Garrick's goal kicking

[Class of 96]

As a said before, happy to stick with Garrick. He Is a sweet striker of the ball and has had a couple of off kicking games like any other. As long as his stats remain high. Really don’t get the DCE shouldn’t kick because of added pressure and potential leg issues. Absolute BS. Goal kicking is not going to hurt your leg (would love to hear of an example of someone injuring himself kicking a friggen ball off a tee). As for pressure, that is what drives the best players. Never seemed to affect JT’s game, or dare I say, Cam Smith.

 

[MissKate]

Garrick seems to miss when he takes his time setting up the kick, like he over-thinks it and misses

 

[BrendonStarr]

Look, i am expecting him to hit some good form with his kicking and improve his accuracy greatly.

 

[40 years an eagle]

Lots of pressure on the rookie.

Better his kicking suffers(still a pretty good rate) than the rest of it, which he has been great at.

It's a really hard call whether to put that kicking pressure on DCE to relieve Garrick or whether to put pressure on the rest of Garrick's game by firing him from kicking duties.

I say leave it as it is, but Des knows better than me of course, and will sort it out.

 

[NewwyEagle]

First one he sliced it and the other two misses were from the side lines. I think it speaks to how good a kicker he is that he misses a few efforts from far side and we classify it a slump. Definitely keep the faith in him, he's a good kicker.

 

[HappilyManly]

2 that he missed today were when he was kicking directly into the sun, wouldn’t have been able to see a thing

Gazza missed 3/6, 50% conversion is nowhere near his average of 85%

https://www.nrl.com/draw/nrl-premiership/2019/round-20/sea-eagles-v-knights/

 

[The better Robbo]

First one he sliced it and the other two misses were from the side lines. I think it speaks to how good a kicker he is that he misses a few efforts from far side and we classify it a slump. Definitely keep the faith in him, he's a good kicker.

Its not the misses in general, its how poorly he is striking them. He's missed 3 easy ones in the last few weeks and even some that went in he did not strike well. It is definitely a slump and hopefully it doesn't cost us another game. Happy to stick with him but we cant afford easy misses like we've had

 

[mave]

Goal kicking is not going to hurt your leg (would love to hear of an example of someone injuring himself kicking a friggen ball off a tee

My young bloke missed three weeks after he kicked the ground before the tee, attempting to kick off in a game last year.

He is a prop, admittedly, so I blame the coach.

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

2 that he missed today were when he was kicking directly into the sun, wouldn’t have been able to see a thing

Garrick also had some goose in one of the Southern Stand corporate boxes flicking the lights on and off as took one of his kicks, right in his line of sight

 

[ManlyTragic]

Garrick seems to miss when he takes his time setting up the kick, like he over-thinks it and misses

Sounds like my golf swing... just sayin!!

 

[pjayz]

You can see his technique is off from what it was early on. His strike is more jarring and his follow through not as smooth. It really is just like a golf swing, when it’s on it just flows nicely from the strike of the ball to the follow-through; when it’s off - it feels clunky and dis-jointed. I used to kick for years when I was younger and had these patches of form.

It’s all mental, he needs to have a bit of a break from it at training in my experience - just kick in the games for a few weeks and get his rhythm back - then ramp it up at training leading into the finals.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Garrick also had some goose in one of the Southern Stand corporate boxes flicking the lights on and off as took one of his kicks, right in his line of sight

That should be reported to the club. If the offender is found, pistol whip the individual concerned.

 

[mave]

That should be reported to the club. If the offender is found, pistol whip the individual concerned.

It happens every time we score a try.
Has done for ages.

 

[Stuey Davis’s Socks]

That should be reported to the club. If the offender is found, pistol whip the individual concerned.

A public flogging at Warringah Mall would not be out of place

 

[Woodsie]

The problem is probably just as simple as someone in the crowd yelling lolly-legs .... I know we used to bugger Mick Cronin up by yelling it ...

 

[Spartan Eagle]

At least he isn't struggling with the 4 pointers. He is a natural goal kicker. Just going through a bit of a slump. He'll come good.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

It happens every time we score a try.
Has done for ages.

Yes I know, going back to the Eagles’ Angels era.

I just wanted to say something unreasonable.

 

[47MVEagle]

The problem is probably just as simple as someone in the crowd yelling lolly-legs .... I know we used to bugger Mick Cronin up by yelling it ...

"Chewie on ya boot!"

 

[47MVEagle]

It happens every time we score a try.
Has done for ages.

Are you talking about that strobe light that goes off in the rightmost corporate box/room every time we score?

I've noticed that before & used to think it might have been a bunch of photographers with flashes on their cameras but someone was telling me at the Parra game it's a "feature" that has been installed in the room.

All I know is I wouldnt want to suffer from epilepsy when it goes off.

 

[mave]

Are you talking about that strobe light that goes off in the rightmost corporate box/room every time we score?

I've noticed that before & used to think it might have been a bunch of photographers with flashes on their cameras but someone was telling me at the Parra game it's a "feature" that has been installed in the room.

All I know is I wouldnt want to suffer from epilepsy when it goes off.

That's the one.