Goal accuracy

[ledge]

Who would have thought !
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[Hotdog60]

Here's a bit more....

Every club's goalkicking accuracy in 2025 (set shots)

	Goals	Behinds	Missed shots	Total shots	Accuracy %
Geelong	128	62	24	214	59.8
Sydney	90	48	15	153	58.8
Adelaide	108	57	21	186	58.1
North Melbourne	94	47	24	165	57.0
Western Bulldogs	95	60	16	171	55.6
Gold Coast	95	60	19	174	54.6
Essendon	72	45	17	134	53.7
Greater Western Sydney	95	54	29	178	53.4
Carlton	87	57	22	166	52.4
West Coast	82	59	22	163	50.3
Brisbane	102	72	30	204	50.0
Fremantle	79	55	24	158	50.0
Collingwood	95	70	28	193	49.2
Hawthorn	110	82	35	227	48.5
St Kilda	75	57	26	158	47.5
Port Adelaide	76	61	25	162	46.9
Melbourne	77	73	28	178	43.3
Richmond	59	59	21	139	42.4

Most accurate players (min. 20 shots)

	Club	Goals	Behinds	Shots at goal	Accuracy %
Darcy Fogarty	Adelaide	28	6	38	73.7
Jesse Hogan	GWS	38	8	53	71.7
Matthew Kennedy	Western Bulldogs	17	4	24	70.8
Mabior Chol	Hawthorn	25	9	37	67.6
Jed Walter	Gold Coast	14	7	21	66.7
Jack Higgins	St Kilda	30	10	46	65.2
Jake Riccardi	GWS	13	2	20	65.0
Ben King	Gold Coast	33	13	52	63.5
Jake Waterman	West Coast	17	9	27	63.0
Paul Curtis	North Melbourne	22	9	35	62.9
Ben Keays	Adelaide	25	7	40	62.5
Josh Rachele	Adelaide	23	12	37	62.2
Willie Rioli	Port Adelaide	18	8	29	62.1
Jack Williams	West Coast	13	6	21	61.9
Nick Larkey	North Melbourne	27	11	44	61.4
Seth Campbell	Richmond	19	11	31	61.3
Jeremy Cameron	Geelong	44	16	72	61.1
Jamie Elliott	Collingwood	34	16	56	60.7
Oliver Dempsey	Geelong	22	13	37	59.5
Callum M. Brown	GWS	13	5	22	59.1

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[Bornadog]

I would like to see us nail more set shots. It really was the difference in the Geelong match where they couldn't miss and we stuffed up kicking 16.17 to their 20.7 - that was one that got away and should have been a win.

[ledge]

Interested to see if we improve over the year with Sam back , he is a pretty reliable kick for goal .
We use more chaos ball than Geelong so I think that will mean you take shots more rushed and more difficult angles. I find it incredible we are second , no doubt playing under a roof helps too.

[The Underdog]

I would like to see us nail more set shots. It really was the difference in the Geelong match where they couldn't miss and we stuffed up kicking 16.17 to their 20.7 - that was one that got away and should have been a win.

Geelong are outstanding at it, but we’re 5th best in the league so while we can improve. It could definitely be much worse. We also tend to focus on the ones that get away and not the ones that don’t.

[ledge]

Freijah , Kennedy and Darcy seem to be reliable, hopefully straightens us up for better results going into the second half of the year .

[GVGjr]

Freijah , Kennedy and Darcy seem to be reliable, hopefully straightens us up for better results going into the second half of the year .

I'd add Khamis to that as well.

[ledge]

Looking at our last 4 games we have had a huge improvement 77.44 , is it due to weaker opposition or Darcy straightening us up
We have also played 3 of them at Marvel
Or is it just we are better ?

[Bornadog]

Looking at our last 4 games we have had a huge improvement 77.44 , is it due to weaker opposition or Darcy straightening us up
We have also played 3 of them at Marvel
Or is it just we are better ?

Marvel does make a difference as no weather elements to effect the ball. Darcy and Naughton have also been very accurate.

[josie]

Naughton was staggeringly good on Thursday night. I think one of his missed hit the post. Keep it up Naughty!!!

I think a few of our less accurate goal kicks ought to try Darcy’s goal kicking legs apart stance. Beautifully balanced. He also doesn’t wave the ball about like some do. And a lovely straight leg kicking action.

[Bulldog Joe]

Naughton was staggeringly good on Thursday night. I think one of his missed hit the post. Keep it up Naughty!!!

I think a few of our less accurate goal kicks ought to try Darcy’s goal kicking legs apart stance. Beautifully balanced. He also doesn’t wave the ball about like some do. And a lovely straight leg kicking action.

Darcy has a consistent routine which eliminates a lot of issues and comes basically back to controlling the ball drop.

However, he does need to forget about the round the corner kick unless his angle is really tight.

Cost himself a goal on Thursday by doing the round the corner in the 1st quarter when he was only about 45 degree angle.

[NAUGHTY100]

Its amazing to me that in this football day and age , about the only thing that has not improved in a big way is goal kicking accuracy .
Players have got , bigger , stronger and faster , but kicking for goal apparently hasnt moved with the times , why ? , is it because of football science , where they dont allow the players to practice as much ? .
I remember back in the day after training certain players would stay out on the ground and kick for goal, some times for over an hour , not sure if this still happens or not and to what extent ,maybe one of the track watches can tell us .
The accuracy of some of the old guys was phenomenal , was that because they practiced more then the modern day player ? i dunno but if i did id be a genius .
The point is will goal kicking accuracy overall ever reach say 80% who knows .

[josie]

Darcy has a consistent routine which eliminates a lot of issues and comes basically back to controlling the ball drop.

However, he does need to forget about the round the corner kick unless his angle is really tight.

Cost himself a goal on Thursday by doing the round the corner in the 1st quarter when he was only about 45 degree angle.

Thanks for that clarification BDJ. I think of all the good goal kickers that readily come to mind and they all had shortish ball drops & kept ball pretty still; Nathan Brown, Aker, Dickson.

[ledge]

Thanks for that clarification BDJ. I think of all the good goal kickers that readily come to mind and they all had shortish ball drops & kept ball pretty still; Nathan Brown, Aker, Dickson.

Aker would put the ball on his foot rather than drop it , meaning there was practically no chance of the wind moving from its projectory .
young kids tend to do it and slam it on their foot a lot when they are around 5 or 6 . It’s a great way to do it but you get very limited distance .
you also have to have the right body shape and flexibility to do it.