Step One: Approach the ball at a slight angle. This will assist the natural swinging motion of the kicking leg.
The head should be kept steady with eye's fixed firmly on the ball. Plant the non-kicking foot along side and
slightly in front of the ball. The head and upper body should be over the ball. Withdrawal with the kicking leg is predominantly from the knee and not the hip.
Step Two: Contact on the ball should be made through the underside and center of the ball. Using a stabbing
action from the knee and not the hip, strike down onto the underside of the ball, as to impart a vicious backspin on the ball. The more powerful the stabbing action of the kicking foot down onto the ball, the more rapidly the ball will climb with a quality backspin.
Step Three: The backspin of the ball is necessary to allow the ball to stop within a short distance, on making contact with the ground. |
