Three teammates take a couple of definite steps backwards.
Shortly after, the free kick sits perfectly in the goalkeeper’s right corner – and it may be the most odd and ingenious free kick we’ve seen.
It really is an art to hit a really good free kick. It can in many cases look incredibly simple, but for the very best free kick shooters, thousands of hours of training are behind to get the perfect kick.
Ingenious feature
The free kicks have also developed enormously in recent years. In the past, it was always the team’s best shooter who stepped forward and tried to score the ball in goal. This is what many teams still do today – but several odd, and sometimes ingenious, variants have been added.
Some clubs and teams spend endless hours on the training ground to rub in the perfect variant. Once they have to show what they practiced during the match, it can be both a success or a pancake of it all.
Several fun and special variations have been seen in recent years, and there are thousands of clips on the internet – but can this be the most odd ever?
Radar up in arm hook
It is in Japan that three players suddenly radar up in an arm hook, take a bunch of determined steps backwards while the free kick shooter charges up properly to draw to a proper smoker.
The rest is history, and it’s hard to come up with a more ingenious but at the same time so different variant. What do you think yourself?
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