Steve Johnson's round the corner snap — or the J-Curve as it came to be known — is one of the latter. The kick is used for shots at goal from acute angles. A player kicking around their body with ...

The kick is used for shots at goal from acute angles. A player kicking ... his technique over the years so that it was consistent on both his right and left foot. The key was to hold the ball ...

Kicking, a fundamental of the game, has been undergoing a silent, hidden revolution, one that's gathering pace. Saying someone is a 'good' kick or a 'poor' kick is no longer an easy call, as the ...

A scrum will take spot opposite the place where the ball went out of play, 10m inside the pitch. But the team kicking to touch doesn't get everything their way. The advantage is with the other team ...

In short, it suddenly was no longer ‘smart’ to play multiple-phase rugby if scoring points, or winning games- was the end-goal ... players from kicking a rugby ball. It’s every bit as ...

One of the finest goal ... that ball on the tee and score some relatively easy points for their team. Rugby players often speak about “controlling the controllables”, and goal-kicking is ...

The advantage is with the other team who didn't kick the ball to touch because they get the put-in at the scrum. There are a couple of important rules to remember when kicking to touch. Make sure the ...

A try is when a player crosses the whitewash to score in the opposition's goal area. So they have worked their way down the pitch and get over the white line, placing the ball down. In rugby ...