Finishing

[Lionel Bart-At]

Anyone notice Son's technique when scoring Spurs' second yesterday. Kind of drills it into the surface rather than hitting it cleanly at goal. I see this type of shot increasingly when a player is one on one with the keeper. I'm guessing it a). minimizes the risk of splaffing it over the stand, and b). works almost as the inverse of a dink: lifts it over the keeper but with top-spin rather than drift.

Hope the link works. You see it best on the third showing of the goal.

Son Heung-min doubles Spurs' lead minutes after coming off bench

 

[bees1984]

Anyone notice Son's technique when scoring Spurs' second yesterday. Kind of drills it into the surface rather than hitting it cleanly at goal. I see this type of shot increasingly when a player is one on one with the keeper. I'm guessing it a). minimizes the risk of splaffing it over the stand, and b). works almost as the inverse of a dink: lifts it over the keeper but with top-spin rather than drift.

Hope the link works. You see it best on the third showing of the goal.

Son Heung-min doubles Spurs' lead minutes after coming off bench

Can't remember who it was but I watched a video of someone explaining why they use the technique. It is to get a bit of bounce to lift it over the keeper. He could have just miskicked it though in this instance

 

[westendbee]

Wissa in the last minute at Hammers last season

 

[vcmazz]

Ooops. Wrong thread. Was looking for Jamie Bates. As you were.

 

[ruislip bee]

Anyone notice Son's technique when scoring Spurs' second yesterday. Kind of drills it into the surface rather than hitting it cleanly at goal. I see this type of shot increasingly when a player is one on one with the keeper. I'm guessing it a). minimizes the risk of splaffing it over the stand, and b). works almost as the inverse of a dink: lifts it over the keeper but with top-spin rather than drift.

Hope the link works. You see it best on the third showing of the goal.

Son Heung-min doubles Spurs' lead minutes after coming off bench

Tried playing this but it's asking me to sign in. I don't have a Sky account so can't.

 

[Alex]

Tried playing this but it's asking me to sign in. I don't have a Sky account so can't.

You don’t have to have sky to have one

 

[Mr Tree]

Wissa in the last minute at Hammers last season

Good shout, great volley...

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Wissa in the last minute at Hammers last season

Same sort of idea, I suppose. Ball was in the air for Wissa, though. Execution more difficult imo.

 

[JANORAK]

Craftsmen knowing their tools. I’ve read in the past that CR7 takes delivery each season of a batch of match balls, for whichever league he’s playing in, just so he knows how it reacts before he plays with it for real.
One would hope that such variations and some science form part of shooting practice, nowadays.
As a kid, I can remember positioning the ball’s laces (!) just so at free kicks, to get it to ‘banana’ like Garrincha. It never worked…

 

[Mike]

What situations is it best to put your laces through the ball and when is it best to hit it with the side of you foot and curl it into the corner ?

 

[Banana]

Kind of drills it into the surface

Looks to me as though he lifts the ball off the surface slightly. Shrug.

 

[JosephBFC]

Kind of drills it into the surface rather than hitting it cleanly at goal.

Yep it’s definitely a deliberate way of striking the ball. Ozil is the master of this technique

 

[Lionel Bart-At]

Looks to me as though he lifts the ball off the surface slightly. Shrug.

Definitely not. And if there’s any doubt about being able to see the moment of the strike clearly enough on that clip, the rapidly dipping trajectory of the ball gives the game away.

 

[Les Beeavinu]

Yep it’s definitely a deliberate way of striking the ball. Ozil is the master of this technique

One for the pros only. Not getting away with that on a sh*t pitch.

 

[Banana]

Definitely not. And if there’s any doubt about being able to see the moment of the strike clearly enough on that clip, the rapidly dipping trajectory of the ball gives the game away.

I'm not seeing it. But no doubt my eyes.

 

[aslan]

Can't remember who it was but I watched a video of someone explaining why they use the technique. It is to get a bit of bounce to lift it over the keeper. He could have just miskicked it though in this instance

It's a video with Ozil. He said it was because a standard dink is more likely to be cleared as it gets held up by the backspin, this way it carries on its momentum. Plus its more difficult for the keepers to read

 

[JANORAK]

What situations is it best to put your laces through the ball and when is it best to hit it with the side of you foot and curl it into the corner ?

I’ve no idea, but if you find out, don’t forget to tell Bryan.