Biomechanics of coaching maximal instep soccer kick for practitioners |
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| Authors: | Gongbing Shan Xiang Zhang Bingjun Wan Daifeng Yu Brandie Wilde Peter Visentin |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Kinesiology, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada;2. Department of Physical Education, Xinzhou Teachers University, Xinzhou, People’s Republic of China;3. School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xian, People’s Republic of China;4. Experimental Center, Shandong Institute of Physical Education and Sport, Jinan, People’s Republic of China;5. Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Kicking in soccer has been the subject of scientific research for more than 40 years yet review articles summarizing the biomechanical fundamentals of kick optimization as a guide to coaching are scarcely to be found. The current review article aims to bridge the gap between scientific research into the maximal instep kick (including studies employing 3D motion capture and full-body biomechanical modelling) and the application of such research in coaching. It does so by supplying a scientifically founded, coaching-friendly article explaining identifiable characteristics and motor control sequencing that define this skill. Relevant biomechanical factors are identified in a way that should help coaches better develop training programmes and, at the same time, foster better understanding of the skill among athletes. Such information will contribute to both accelerated skill acquisition and, by concomitant gains in skill efficiency, the development of programmes that minimize risk of injury to athletes during training. |
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| Keywords: | approaching the placement of the supporting foot before the kick the position of the kicking foot at impact the tension arc the gender |
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