Comments on: Kicking & Ruck Questions Answered

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:52:43 +0000

guess what, I kicked a 47 metre drop punt today!!!

By: Jermayn

Jermayn — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:20:22 +0000

@Matthew, yes a 46 metre kick is a good kick for a 15 year old…

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:54:30 +0000

Hey!

just one question. Is a 46metre kick good for a 15 year old? that’s my best kick so far and I was wondering if it’s any good.
Thanks,
Matt

By: Jermayn

Jermayn — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:23:41 +0000

Hey Mathew!
Thanks for your question, a while ago we posted ‘How to Kick a Football Further“, along with Michael’s help it may also help…

Let us know how you go

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:14:22 +0000

Hi Matthew,

a lot has to do with the strenght and elasticity of your leg so you may just need to wait until that develops however, Personally the reason which stopped myself kicking it further was that i would drop the ball to high which meant less power on the kick, the higher the ball goes the less distance it gets. The majority of energy is transffered through the ball at the start of the kick so if you focus on kicking hard and keeping the ball lower you will add 10 to 15 meters to your kicks. (see “Kicking the ball” above for an excellent training technique to keep the ball lower)

Thanx Matthew, Keep em coming

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:10:34 +0000

I have just started playing football at the age of 14. I am a backman but i have a very low kicking distance. My team is kicking at 40m+ and i can only kick up to 30m.. how can i increase my distancen of kicking?