve.
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Iāll have you known he executed a handball thank you very much!! If that hasnāt convinced you I donāt know what will.
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His kicking at VFL level in a game three weeks ago was terrible.
He hasnāt replicated anything like it at AFL level. In fact Iād say his kicking was far better last year than at VFL level, but I think he is trying to minimise the damage in AFL games and take safer options.
It would be pretty embarrassing if he replicates the kicking from the other week at AFL level. The kid is a confident kid, but Iām not sure how heāll react to the criticism if it occurred. From both media and fans.
The point about how much hand is on top is because of how the guiding of the ball works. Before the drop you raise the ball then (for a righty) the left hand comes off and up to balance the body, while the āguideā hand accelerates downwards ( the first part of this manifests as a slowing against the inertia of the rise, to a standstill). This gives you control without gripping the ball. The same as if you side-to-side throw a basketball between your hands. Or a water polo player controlling the ball. The controlled deceleration/acceleration gives you contact and control without grip. Anyway - point of all this - if you do the upward lift and a decent bit of hand is not on the upper part of the ball around the laces, you arenāt going to have so much control arresting the rise and getting a nice straight drop.
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