'Fredthered' this board is for true G.A.A people who want discuss important topics in a sensible way.
By the way this toe method obviously isnt working up in Donegal !!!
You should listen more to what people from Tyrone or Kerry say.

Bogmanstand (Cavan) - Posts: 41 - 21/04/2009 22:23:38    264625

I wouldn't discount the big toe approach just like that Bogmanstand.Fredthered has something there especially if the ball is a wee bit on the soft side. Personally the sound that this method makes when toe meets ball is like music to my ears. God be with the days.

squidword (Louth) - Posts: 2897 - 21/04/2009 23:41:10    264758

Bogmanstand----how to take a free kick is hardly what i would call an important topic been discussed on here. It would be an important topic in a coaching seminar but not on a messageboard. It was a tounge in cheek comment. What will the next important topic be about. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HANG THE NETS or WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR THE REFEREE TO THROW IN THE BALL.
There was also no need for your comment about what is happening in Donegal football. Sam hasn't been in Cavan for a long time either.
I am not aiming this comment to annoy the general decent folk from Cavan on here. Some the the greatest footballers in Ulster came from Cavan in the past but i thought your comment on the state of football here was a bit ironic.

Fredthered (Donegal) - Posts: 1144 - 22/04/2009 11:10:22    264963

Squidword, yes I'll have to bow to you there. Power is of course a contributory factor. But just like in golf the sweeter the hit and the longer the club, the further the golfball will go without adding any extra added power. Likewise the sweeter the hit and the longer the leg (and the more extended the leg) the further the football will travel.

thykingdomcome (Kerry) - Posts: 1206 - 22/04/2009 11:59:22    265029

Charlie Redmond used to always to take seven paces backways. then three to the left. Then, licked his hands followed by two more steps to the left just as he began his run-up. It usually worked. Trevor Giles had a unique enough method too, he always fixed his jersey at the shoulders, just before he took a free.

The Loyal2TheRoyal elementary guide to taking a free is place the ball on the ground with the part for pumping up the ball facing straight down. Then if you kick with your right, your left foot should be square with the ball once you strike. And vice-versa if you kick with your left.

Loyal2TheRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 4522 - 22/04/2009 18:10:13    265493

the best way to learn a new technique to take frees it to watch a video with jimmy keaveney in it...although im not sure if the art is inate or can be learned......better ask the man himself lads....

seany16 (Dublin) - Posts: 1663 - 22/04/2009 22:47:25    265776

take 5 steps back solo with your right foot,hop look at the posts look at the ball,make sure the valve is facing up the way,take a last look at the posts and dont take your eye off the ball from then on,works for me nearly every time

odhranmacGD (Donegal) - Posts: 42 - 23/04/2009 01:44:19    265874

OdhranmcGD- Could you introduce yourself to John Joe Doherty.

Fredthered (Donegal) - Posts: 1144 - 23/04/2009 19:04:42    266683

Place the ball so the lining on it is square with the posts. then by looking at the ball you'll know exactly where the posts are....... then get your big toe and put it through the ball.

Derry_ledd (Derry) - Posts: 2093 - 23/04/2009 20:29:45    266748

Kick it.

trileacman (Tyrone) - Posts: 759 - 23/04/2009 22:16:07    266855

Place the ball on the ground, nip facing down. Fix your socks. Make sure tongue of your boot is straight. Standing foot should be next to the ball and your kicking foot behind - toe to the ground, heel slightly lifted. Take a long hard look at the posts. Big deep breath - only one. Start your walk back. Take 5 or 6 long strides back, slowly, and 2 or 3 to the side. Bend your knees. Hands must be between your knees cupped. Not interlocked, cupped. Very, very slowly look up at the top of the posts. Pick a target - the loner on the hill. To start your run up correctly you need to take half a step back before you move forward. Easy does it. Concentrate on nothing but the strike. If you make the right connection the ball should do the rest....

The whole process should take a minute - 30 seconds for the free and 30 seconds to lift yourself off the ground to howls of laughter after you've slippd and made a fool of yourself...

When will I ever learn??

Plink (Monaghan) - Posts: 110 - 24/04/2009 00:12:57    266969

there is probably no actual tried and tested method which everyone can use, but the follow through after striking the ball has always been very important in my view....
be like Father Ted kicking Bishop Brennan up the a**e

Chester1970 (Armagh) - Posts: 509 - 24/04/2009 10:01:43    267086

chatting to a free taker from yester year...he says that you should pass the ball over the bar...aim for something behind the nets.. its all technique lads, martin mc hugh a small man in stature could easily kick 50 metre... note 1992 cavan game to bring the game to a replay...Mc conville talks about routine, jonny wilkinson has a routine, charlie redmond had a routine...

captain_morgan (Donegal) - Posts: 42 - 25/04/2009 00:52:16    267812

I always found aiming for the post furthest away allowed for the ball to curl in, or maybe Im just a banana foot. Straight shots in front of the posts can be the hardest.

cornerboy (Antrim) - Posts: 2 - 25/04/2009 10:29:25    267846

Dont try and BLAST it.
Just make sure you get a good connection and take your time. Dont let anything rush you.
Once you get a routine goin never stop doin it.

WONDER_KID (Tyrone) - Posts: 114 - 25/04/2009 14:52:22    267957

KunAguero
County: Sligo
Posts: 26

"I also saw a player from Louth, think his name was White, playing in the O'Byrne Cup Final against DCU and he never missed one free off the ground the whloe game and he hit more than one from well behind the 45"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks9zJC8otGs

Bogmanstand the above worth a look

ps the voice you here after the ball is struck ie. "ah a great score" is non other than me fein...................my claim to fame :-)

squidword (Louth) - Posts: 2897 - 25/04/2009 17:43:15    268020

best technequie is to put it over the bar!! end of!!

dj27legend (Down) - Posts: 641 - 26/04/2009 23:39:35    268568