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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: overrated mahogany public bath 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: overrated mahogany public bath (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: saffron bateful patrolman kitty 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: Claret Magical Gunner 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: overrated mahogany public bath 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: hyperactive alcoholic corner 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: avocado electric jap (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: twisted weed whacker tank 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: mind-boggling bat-shit-crazy place of business 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: saffron bateful patrolman kitty 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: well-lubricated pungent casino (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: Light antidepressant drug native (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: fragrant forum really tough guy (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: ruby charismatic black woman principal's office 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: Light antidepressant drug native (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: saffron bateful patrolman kitty (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: Claret Magical Gunner 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: ruby charismatic black woman principal's office 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: Maniacal kitchen preventive strike 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: overrated mahogany public bath 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: Maniacal kitchen preventive strike 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: overrated mahogany public bath pretty curvy stuff.
Predict Lebron's success at being a goalie |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:49 PM Author: Salmon circlehead keepsake machete 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: Unholy Razzle Home 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: navy mad cow disease theatre 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: overrated mahogany public bath 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: Shivering field 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: overrated mahogany public bath 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: Shivering field 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: nudist ocher piazza 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: thriller toilet seat therapy (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: Adventurous house-broken set 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: mewling alpha national *Rolls a soccer ball slowly in your direction*
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:59 PM Author: At-the-ready crackhouse travel guidebook 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: Maniacal kitchen preventive strike 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: Disturbing space doctorate 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: galvanic soggy dysfunction 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: Opaque jewess nowag 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: glittery jade location (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: Maniacal kitchen preventive strike 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: Floppy duck-like voyeur 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: bull headed heaven 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: useless green nursing home (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: slippery embarrassed to the bone liquid oxygen 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: Maniacal kitchen preventive strike (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: Impertinent market (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: Boyish hideous halford 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: Underhanded Heady Gay Wizard 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: thriller toilet seat therapy (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: yellow exhilarant filthpig 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: Underhanded Heady Gay Wizard 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: Impertinent market (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: Light antidepressant drug native 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: nudist ocher piazza 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: Boyish hideous halford (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: Impertinent market (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: thriller toilet seat therapy *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: Light antidepressant drug native *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: thriller toilet seat therapy (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: Opaque jewess nowag 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: glittery jade location 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: Impertinent market 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: glittery jade location 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: Light antidepressant drug native 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: Opaque jewess nowag 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: Impertinent market (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: Disturbing space doctorate 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: fragrant forum really tough guy (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: overrated mahogany public bath (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: fragrant forum really tough guy (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: fragrant forum really tough guy (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: ,.,,.,.,,,,,,.................... 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: SickoMode 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) |