08-16-2024, 04:21 AM
(08-16-2024, 02:00 AM)DJC link Wrote:What does it actually mean?
I would have thought that every players' eyes are on roughly the same plane :
If it means looking for a passing opportunity, then why not say that? It's just another meaningless phrase that has crept into the commentators' repertoire.
Its take the shorter, smarter option when its available and not just bomb long and hope.
I've always known it since i was a kid as my dad used to say it, but never known its origin.
I just assumed it had as much to do with looking at the old magnetic whiteboard. Instead of kicking it over the HF line deep into the goals, lower your eyes and see whats in front of you.
In reality, i think its more simple than that. When a player is looking to kick deep, they seem to tilt their head back so their eyes are higher and it gives them more of an ability to see longer.
Lowering them looks at whats in front of you more, rather than over them.