Cristiano Ronaldo’s knuckleball free kick technique | Biomechanics & sports science analysis
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- Dr. Rajpal Brar, DPT breaks down Cristiano Ronaldo’s - current Portugal international and Juventus superstar, former Real Madrid and Manchester United superstar - knuckleball free kick technique via his background in biomechanics, sports science, and youth football (soccer) coaching.
Here’s a table of contents, header (sub-headings):
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:33 The setup (measuring steps, angle, rhythmic mannerisms, )
- 1:45 The run-up and strike (run-up steps, why the vault step?, vertical displacement, torso, the strike)
- 4:56 Always keep them guessing (varying up techniques)
- 5:25 Recent struggles (full details in next video)
For those at work or the hard of hearing, I've transcribed subtitles on UA-cam so sound isn't required.
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All questions and your time spent watching are always appreciated. My next football video will delve into Cristiano’s free kick struggles since 2014, with potential reasons for his struggles and possible solutions.
This is awesome stuff man! I'm personally on the journey to master the knuckleball... one thing I would have focused more on is analyzing what *part of the foot* he hits the ball with rather than just spending a few seconds saying "the instep"... would be more helpful to get into the anatomy bc it's such a crucial part in the process of generating no spin... for example, this video (ua-cam.com/video/5L4Z_JROOV0/v-deo.html) mentions how the kicker relies on his medial cuneiform
@@liamllorin2360 Thanks for checking it out. The video is already 6 mins long and technical, you have to balance what you put in or don't. If I was making a video on how to hit a knuckleball, I would dive deeper into more detailed aspects of it. Further, not everyone uses the medial cuneiform to hit a knuckler - case in point is Juninho Pernambucano who used the 1st to 3rd metatarsals
I looked for this, incredibly interesting and well explained
I was reading your article about his technic.
I have to say that his torso movement and forward leaning, is fundamental in his accuracy.
While I'm not really an expert, I was allways told that if you lean forward when you shoot, the ball wont "climb" so much. Thats what they used to teach kids here in Portugal. Thats my experience.
Eusébio have a statue in Lisbon and he is shooting the ball leaning forward. 👍
It's not that binary but forward torso lean can help keep the ball and "rise" down as you said because it allows less of an upward rise on the ball
I am close to mastering this. I am naturally powerfull shooter but with all these little tweaks I can shoot the ball straight like a laserbeam from half court with crazy speed and lateral movement, the ball comes out fast bc the net pretty much slings it back to me. Thats how much power and speed this tecnique can generate!
Glad to hear it mate
lies
As someone researching to better learn the knuckleball technique this is a video like no other. Maybe the small details will make a difference in me perfecting my technique. Thanks 🙏
didn’t expect to find you here😂 wish you all the best in your mastery of this technique ❤
This helped me alot bro, good video❤
i guess you might have helped him improve cos he just scored a stunning freekick
He hit one vs Spain too with the sidefoot. The question isn't whether he can score them or not, it's can he do it consistently.
I guess he saw your video. He just scored one from freekick.
Paramarta Iganp And he went sidefoot as I suggested
@@3cbperformance can you analyse Ederson's goalkick?
@@osemvalec6367 That's a good one but PL copyright is a pain
@@3cbperformance yeah I know but you can try
@@3cbperformance maybe you can use something from Portuguese league
Great video deep analysis
thanks mate
Quality content
Thank you
Brother your analysis are great you deserve a lot more subscribers and likes and yes i suggest you to analyse dybala's technique it will be good
Cheers bro. Will try and get to that
@@3cbperformance ok thanks
Also one thing I noticed is that he doesn't swing his leg fully he gives a impulse to the ball just like a cowboy doesn't swing his hunter fully he just swings a little and stop for greater speed and effect
Right - it's a quick strike contact to impart force into the ball without generating spin.
Thanks for the info 😊👍
nyc bro i really appreciate it🔥❣️
You're welcome
Quality ❤️👌🏻
Thanks mate
Can you Analysis young ronaldo shot while running
Can u make swaz shot tutorial
Yoooo, its me again, ive been cheking out all your soccer analyisis videos, you should do a penalty analyisis on cr7, messi, etc and all the mental aspects of it too, if you feel it would do well obviously...
Pablo Postigo Good suggestion although messi may not be the best example there
@@3cbperformance why do you say so?
@@kwartengasafo-adjei2814 Because of Messi's penalty record, although I need to see if that trend has changed recently
he doesn t hit with that part of foot ,is a bit upper .......if you hit with that part ,most of times will get spin
Depends on the follow through as well; if you're recoiling quickly, it limits the amount of prolonged contact with the ball which tends to lead to spin
@@3cbperformance thats very true ,thought it require a harsh traning .
I also looked at all of his attempts and there are alot executed as you said but got that bit of spin ,maybe cuz you lose so much energy through the game .
@@ssj5AX It's a really sensitive technique
I really understood the posture and movement. Thanks brodie. but what i still dont know is what part of the ball u strike with what part of ur foot
He tried to mimic Juninho’s technique, as have many others
Very interesting
I’ll be doing a video on Juninho and Pirlo as well
Do a video on what is the best free kick technique.. and compare it.. ex- Beckham vs Pirlo ..
@@anudeep24 Hard to say which is the "best" because each player has different variables that lend to their unique characteristics
Juninho uses a different one tbf
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The conversion rate of the free kicks he takes with knuckleball technique is catastrophically low, so I'd recommend people to look up to him for everything but free kicks. He's too stubborn use curled free kicks instead of these and hence either shoots the ball right on to the keeper or to the sky
agreed
Well that's probably cz he wants to establish a "style" of him... Just Like Stepovers... But in Important matches, recently, he has given free kicks to other players or either tried to curl it... If we see his conversion rate of Curl free kicks, that must be very high...
If only he didn't try to be "this is my style" kind of... He would've had better success in past years... When he was young, focused and more agile, that worked quite well, and as to Long range free kicks, I still think Knuckleball is the best form of shooting technique... But again, As you come closer to the goal, it works mostly if you shoot to the side of the keeper and not the Wall... As You generate too much power, the ball doesn't dip quite early... There has to be a balance in that too... If you want to shoot to the wall side.
I think Johan Cryuff was right on every aspect of the game and hence whoever followed that got consistent and better results.