malcore
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lol, sheet
lol, sheet
Shooting a hard, dense, small disc with a customized stick held with both hands is obviously going to be far more accurate than shooting a large, hollow sphere with your foot. The control and aerodynamics are completely different. Which is what I think mick was getting at. There is a lot more movement and play to a soccer ball while in flight. There is a reason the nets are a different size. How can you not see the skill required to control and be accurate in soccer?
I think precision might be part of my thought as well. Baseball, obviously has to be precise. Football, for the most part is. Hockey is. Tennis is. Soccer is just not very precise.
That curve though....I'm fucking amazed at that.
I'm referring to the uncontested kick with the exception of the goalie. I guess they should keep that for comical purposes. Goalie leaps left, ball goes right, GOOALLLL!.
Elaborate please. Seriously, I honestly don't get it. In hockey you can pretty much put the puck wherever you want if given a shot. In soccer they blast the ball 10 yards wide of the net. How did soccer gain another dimension? Hockey isn't air hockey if that's what you meant.
I think precision might be part of my thought as well. Baseball, obviously has to be precise. Football, for the most part is. Hockey is. Tennis is. Soccer is just not very precise.
Elaborate please. Seriously, I honestly don't get it. In hockey you can pretty much put the puck wherever you want if given a shot. In soccer they blast the ball 10 yards wide of the net. How did soccer gain another dimension? Hockey isn't air hockey if that's what you meant.
The ball isn't on the ground like a hockey puck is when it's shot. It has the third dimension of up/down added to the regular two dimensions of forward/back and left/right. It's a lot harder than it looks.
As for penalty kicks, the reason the goalkeeper often goes in the opposite direction to the ball is because he has to guess. A soccer goal is 8 yards wide and the kick is taken from only 12 yards away, so there isn't time to wait and see which side it's going then react after it's already kicked. You have to basically guess a third and then react to the ball if you get it right.
The ball isn't on the ground like a hockey puck is when it's shot. It has the third dimension of up/down added to the regular two dimensions of forward/back and left/right. It's a lot harder than it looks.
As for penalty kicks, the reason the goalkeeper often goes in the opposite direction to the ball is because he has to guess. A soccer goal is 8 yards wide and the kick is taken from only 12 yards away, so there isn't time to wait and see which side it's going then react after it's already kicked. You have to basically guess a third and then react to the ball if you get it right.
You don't watch much hockey if you think it operates in two dimensions.
You don't watch much hockey if you think it operates in two dimensions.
The puck, dummy. It's generally not in mid air when it's being shot.