AMERICAN REACTS TO BEST AFL GOALS FOR EVERY ROUND OF 2024 || REAL FANS SPORTS

[@PatBlake-m1m]

Very strange that they didn’t show the goal that eon the goal of the season. Harley Reid for West Coast Eagles 😮

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I am glad you posted that as I thought i was imagining things. My choices were Daicos's last goal and Merrits.

[@styx_n_stonz]

Ditto

[@simonmartin-zp7kt]

You guys are legendary for picking up the nuances of this game so quickly, kudos to you both. You can dive into the stats of those impossible boundary line kicks that score... and they are so rare. That is what makes them so special.

[@teo_heel]

To be honest, it's not that hard to understand. Aussie Rules are quite easy to pick up. That's one of the reasons why it's so beloved by fans all over the world.

[@JeffBurn-b1i]

How was Harley Reid not in this he won goal of the year 🧐

[@off1k]

11:11 As someone else says below, that kick was about 44yards from goal line not 25yards. Also he was left side of goal kicking with his left foot which increases the difficulty.

[@robprosper5769]

Thanks for getting into AFL. It's hard to keep up with other than highlights being an Aussie licing in the UK and im glad to see Americans excited abiut our crazy sport.

[@LomuHabana]

@@robprosper5769 Surely you can watch the games of your club at least? Or just 1-2 games a week.

[@garthwaters5756]

2023 Grand finale was greatest game of footy ive seen in 20 years loved it and im a carlton fan lol

[@gezzac100]

These players practice these goal kicking from all angles, they have an uncanny sense of where to kick the ball to make it bend and run along the ground when required. They have very, very good skills. I've played this game and have watched this game since I was a young boy and I'm 70 years old now.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

the club's "sports scientists" stop them from practicing as much as they should though.

[@shmick6079]

Yeah guys, I grew up in Melbourne in the 90s, and we practiced those trick shots at goal all the time. Back in the day my hero was Peter Daicos (Nick & Josh’s dad), and he revolutionised the game with his kicking. Particularly the tight angles, he perfected the dribble kick and the banana from the boundary. Check out Peter Daicos’ goal from 1990 vs West Coast. The kick that got the win and kept Collingwood alive in the finals. He also kicked an absolute beauty in the 1990 Grand Final vs Essendon.

[@afldomain]

Thanks boys!!!

[@ianmontgomery7534]

A blow out Grannie with the Lions doubling the Swans score.

[@peterhoz]

Re distance, the big semicircle you see is 50m from the centre of the goal. That's 55 yards (3.3 feet or 1.1 yards to the metre). The Round 20 goal was about 40m out so 44 yards, and kicked with the wrong foot for that angle - the ball was actually on a worse angle than the player!

[@Roddrummer]

An old school commentator by the name of Jack Dyer, after a super-tight angle shot was nailed, said: "the angle was so tight, the ball got stuck between the posts!' Oh, and by the way, it's 99% skill, the players practise those over and over.

[@Sinbad_Bay]

Nice video guys. Enjoy the game today. The all Melbourne derby.

[@RealFansSports]

@@Sinbad_Bay yessir!!

[@mainstarservices3129]

Pumped up for the Grand Final! Go the Swans

[@RealFansSports]

@@mainstarservices3129 let’s goo!!!

[@teo_heel]

Week 19... OVERHEAD KICK??? I never knew that you can do overhead kicks in AFL. In soccer overhead kicks are not that rare and those are always great to see, but here in Aussie Rules... wow. I'm impressed.

[@mikeythehat6693]

WOOHOO! Lions Premiers in 2024. We all knew it was coming. I've waited 21 years for bragging rights and I'm gonna lap it up for at least another year. Too bad Sydney, see ya again next year. LIONS LIONS LIONS!

[@RealFansSports]

@@mikeythehat6693 they can’t out not just ready to play but ready to win! Kept their foot on the Swans neck and never let up!

[@afldomain]

Ohhh shitttt

[@RealFansSports]

@@afldomain amazing video my friend! If you would ever like to join us during a reaction we would love to have you to give us some in depth detail of different things

[@top40researcher31]

The state of Victoria had a public holiday for this game

[@rosemaryjenkinson7140]

Hope you’re doing a reaction the grand final

[@RealFansSports]

Absolutely are!

[@Laurie473]

Ummm.., Harley Reid's Goal of the year - absent here ?!?! 🙃 ps 'Watermelon kick' lol . We call it a Torp or Torpy.. ( ie torpedo kick )

[@off1k]

Pretty sure he was referring to the banana/checkside kick because of the way the ball was spinning (had a slow spin) otherwise he would of called it a spiral punt if it was a Torp.

[@spinkscapes775]

The video didn't even include the best goal of the year.

[@anthonypirera7598]

Hi guys I'm from Melbourne

[@RealFansSports]

@@anthonypirera7598 what’s up Anthony!

[@anthonypirera7598]

@@RealFansSports just waiting for the Grand Final to start

[@ronniexx9743]

Go the Lions. !!!.. Enjoy everyone.

[@jaiquigley2706]

This video didn’t even have the two best goals of the season where is Reid goal of the year and Marcus bontempellis goal against Fremantle

[@johntaylor6654]

No luck involved, skill, but that doesn't mean they nail it every time, it's a hard shot. Analyse the shot, he glances to his left to see where the goals are, watches the ball go to boot, then looks gaolward to see if he's got it.

[@RealFansSports]

Yeah Ofcourse the intent was to score it! Same in our explanation with a full court basketball shot. There’s intent to score it but there is still luck involved

[@off1k]

@@RealFansSports What he means is when players do the dribble kicks for goal, they generally know the ball will take a higher degree turn on the third or fourth bounce depending on the power. They drop the ball to their foot a certain way, kick the ball at a particular point and angle. Just got to get the aim right like any other normal shot for goal. Kinda like a Pool/Snooker player putting spin on the ball, they know the physics of it through practice. Very little luck involved if any at all. Obviously not all players can do these type of shots.

[@carolthorson7854]

Try to find the videos of players doing trick shots in practice, into rubbish bins and other things

[@Jonathan-Sund]

KIcking side on is actually easier

[@LomuHabana]

5-10 feet margin of error? Guys, they often drop punt it from the boundary (sideline), and they cannot hit the posts, if the ball touches the post (even just slightly) it is a behind instead of a goal, one point instead of six. In some cases, the margin of error is just a few inches at best.

[@RealFansSports]

@@LomuHabana I was talking about from the hardest spot I was talking about that exact shot.

[@LomuHabana]

Wow you were quick to respond. Cool. I see, but still, the goal from Bolton was pretty close to the boundary (looks like 2 yards away) and kicking it with his inside foot (not a punt, sorry), from what looks like a distance of more than 30 yards. I’d say 5 feet margin of error is already optimistic.

[@RealFansSports]

@@LomuHabana lol just caught me on my computer! And yeah you are right. It shows how talented these guys are

[@LomuHabana]

@@RealFansSportshaha awesome man. Yeah absolutely. No wonder many top punters in the NFL and NCAA have been Australian rules footballers who converted to American football.

[@RealFansSports]

@@LomuHabana we actually talked about that on live stream the other day. There wasn’t as many as I thought there would have been. I think there are 3 right now I believe.. the biggest being seattles kicker

[@malcolmbarnes923]

Yes but swans lost the grand final to lion's

[@RealFansSports]

@@malcolmbarnes923 they did. That is correct. A good ole fashion but whoopin

[@malcolmbarnes923]

@RealFansSports hell yeah it was and it was amazing to watch

[@michaelfink64]

Umps, not refs.

[@RealFansSports]

Thanks! Is there a technical difference between an ump and a ref? I’ll have to look it up

[@michaelfink64]

@@RealFansSports No, it's just what they are called. I think the difference in nomenclature relates to the fact that footy was invented as a way to keep cricketers fit in winter, so quite a bit of the terminology and concepts are the same as in cricket (played on an oval shaped ground [not field], laws of the game rather than rules [even though it is called Australian rules football], boundary rather than sideline, umpires rather than referees).

[@BigRed241]

Lol goal of the year not even in the best goals of the year vid. Definitely made by a victorian