Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare certain variables involved in three selected field goal place kicking styles pertaining to the kicker from initial movement to follow-through and the kick from contact with the ball until landing. Procedure Three highly skilled field goal place kickers were selected for the study. The styles represented were the European soccer style (Type I), American toe kick style (Type II) and an Innovative style (Type III). Each subject was prepared for filming by placing certain body markings for use as reference points. A 14 x 14 foot reference grid was filmed prior to the research kicks. The wind velocity was obtained for each kick from a stationary wind anemometer. A limit of seven miles per hour was set as the upper limit for the filming day. The lower three inches of the research footballs were painted white as were the outside seams of the footballs to identify rotary movement when the ball was in flight. Three cameras including a high speed Locam and two H-16 Bolex movie cameras filmed the subjects during the execution of field goal place kicks. All cameras remained stationary throughout the filming. The football was placed forty yards from the goal line directly in the center of the field. A five second countdown by the investigator initiated each kick. Each subject completed a sufficient number of successful kicks for the film analysis. A Vanguard Motion Analyzer was used to analyze the data.
Colfer, George R. (1977). A cinematographical comparison of three selected field goal place kicking styles. Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -623352.