How to kick a ball further

[Dewyyyyy]

Ligma here you go, you'll be kicking 70 metres in no time.

 

[AlcoaCat]

Im 13 and i can kick 50-55 meters and on the weekend i kicked 65 meters with the wind i can also kick 60 meters with a torp, does anyone reckon with age i will be able to kick the ball even further?

Keep this up and you will be Benny Graham at 17.

 

[DaMan]

I would concentrate on being accurate more than length. But, I think there could be some core exercises that could help. Plus increasing flexibility through the hip flexors.

A technique i use is to make more contact in the middle of the footy than at the bottom of the footy. Very hard to do, it’s something I do subconsciously and find hard to do when deliberately practicing it. Not sure if it can be taught for that reason.

Give it a go and let us know how you go and what you think.

 

[Glorfindel]

Plus increasing flexibility through the hip flexors.

I think you mean hamstrings.

 

[Deadpool]

I'm seven years old, 198cm and 96kg and can only kick the ball 85 metres against the wind. Any tips to be able to kick it further?

 

[Ironmonger85]

There is another factor as well - the weight of the boot. Essendon's Albert Thurgood made a place kick of 98.48 m at practice in 1899 (with slight wind assistance). He was also recorded as place-kicking 95.71 m in a match against Carlton at East Melbourne in 1893. Dave McNamara of St Kilda managed a place kick measured at 94.49 m against South Melbourne at St Kilda in 1907. The longest punt kick recorded was 86.56 m by Harry Vallance of Carlton at Collingwood in 1933. Nobody gets anywhere near those figures today. It is thought that the heavier boots worn in those days may have allowed such long kicks. I think the footballs were also heavier then. Can anyone else come up with an explanation as to why blokes could kick so far in those days?

Pretty sure they'd kick the place kicks with the point of their toes and had steel capped boots. They were probably much smaller than modern day footballers too.