Saturday April 17.  The
graphic to the right shows the pattern of the drill done April 17.
Each green square in the graphic, is 1 pace, 0.67 meters, from the
green crosses directly to the side and directly in front of it.
Everything happens without the ball touching the ground from the time
it is flipped up prior to kick 1. The distance from the start point to
the point directly across from the start point is 20 paces,
13.4 meters, which is also the approximate
distance from the start point to the target of shots point. Pattern: Kick ball on 45 degree slant to left 4 paces with left foot, step with right, step with left; kick ball on 45 degree slant to right 3 paces with right foot, step with left; kick ball on 45 degree slant to right 4 paces with right foot, step with left, step with right; kick ball at target with left foot. Target: Cone approx 20 paces or 13.4 meters from start. Target was an orange ground cone. Counted as hit if ball missed cone horizontally by less than 1 pace, 0.67 meters. For misses, miss distance is distance from center of target. Due to distance between self and target reduced by 4.5 meters by air-dribble run prior to shot, shots on average were taken approx 9 meters from target. |
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| Ball bounced before hitting wall | Ball did not bounce before hitting wall | ||||||||||||||
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | ||||
| Run Number |
Distance (meters) from start when ball 1st bounced (for bouncers) |
Horizontal
Distance (meters) by which ball missed target (for bouncers) |
Angle
by which ball missed from start point perspective (bouncers) |
Distance
(meters) from start when wall hit (for balls hitting wall without bouncing) |
Horizontal
Distance (in meters) by which ball missed target (for balls hitting wall without bouncing) |
Angle
by which ball missed from start point perspective (balls hit wall without bouncing) |
Height of ball (meters) when wall hit with ball (for balls hitting wall without bouncing) |
Apex height of ball |
Spin | Swerve (meters) |
Area of foot used | Comments | |||
| Key: Used online calculator I built at April 16 entry, at https://coolname001.angelfire.com/soccairfifteen.htm, to calculate angles. Unless noted (1 occurrence April 17), ball never hit ground between first kick of run and last kick of run. Was not looking at ball during shots. In cols C and F, L means ball missed to left of target, R means ball missed to right of target. Left means closer to my left arm as I watch ball move away from me after I kick it. In col K, L means ball swerved to left and R means ball swerved to right. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 13 | 1.4 L | 6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1st attempt, but a rocket | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | 4 R | 17 | 0.9 | 0.9 | Some L->R | 0.6 L | ball grazed the dancing man | |||||||
| 3 | 13 | 0 HIT TARGET |
0 | 0.3 | bounced at target low hard shot | ||||||||||
| 4 | 13 | 3.4 R |
15 | 4.2 |
4.2 | shot point way to right of target | |||||||||
| 5 | 13 | 0.7 R | 3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | col. J slightly L->R |
col. K to R |
inside of foot rocket; hit wall hard |
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| 6 | 13 | 3.4 L | 15 | 2.7 | 2.7 | strong R->L | 0.6 L | outside of LF |
hit wall hard | ||||||
| 7 | 13 | ?? | 2.4 | 2.7 | strong R->L | 0.6 L | outside of LF | shot from right of target | |||||||
| 8 | 13 | ?? | 1.5 | 1.5 | strong R->L |
0.3 L | outside of LF | shot from right of target | |||||||
| 9 | 13 | 0.7 R | 3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | almost vertical R->L | 0.3 L | ||||||||
| 10 | 13 | 0 HIT TARGET |
0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | R->L | 0.6 L | outside of LF | shot from right of target; hit wall very hard | ||||||
| 11 | 13 | 0 HIT TARGET |
0 | 2.4 |
2.4 | slight R->L |
0.3 L | outside forefoot of LF | hit target hard | ||||||
| 12 | 13 | 0.7 L | 3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | slight L->R | 0.3 R | inside of LF | ball hit wall hard | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | 3.4 R | 15 |
0.9 | 0.9 | R->L | 0.3 L | outside forefoot of LF | |||||||
| 14 | 13 | 0 HIT TARGET |
0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | R->L almost vertical backspin | outside forefoot of LF | ||||||||
| 15 | 13 | 0 HIT TARGET |
0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | R->L slight |
0.3 L | outside of LF | hit target hard | ||||||
| 16 | 13 | 2 R | 9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | outside of LF | ball hit wall hard | ||||||||
| 17 | 13 | 0 HIT TARGET |
0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | R->L slight |
0.3 L | outside forefoot of LF | |||||||
| 18 | 13 | 0 HIT TARGET |
0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | R->L very slight |
0.3 L | forefoot of outside of LF | hit target hard, despite me off balance w ball too close at time of shot | ||||||
| 19 | 13 | 0 HIT TARGET |
0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | R->L, 1 revolution | 0.3 L | outside of LF | ball hit target very hard | ||||||
| 20 | 13 | 1.4 L | 6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | R->L | 0.3 L | outside of LF | ball hit wall very hard | ||||||
| 21 | 13 | 0 HIT TARGET |
0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | outside of LF | ball bounced once just before shot, hit target hard | ||||||||
| 22 | 13 | 0.7 R | 3 | middle forefoot of LF | |||||||||||
| 23 | 0 HIT TARGET |
0 |
1.8 |
1.8 | R->L amost vertical backspin |
0 | middle of LF | hit target hard | |||||||
| Total/ Average |
avg 4.8 (first ten, avg 7.7; last nine, avg 1.7). |
Avg 1.9 |
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