(07-06-2022, 01:45 PM)Mav date Wrote:I recall Parkin talking about how they addressed The Duke of Earl's goalkicking yips when he crossed from Melbourne and we tried to move him from CHB to CHF. The problem he had was that there'd always be a swing on the ball, but he couldn't allow for it as sometimes it went left and sometimes it went right. Taking time to think about his kicking was hurting rather than helping him. Parkin advised him just to take a set number of steps back and immediately begin his run up. It cured him pretty much overnight.I've thought very much the same about Cripps, who has similar issues to Earl.
A trick we had with kids was getting then to become competitive about their longest kick, because you can't kick your personal best longest kick without kicking straight. It got them focussed on kicking straight without the pressure of kicking straight, everybody just accepts some can kick further than others, so you focus on a PB.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"