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Re: Dumb Question Three: How to kick in soccer cleats
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Mark T
Jan 3, 2013, 1:58:33 AM1/3/13
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On Jan 1, 9:44 am, TimR <timothy...@aol.com> wrote:
> Most kicking motions require a twist or slide of the support foot during the action.
>
> It is most obvious in a spin kick or something like a back leg roundhouse. In some kicks you can lift the support foot and set it down in the final position before the kick is delivered, but in others you can't.
>
> Friction resists the movement of the foot, and the more weight on that foot the more friction. Barefoot, slippery shoes, sneakers, sports shoes with cleats, all alter the amount of friction. People who kick hard in running shoes or boots must be unweighting the foot like skiers do to carve turns, right?
No. In round kick, one pivots by lifting onto the ball
of the foot. A top spins faster on a sharper tip.
As simple as that. And not like skiing.
One could conceivably rise and unweight the
support leg, but that would be awkward and unstable.
I doubt anyone does that. I never did.
> And if you kick hard and your support leg does NOT turn when you expect, you can rip your knee apart. Probably even if you do no catastrophic damage, over the years of training these twisting forces add up to knee deterioration so it would be ideal to analyze this motion early and do it correctly.
Very correct. But unfortunately, not emphasized enough.
Probably most instructors are not even aware of the
issue. When performing a round kick, the toes and
knee of supporting leg must turn together. For health,
not kick power.
Mark
> Most kicking motions require a twist or slide of the support foot during the action.
>
> It is most obvious in a spin kick or something like a back leg roundhouse. In some kicks you can lift the support foot and set it down in the final position before the kick is delivered, but in others you can't.
>
> Friction resists the movement of the foot, and the more weight on that foot the more friction. Barefoot, slippery shoes, sneakers, sports shoes with cleats, all alter the amount of friction. People who kick hard in running shoes or boots must be unweighting the foot like skiers do to carve turns, right?
No. In round kick, one pivots by lifting onto the ball
of the foot. A top spins faster on a sharper tip.
As simple as that. And not like skiing.
One could conceivably rise and unweight the
support leg, but that would be awkward and unstable.
I doubt anyone does that. I never did.
> And if you kick hard and your support leg does NOT turn when you expect, you can rip your knee apart. Probably even if you do no catastrophic damage, over the years of training these twisting forces add up to knee deterioration so it would be ideal to analyze this motion early and do it correctly.
Very correct. But unfortunately, not emphasized enough.
Probably most instructors are not even aware of the
issue. When performing a round kick, the toes and
knee of supporting leg must turn together. For health,
not kick power.
Mark
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