The Coaching Thread

[Desperately Seeking Susans 1,490]

" Ok guys come over here a minute...Jake, FFS maintain your social distancing how many times do I need say that?

Right, I'm going to talk about a type of shot - an attempt on goal.  It's almost extinct, historical and very rarely seen nowadays.  It's called the 'lob'.  

This should be used when you've got defenders in front of you.  Rather than shoot, which will likely be blocked, pretend to shoot and defenders slide in front of you, the goalkeeper thinking you are going to shoot will come off his line to narrow angle leaving substantial space behind him.  That's when you lob the ball over their heads and of course into the net.  Ok guys give it a try tomorrow"

😁

 

[TPAFKA Jersey 2 4,508]

9 hours ago, Desperately Seeking Susans said:

" Ok guys come over here a minute...Jake, FFS maintain your social distancing how many times do I need say that?

Right, I'm going to talk about a type of shot - an attempt on goal.  It's almost extinct, historical and very rarely seen nowadays.  It's called the 'lob'.  

This should be used when you've got defenders in front of you.  Rather than shoot, which will likely be blocked, pretend to shoot and defenders slide in front of you, the goalkeeper thinking you are going to shoot will come off his line to narrow angle leaving substantial space behind him.  That's when you lob the ball over their heads and of course into the net.  Ok guys give it a try tomorrow"

😁

 

Didn’t Obika try one in a recent game and made a rip roaring khunt of it?

Or was It a chance that was screaming out to be lobbed but he just blootered it?

I cannae mind. 
This was my helpful addition to your thread. 

[faraway saint 31,751]

3 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said:

Didn’t Obika try one in a recent game and made a rip roaring khunt of it?

Or was It a chance that was screaming out to be lobbed but he just blootered it?

I cannae mind. 
This was my helpful addition to your thread. 

It was against Aberdeen, under hit it as I recall. 

[Desperately Seeking Susans 1,490]

As I say, it is something that should be practised and tried.  It certainly takes a lot of composure to attempt it.

[HSS 12,175]

I’m waiting on a player having a dig and scoring straight from kick off.

[TPAFKA Jersey 2 4,508]

13 minutes ago, HSS said:

I’m waiting on a player having a dig and scoring straight from kick off.

Always a fine sight. Mind Chris Maguire scoring one like that for Scotland U21s. See if I can find it. 

[TPAFKA Jersey 2 4,508]

Wasn’t that hard.

 

[God of war 216]

What a lot of nonsense, comes with natural ability...

[Yflab 4,536]

1 hour ago, HSS said:

I’m waiting on a player having a dig and scoring straight from kick off.

Aye especially when the opposition are down on one knee.

[Bud the Baker 8,972]

Adam Hammill scored a couple of crackers during his brief spell with us, the current trend is for defenders to press up and keepers to be the last defender (sic) which leaves the opportunity for a lob from the halfway line - definitely something worth practising.

Edited January 16 by Bud the Baker

[Cumbriansaint72 281]

28 minutes ago, Yflab said:

Aye especially when the opposition are down on one knee.

We still got players that couldn't get anywhere near on target in that situation🤣🤣

[HSS 12,175]

4 hours ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said:

Wasn’t that hard.

 

Straight from centre,that one is from a pass.

[TPAFKA Jersey 2 4,508]

6 minutes ago, HSS said:

Straight from centre,that one is from a pass.

Ye werenae allowed to do that then. 

[HSS 12,175]

You are now..........

 

[TPAFKA Jersey 2 4,508]

On 1/16/2021 at 3:17 PM, HSS said:

You are now..........

 

What ground is that at? 

[Yflab 4,536]

7 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said:

What ground is that at? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excelsior_Stadium

We hold the attendance record at that ground. 

Edited January 18 by Yflab

[TPAFKA Jersey 2 4,508]

3 hours ago, Yflab said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excelsior_Stadium

We hold the attendance record at that ground. 

I thought it was that one. Why were Spartans playing there. I’m asssuming the opposition wasn’t Airdrie. 

[HSS 12,175]

4 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said:

I thought it was that one. Why were Spartans playing there. I’m asssuming the opposition wasn’t Airdrie. 

The Excelsior Stadium is a favourite venue for Youth team cup finals.

[TPAFKA Jersey 2 4,508]

3 hours ago, Yflab said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excelsior_Stadium

We hold the attendance record at that ground. 

Interesting wee fact that it’s the highest football stadium in the Scottish League. I’d never have guessed that. 

[Yflab 4,536]

Interesting wee fact that it’s the highest football stadium in the Scottish League. I’d never have guessed that. 

I thought the CBD stadium in Hamilton was the highest!

[antrin 5,096]

 

15 minutes ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said:

Interesting wee fact that it’s the highest football stadium in the Scottish League. I’d never have guessed that. 

It IS interesting!

(if you like that kinda thing.    )

Spurred on by it I had a look for England.

The Hawthorns :  WBA  fc  551 feet above sea level.

First English Stadium I was ever in.

Some other interesting-ish facts here...

The Highest and Lowest Stadiums (England and Wales) - Midfield Dynamo

 

 

Lowest in Scotland - mibbe Gayfield?

It certainly scratches around the bottom.  Matron...

Edited January 18 by antrin

[oaksoft 13,903]

15 minutes ago, antrin said:

 

It IS interesting!

(if you like that kinda thing.    )

Spurred on by it I had a look for England.

The Hawthorns :  WBA  fc  551 feet above sea level.

First English Stadium I was ever in.

Some other interesting-ish facts here...

The Highest and Lowest Stadiums (England and Wales) - Midfield Dynamo

 

 

Lowest in Scotland - mibbe Gayfield?

It certainly scratches around the bottom.  Matron...

Inverness is right on the shoreline.

[antrin 5,096]

5 minutes ago, oaksoft said:

Inverness is right on the shoreline.

Good call - almost built on reclaimed and - that was a marshy bog out there...

Map of Inverness, Highland [City/Large Town] (streetmap.co.uk)

Whereas

Gayfield has a wee bit of a drop onto the sand, IIRC...

Streetmap.co.uk - Map of 363516,740106

[Slarti 931]

1 hour ago, oaksoft said:

Inverness is right on the shoreline.

Aye, but the watter's higher there. 

[antrin 5,096]

1 minute ago, Slarti said:

Aye, but the watter's higher there. 

Well, it would be - it's further north!