Whats kokkos stats? google someone
There's a big difference between smashing a lay off into the net with the youth team keeper in goal and actual real game time finishing.
Who's the best finisher in the a league?.....how many do they score from lay offs on the edge of the box.....fact is kokko looks like our only out and out striker and he's hardly had any opportunity to show if/how good he is.
Life isn't the same without Con... but it can only improve without Tinks...
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So if your theory holds true then your Jordan Speiths your Jason Days your Rory McIlroys shouldn't bother practicing sinking a 6ft putt as it ain't replicating the pressure of a real match situation where the putt is worth trophies and $$$
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Golf is a perfect example of how skills and ability to execute skills is developed from practice and repetition.
It ain't a natural gift. It is hard work and practice that sets the great players apart from the others.
Just as it is in football.
It is an acquired skill that Cr7 Messi etc have Honed through practice
[QUOTE=hawk;169273]from the very little game time he's had thanks to Trani's extras in the preseason and a gyppo headbutt, he's drawn the defenders, made chances and looked dangerous - something we've been lacking for a while, we need him out on the field, not f*cking releasing him so he can score against us first time we come up against him...
Life isn't the same without Con... but it can only improve without Tinks...
Wtf is it with people wanting kokko gone? Fu*k me!
Are we signing one of them....wow what a surprise. Didn't think the owner would stump up that much cash....though Rory is a manc so he'd do anything for cash no doubt.
Oh and no my "theory" is completely opposite to your example because in golf a six foot putt is something that happens on a regular basis.
I agree that striking a ball, placement, power all are skills that should be practiced, just the same that juggling can help with ball control but would you have one of those guys that does the thousand juggles and tricks as our no 10.... can he run with the ball, can he pass a ball, can he juggle it if some thug like Seb rhiall is kicking him across the knees.....
Nice work going round in circles
Your original point was about the benefits of practice and you basically said practice isn't that important as it doesn't replicate the pressure of a match situation
That is true it doesn't replicate the pressure of asthma match
Standing over a a 6ft putt on the practice green ain't the same as standing over a 6ft at Augusta with the Masters on the line
But the reason these blokes practice that 6ft putt is so they have a technique that stands up under pressure
Just as they hit thousands of balls at the range each week. So it stands up under pressure
Skills to execute under pressure are developed by practice
No other way
I really got a lot from reading the book BOUNCE.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bounce-Myth.../dp/0007350546
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
Natural striker instincts ie being in the right place at the right time, deciding in a split second whether to shoot or take a touch, whether to head the ball or chest it etc can be worked on and improved to a certain extent but ultimately a player either has it or they don't.
Technique in regards to shooting, striking the ball as Member has mentioned can be worked on and with repetition improved greatly so that a player is hitting it with confidence and belief that he will hit the target nearly every time.