Scoring Your Goal

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Piledriver, howitzer, screamer, ping and rocket are but a few descriptors of a goal that is scored from outside the penalty area. There are, however, elements that can add to the aesthetic quality of such brutal power. For these to be considered works of art, it is important that they enter the goal via the top-corner. Collecting the ball on the halfway line and striding forward, the West Bromwich Albion striker struck the ball 30 yards from goal. Considering the simplistic nature of the long-distance strike, it is difficult to believe the numerous variables that can be added in order to make the goal even more special.

In off the post or bar is the only type of goal to stimulate two of the five senses, which is possibly why it holds such a special place in the hearts of fans. So far the categories of goals have been a combination of pace or power. The modern game has become almost a trial of athleticism over skill and technique, however there is a type of goal that relies solely on skill and requires the scorer to almost slow the game down around them. Sadly, as a standalone skill, it is difficult to reproduce in the often frenetic pace of the modern game.

Like a lob shot in tennis, however, there are few greater sights than a stranded goalkeeper watching a ball sail over their head in a perfect parabolic curve. Football is a game of open skill movements; there are very few situations where closed skills are required. Examples are throw-ins, penalties and free-kicks. The direct free-kick from yards out is viewed as a realistic goal-scoring opportunity. Like a game of chess, the opposition put barriers in place to prevent the ultimate outcome in the form of a human wall.

A free-kick specialist needs to decide what their best course of action is: A goal scored from a direct free-kick is the culmination of years of practice. The most aesthetically pleasing free-kicks are the ones that are bent into the top corner. Not every goal-scoring work of art is perpetrated by individual artists, however.

The team goal can be every bit as enjoyable as the moments of individual brilliance. Football is a team game with 11 separate components and occasionally a goal is scored by utilising them all. There is the slow build-up, with teams probing from one side of the pitch to the other, going backwards to go forwards trying to manipulate the opposition out of position, before increasing the tempo and killing off their chasing opponents like a wounded animal.

It is only after replays — sometimes played at double speed — that you realise the patience that is required to score such a goal. Defenders are left chasing shadows, trying to stem the flow, seemingly unsure of where the player starts and the ball ends. Like an incision, the final cut is always the deepest.

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The Gunners moved the ball from the edge of their own penalty area to the edge of their opponents through a combination of passing and running with the ball. Then, in five swift and incisive touches, the ball was in the Norwich goal. Such assuredness played at high speed can be beautiful to watch as every contribution is as important as the final one that sees the ball roll across the line.

Anything less than perfection in those five touches and the chance is gone.

Not all team goals require numerous touches, however. The professional game has become quicker, with football now being played by supreme athletes. The fast break, originally a term associated with basketball, has come to symbolise the utilisation of the increased athleticism within the game. Going from back to front with only three or four passes can be just as easy on the eye as the intricate touches on the edge of the area. The breakaway goal is perhaps the only one where the future outcome can possibly be seen by the fans before it happens.

The fast break is like looking into the future.

With the expanse of grass laid out before them, the fans can see the right pass, the correct option. Another beautiful element of the fast break is that it comes from your own goal being under threat. This type of goal brings about huge emotional swings within mere seconds, making the exultation even more intense.

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Not all great goals are scored with the foot. A header has the potential to be every bit as pleasing on the eye as any other type of goal. While most headers are either flicked or powerful efforts, the rare image of the diving header is still an act of intense beauty allied with bravery to put your head where the boots are flying. Finally we come to the uncategorised goal. Fans and pundits are still unsure of how Bergkamp, with his back to goal, moved the ball around Nikos Dabizas. Keen students of the game, however, will be able to point to numerous examples of this type of goal.

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As my learned friend goes on to suggest: The appreciation of art is a subjective matter. Discussion and opinion is what keeps the game alive. Every fan will have an opinion on what is their favourite type of goal and what constitutes beauty. The defending player who scored the own goal is personally "credited" with the goal as part of the statistical abstract of the game.

The credit is annotated " og " to indicate its nature. The Laws of the Game stipulate that an own goal cannot be scored directly from most methods of restarting the game; instead, a corner kick is awarded to the attacking team. This is the case for the kick-off , [3] goal kick , [nb 1] [nb 2] dropped-ball since [5] , throw-in , [6] corner kick, [nb 2] [10] and free kick indirect and direct.

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The Laws do not stipulate any rules or procedures for crediting goals to players, and indeed such records are not a compulsory part of the game. Major competitions may have video reviews which can alter the accreditation, such as the Dubious Goals Committee of the FA Premier League. The Clarets, however, gave the goal to Gareth Taylor ".

If a goal is scored by a player on the defending team, credit for the goal goes to the last player on the other team to have touched the puck ; this is because own goals in hockey are typically cases where the player so credited had the shot deflected, but this convention is used even where this is not the case.

Occasionally, it is also credited to the closest player to the goal from the other team if he is determined to have caused the opposing player to shoot it into the wrong net. Assists are not awarded on an own goal because the defending team has possession of the puck between any pass and the goal itself. Occasionally in the NHL , players have directed the puck into their own empty net , either late in the game or because of a delayed penalty call.

In some parts of Canada , an own goal is referred to as a limoges. The term is believed to have originated in New Brunswick approximately and became more common in the greater Toronto region starting in the s [ citation needed ]. Treatment of "own goals" in field hockey has varied over recent years. In the International Hockey Federation FIH implemented a "mandatory experiment" such that a deflection of a shot from outside the shooting circle from a defender would be equivalent to a touch from an attacker, and thus if the shot continued into the goal the score would be counted.

This proved unpopular and the change was reversed. When accidentally scoring at an opposing team's basket basketball's equivalent of an "own goal" , the goal is credited to an offensive player.

One typical own-goal scenario occurs when a player tries to block a goal shot but ends up knocking the ball into the goal. In NFHS basketball, the two points are merely listed for the scoring team, as a footnote. In NCAA basketball, the rules state: Such a field goal shall not be credited to a player in the scorebook but shall be indicated with a footnote.

In NBA rules, the goal is credited to the player on the scoring team who is closest to defensive shooter and is mentioned in a footnote. Under FIBA rules, the player designated captain is credited with the basket.

When a ball carrier is tackled or exits the field of play within the end zone being defended by his team, the result is a safety and the opposing team is awarded two points, and receives the ball after a free kick taken at the twenty-yard line. This does not apply if the ball carrier secures possession of the ball in the end zone as a result of an interception or a kick; in that case, no points are awarded and the play is considered a touchback.

In Canadian football, if a scrimmage kick punt or missed field goal attempt is kicked into the end zone and the opponent does not advance it out, the kicking team is awarded a rouge , worth one point. A true "own goal", in which the team place kicks or drop kicks the ball through their own goal posts which has never happened at any level in football history and would require either a very strong headwind or a deliberate act of sabotage , is treated as any other backward kick in most leagues' rule books. Backward kicks are treated as fumbles , and as such, a backward kick through the back of the end zone, including through the goal posts, is scored as a safety.

This occurred in a game between two Texas high schools; a punter kicked against a strong wind that blew the ball backward into the end zone, where the defense took control of it.

In the final minutes of a game, a team may take a deliberate safety in order to get the free kick, rather than punting from the end zone. In , the New England Patriots came back to win a game after giving a safety that put them three points behind. In the Grey Cup , the Calgary Stampeders deliberately took a safety when their punter Rob Maver , having lost control of a high snap, was faced with loss of down deep in his own territory.

He intentionally kicked the ball backwards through the back of his own end zone for a safety. Gaelic footballers can play the ball with their hands; therefore, they have a much greater degree of control over the ball and thus, own goals are much rarer than they are in association football.

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