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Soccer-Lovers: EXPLAIN KICKING THE BALL 40FT OVER THE GOAL
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:39 PM Author: Soul-stirring fantasy-prone mad-dog skullcap Why does this happen in every soccer game Ive ever seen, played by the world's best athletes.
Hey, we only get 10 shots on goal the entire 90 minutes, let me just sail this one fifteen yards over the cross bar whoops |
Date: June 16th, 2014 10:44 PM Author: Soul-stirring fantasy-prone mad-dog skullcap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763711) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:45 PM Author: Misanthropic milk Soccermos, explain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763719) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:46 PM Author: lascivious weed whacker Why don't NFL QBs just hit their receivers right in the numbers every time? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763728) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:48 PM Author: Soul-stirring fantasy-prone mad-dog skullcap I was waiting for this.
Imagine an NFL where every game you watched included multiple throws 15 yards over the receivers hands and out of the back of the endzone. Whoops. |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:50 PM Author: Blue Passionate Kitchen Ok. How about why do MLB batters pop out? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763757) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:38 PM Author: motley ladyboy (Actual retard) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25923934) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:30 PM Author: Bisexual preventive strike meetinghouse baseball is 15X smaller, comes at you @ 100 mph. try again shitlib (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25924487) |
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Date: January 17th, 2024 8:41 AM Author: supple dysfunction scourge upon the earth bc baseball is the kind of sport where if you pop out or miss completely only 2/3 of the time you'll be one of the best players in the game and likely make the HOF. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#47297704) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:51 PM Author: Misanthropic milk And every time the ball sails 50 feet over the goal there has to be this Academy Award winning performance where the shooter clutches his head with both hands in disbelief. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763762) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:10 PM Author: Heady Faggot Firefighter (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925177) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:20 PM Author: big-titted electric center (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925253) |
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Date: June 30th, 2019 3:05 PM Author: Apoplectic space chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#38464954) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:49 PM Author: Sapphire bat-shit-crazy gaping They have giant doods chasing them and the receivers are moving. Soccer players miss a giant, stationary goal after taking two minutes setting up the shot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763747) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:50 PM Author: big-titted electric center (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763756) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:51 PM Author: Misanthropic milk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763768) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:56 PM Author: lascivious weed whacker Rofl. It is not easy to put a shot on goal with dudes defending against you in world class soccer. There is not offensive line to give you room and time to set up the kick. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763790) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:04 PM Author: Sapphire bat-shit-crazy gaping They still fuck up free kicks most of the time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763842) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:09 PM Author: fear-inspiring brunch free kick has to go up to make it over the wall first. its just hard to put the right spin on it to make it come back down (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763883) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:11 PM Author: Soul-stirring fantasy-prone mad-dog skullcap any player famous for just blasting through the wall (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763898) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:14 PM Author: fear-inspiring brunch lmao check out juninho pernambucano videos to see a good free kick taker |
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Date: June 17th, 2014 10:31 AM Author: Soul-stirring fantasy-prone mad-dog skullcap pretty curvy stuff.
Predict Lebron's success at being a goalie |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:49 PM Author: swashbuckling green institution Dude, they're throwing to a moving target while huge bulky dudes are trying to take their head off. They aren't kicking into a giant stationary rectangle. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763751) |
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Date: January 17th, 2024 8:56 AM Author: coiffed carnelian orchestra pit therapy they're kinda tall and lanky, but yeah. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#47297734) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:49 PM Author: mind-boggling library It can be very difficult to keep the ball from sailing when it's hit hard. Hitting the ball at the wrong spot or off the wrong part of your cleat will send it sailing. When you're hitting the ball as hard the pros, there is very little room for error. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763748) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:51 PM Author: Soul-stirring fantasy-prone mad-dog skullcap This is a very good explanation. But it leads to the question why havent soccer players evolved to the point where they learn to pick the ball up with their hands. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763765) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:58 PM Author: Alcoholic hairraiser associate lol.
just do premise a sport around not using the most dexterous and evolutionarily unique parts of the human body. |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:01 PM Author: Soul-stirring fantasy-prone mad-dog skullcap I mostly watch these days waiting for that eureka evolutionary moment, like a chimp figuring out how to use a stick to get ants out of a tree hollow, when the first one of these eurofuckers tentatively picks the ball up with his hands and experimentally tosses it to an astonished teammate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763827) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:04 PM Author: Alcoholic hairraiser associate 180. that's how rugby was invented. it took american brains to realize you can throw the ball *forward*, thus creating football (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763837) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:31 PM Author: irate site This was the best anti-soccer argument I've seen. I remember Max Kellerman making it around the time of a previous world cup. He said you know what would be awesome, if they took soccer, shrank the goal down, move it closer together, get rid of a bunch of the players on the field and put the goal high in the air where you could watch incredible athletes make the ball go in using the evolutionary advantage of the opposable thumb. AKA- I'll watch basketball. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25924498) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:40 PM Author: Swollen office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25923945) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:53 PM Author: Irradiated beta roast beef Too strong for their own good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763775) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:59 PM Author: stirring garnet legend sound barrier *Rolls a soccer ball slowly in your direction*
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:59 PM Author: pea-brained spot telephone or how about breaking away and being in perfect position to make an unimpeded shot on goal or pass to your perfectly positioned teammate, but waiting the extra second until defenders converge on you. They do this a lot too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763815) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:06 PM Author: fear-inspiring brunch this is actually a thing, players won't use their teammates for tap ins (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763864) |
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Date: June 17th, 2014 10:59 AM Author: aromatic puppy It does seem like a lot of players would rather try to break down two defenders for the spectacular goal which validates their ability rather than try for a more open shot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25765660) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:35 PM Author: navy comical market mood brother 99.99% of those times the perfectly positioned teammate is actually off sides (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25924534) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:59 PM Author: alcoholic sanctuary It's a form of hustling. Do this once and the other team won't know what's coming next time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763817) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:05 PM Author: kink-friendly base incel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925127) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:06 PM Author: fear-inspiring brunch ball bobbles a bit even on good surfaces, get under it by a bit too much and you'll sky it. also, ball is often top spinning when a player takes it first-time, causing it to rise. also, body positioning is often less than ideal when coming on to a free ball (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763855) |
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Date: June 17th, 2014 7:06 PM Author: Razzmatazz pink clown that's why these guys are the best at the game in their countries. They do nothing but kick soccer balls and run all day, for years and years. They should have this shit figured out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25768124) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:08 PM Author: Vivacious Jet-lagged Stain they're trying to get some serious spin on it to come back down but their kick was off, so it never curves (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763877) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:14 PM Author: Cerebral insanely creepy candlestick maker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25763916) |
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Date: June 17th, 2014 10:35 AM Author: twinkling gaped pocket flask juggernaut Makes me love hockey even more. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25765573) |
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Date: June 17th, 2014 6:52 PM Author: fear-inspiring brunch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25768074) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:38 PM Author: Yellow drunken liquid oxygen stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25923925) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:38 PM Author: Aphrodisiac House Messiness its a NUANCED and NOT COMPLETELY RANDOM sport (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25923931) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:39 PM Author: Silver Razzle-dazzle Locale French Chef not played by players w/ multi million dollar contracts (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25923944) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:39 PM Author: Swollen office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25923938) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:43 PM Author: Territorial location mediation All sports are fixed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25923967) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:46 PM Author: Silver Razzle-dazzle Locale French Chef maybe, but soccer isn't a sport. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25923989) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:18 PM Author: Yellow drunken liquid oxygen stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25924421) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:23 PM Author: big-titted electric center Imagine NBA players routinely chucking shots into the stands from 15 feet out
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:33 PM Author: irate site Like Baseketball psych out misses. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25924515) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:36 PM Author: Aphrodisiac House Messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25924537) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:03 PM Author: Yellow drunken liquid oxygen stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925112) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:05 PM Author: Swollen office *pitcher rockets 8 fastballs into the stands over the course of a game* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925123) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:18 PM Author: big-titted electric center *Is Rick Ankiel* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925238) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:23 PM Author: Swollen office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925281) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:05 PM Author: alcoholic sanctuary they would immediately be cut from the team. yet, in soccer they are rewarded with trophies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925126) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:06 PM Author: kink-friendly base incel it's like how in baseball you fail 70% of the time and you're a hall of famer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925136) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:07 PM Author: Yellow drunken liquid oxygen stage in soccer a 5% success rate makes you a god (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925146) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:08 PM Author: kink-friendly base incel we can still make it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925163) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:19 PM Author: big-titted electric center Sorry, is the soccer ball you're kicking coming at you at 95 miles per hour while moving around?
Oh, no it isn't? |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:29 PM Author: alcoholic sanctuary how about i grab you by the ears and move your head around, tough guy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#25925346) |
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Date: January 18th, 2015 6:25 PM Author: Yellow drunken liquid oxygen stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#27140560) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2015 8:33 PM Author: aromatic puppy http://gfycat.com/CheapMaleAntelopegroundsquirrel# (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#27174133) |
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Date: November 25th, 2022 3:55 PM Author: Apoplectic space chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#45543934) |
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Date: January 17th, 2024 8:38 AM Author: Soul-stirring fantasy-prone mad-dog skullcap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#47297701) |
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Date: September 16th, 2024 3:04 PM Author: Apoplectic space chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#48095166) |
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Date: June 20th, 2026 8:41 PM Author: Apoplectic space chad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#49952317) |
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Date: June 27th, 2026 7:48 PM Author: Apoplectic space chad I’m convinced players do this to make soccer seem harder than it is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#49966251) |
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Date: June 27th, 2026 7:54 PM Author: Peach filthy cruise ship hunting ground Retarded Americans like games where scoring is very easy. They would love soccer if it was some scheme where it was just a succession of penalty kicks and the score was in the 50s. And of course they love games where they can watch hundreds of ads in 3 hours as well. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#49966264) |
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Date: July 3rd, 2026 5:30 PM Author: Metal Up Your Ass Doesn't really address the op.
The margin of error on these shots is ridiculous. |
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Date: July 3rd, 2026 4:46 PM Author: Brother Peter Dimond (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2)#49977448) |