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Stages of kicking a soccer ball
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Kicking a Soccer Ball
by Allison Hawk
Features
The knee extensors straighten the lower leg. They show maximum eccentric activity, meaning lenthening during swing-limb loading. The body prepares to transfer as much force as possible to the ball. The extensors powerfully contract to swing the foot to the ball. At contact, 15% of the energy of the swinging leg transfers to the ball. Your hamstring uses the rest to slow the limb down. Follow through lengthens the time your foot stays in contact with the ball.
Sense organs found in the joints, tendons and muscles provide information to the central nervous system about their motions, so that the body can act on this feedback to control the joint angles and muscular involvement during the kick and address the ball correctly. The s rotate through the sides, work to keep your balance by placing your center of gravity over your support foot.
Stages of kicking a soccer ball
The Muscles
The approach is when you run up to the ball. Your plant foot digs into the ground a foot to the side of the ball, and the heel of the kicking foot swings back almost to touch the buttocks in a process called swing loading. All of the energy gathers as the hip flexes and the knee extends. Your torso leans back, and the kicking foot rises to around chest level.
Citations
Livestrong.com How do your Muscular & Skeletal Systems Help You Kick a Ball? May 30th, 3015
In a right-footed kick, the abdominals, erector spinae and psoas major stabilize trunk. Right hip flexation is controlled by the rectus femoris, the psoas, the iliacus, abductor group and satorius, and an oblique muscle on the side of the thigh. The extension of the left hip is guided by the largest muscle in the body, the gluteus. The quadriceps extend the left and right knees, while the plantarflexors flex the right ankle. The anterior deltoid, biceps brachii, and pectoralis major move the left shoulder to the center of the body. During follow-through, the hamstrings gluteus and nearby pirifarmis rotate and extend the right hip, while the hamstring group flexes the right knee.