Top 5 set shots in AFL at the moment.

[September_Glory]

Josh Kennedy's set shot, despite the awkward stuttering motion, is very reliable.

Does Steven Johnson count? His boundary line goals are set shots...

 

[blues4flag]

From Carlton, Walker and Garlett would be our best two.

Out of sight, out of mind but Houlihan is a brilliant set shot on goal. Has an incredibly graceful technique and kicks them from anywhere.

 

[pazza]

The others at Essendon would be:

1. Brent Stanton
2. Angus Monfries
3. David Zaharakis
4. Jobe Watson

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Amazing that Edwards has kicked so well this season.

Was probably the least reliable kick throughout his tenure at West Coast.

I actually paid particular attention to him because his technique is almost identical to mine. Tends to not kick through the ball, causing too much elevation and the ball dropping on the line (not making the distance). On a nice day, not so much of an issue, but with a bit of wind it can become a nightmare.

Great to see him turn it around!

 

[vonn]

Lewis Jetta

 

[pazza]

Amazing that Edwards has kicked so well this season.

Was probably the least reliable kick throughout his tenure at West Coast.

I actually paid particular attention to him because his technique is almost identical to mine. Tends to not kick through the ball, causing too much elevation and the ball dropping on the line (not making the distance). On a nice day, not so much of an issue, but with a bit of wind it can become a nightmare.

Great to see him turn it around!

Has benefitted by working on two windy VFL home grounds - North Ballarat's Eureka Stadium is on a flat plateau at the foot of the Central Highlands and the wind can be quite tricky. The same too at Werribee's Avalon Airport oval, which sits in the Werribee River valley.

 

[Riders of Rohan]

Trent Dennis-Lane

 

[Barnzy]

Tyrone Vickery is statistically the best set shot in the AFL. There was an article on it the other week. He's our Tippett (that can kick).

 

[Wallaby]

Jay Schulz is quite underrated as far as goalkicking accuracy goes. Converting at roughly 70% in his past 25 games (44 goals, 18 behinds).

i remember a game against Collingwood a few years ago - Schulz was having one of his good games for us and had kicked about 4 and kicked well. Middle of the last quarter, he takes a huge pack mark at CHF, with the shot to put us in front. Unfortunately, Richo had flown for the same mark, and in the collision, Schulz took the mark, but got badly crunched. He couldn't take the kick.
So the kick goes to the nearest Richmond player who was.....Richo. Guess what happened next, boys and girls......

 

[Peck]

The J-Hoff is pretty good for us, and when Schulz is on he is an absolute deadeye.

From outside Port Adelaide I'd go with someone like Kennedy or Walker.

 

[UpForGrabs]

LeCras has kicked 139.60 since the start of 2009.

Not sure how many of those have been from set shots. Still impressive to have a 70% accuracy record over two and a half seasons.

He's 68.8% over his career (205.93)

 

[Gozz]

The amazing thing is that Andrew Walker practiced having only 8 set shots a day over 2010/11 preseason and look what has happened. Why dont all AFL players do this rather than constantly waste their time with boundary dribbles at training?

 

[The Falcon Strike]

LeCras has kicked 139.60 since the start of 2009.

Not sure how many of those have been from set shots. Still impressive to have a 70% accuracy record over two and a half seasons.

He's 68.8% over his career (205.93)

He's probably 25.3 for goals out of his arse from the boundary - so that might bring his set shot average down

As an aside - the Drew Petrie set shot from the boundary after the siren hasn't got anywhere near enough love! Nor enough laughing at LRT's miss from 6 inches out

 

[Gazza_11]

Colin Sylvia.

 

[ize_]

Jack Riewoldt is clearly the best.
Ty Vickery doesn't miss either.
Ben Griffiths doesn't play at the moment, but he is better than both of them.

 

[Ron The Bear]

I don't have stats for set shots alone, but FWIW...

Best ratio of G:B, 2011 (min. 20 scores):

Player               Conv  G  B
-------------------------------
Edwards, Aaron       91.7 22  2
King, Jake           86.4 19  3
Dangerfield, Patrick 85.0 17  3
Riewoldt, Jack       79.2 38 10
Ryder, Patrick       76.2 16  5
Walker, Andrew       75.0 30 10
Giansiracusa, Daniel 75.0 18  6
Roughead, Jarryd     72.3 16  6
Vickery, Tyrone      72.0 18  7
Monfries, Angus      71.4 15  6

Career (min. 50 scores):

Player              Conv   G  B
-------------------------------
Jamar, Mark         71.7  43 17
Edwards, Aaron      71.0  93 38
Neagle, Jay         69.5  41 18
Seaby, Mark         69.4  68 30
Campbell, Matt      68.9  62 28
LeCras, Mark        68.8 205 93
Petterd, Ricky      68.7  46 21
Anthony, Jack       68.4  80 37
Bradley, Kepler     67.3  70 34
Wonaeamirri, Austin 67.3  37 18

 

[Big Kahuna Boot]

Carlton fans are saying Walker, but how many of those 11 goals were in the goal square?

..well, out of the last 2 games where Walker has kicked 11 straight.. ..most are set shots 30+ out.. ..even though he loves to go for a speccy, he's a very good leading fwd.. ..in fact, out of his 30.10 goals/behinds kicked for the year, only a few of those points came from set shots.. ..and in regards to how many goals he's kicked from close range, i'm not entirely sure but those close range goals are ones he's either crumbed, or ran fwd towards the goals to get a cheapy.. ..in regards to the OP he's been a hugely accurate set shot for goal..

 

[True Blue Saint]

Brendon Goddard is an extremely good set shot from anywhere within about 55m. Arryn Siposs has wonderful technique, and when he starts kicking goals more regularly, will become renowned for his ability to slot them from anywhere.

From other clubs:

Mark LeCras
Jack Riewoldt
Andrew Walker
Josh Kennedy
Aaron Edwards

 

[Carnage]

Liam jurrah??

 

[Tas]

Amazing that Edwards has kicked so well this season.

Was probably the least reliable kick throughout his tenure at West Coast.

I actually paid particular attention to him because his technique is almost identical to mine. Tends to not kick through the ball, causing too much elevation and the ball dropping on the line (not making the distance). On a nice day, not so much of an issue, but with a bit of wind it can become a nightmare.

Great to see him turn it around!

He is on 22.2 this year from 8 games but also kicked 25.5 last year from 14 games, so is tracking on 47.7 from his last 22 games and he kicked 5.1 on the gold coast in wet conditions.

I think the big improvements in recent years.
a) He is off the horse tranquillisers.
b) He is not getting pissed at Lionel Richie concerts any more.
c) His endurance and fitness is way up.
d) He has adjusted his kicking routine now and he gets much better penetration and can kick longer with less effort, a few years ago he struggled to make the distance from 30m out late in games.
e) stopped trying to take mark of the year in the pockets and now works hard and leads into good goal scoring positions.

It is great that he has put such a big effort to turn his game around, he had the tools but he lacked the discipline and work ethic, I think he has gained that with maturity.

 

[wce4premiership]

I think jack reiwoldt and mark lecras are fighting for top spot here.

Brilliant kicks.

 

[Gentlemen]

CBF'd reading the enitre thread, but has anyone mentioned TY Vickery?

Brilliant kick, one of the only Richmond players I am confident will get a goal every time he lines up.

Can't recall him missing one this year, although he surely has.

 

[quotemokc]

Jobe Watson has rarely missed from set shots this year

 

[DivideandMultiply]

Keps, Edwards, Sylvia, Reiwoldt, Walker all gun set shot kicks on goal.

From WC Kennedy and LeCras. Kennedy is fantastic from long range and LeCras has been unbelievable over his career.

 

[jko'neal]

I think jack reiwoldt and mark lecras are fighting for top spot here.

Brilliant kicks.

And I bet they have the most basic techniques out of the lot