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Soccer-Lovers: EXPLAIN KICKING THE BALL 40FT OVER THE GOAL
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:39 PM Author: Floppy primrose philosopher-king Why does this happen in every soccer game Ive ever seen, played by the world's best athletes.
Hey, we only get 10 shots on goal the entire 90 minutes, let me just sail this one fifteen yards over the cross bar whoops |
Date: June 16th, 2014 10:44 PM Author: Floppy primrose philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763711) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:45 PM Author: Transparent vibrant location Soccermos, explain. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763719) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:46 PM Author: lime hell travel guidebook Why don't NFL QBs just hit their receivers right in the numbers every time? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763728) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:48 PM Author: Floppy primrose philosopher-king I was waiting for this.
Imagine an NFL where every game you watched included multiple throws 15 yards over the receivers hands and out of the back of the endzone. Whoops. |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:50 PM Author: Soul-stirring sex offender Ok. How about why do MLB batters pop out? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763757) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:38 PM Author: sickened gay wizard church (Actual retard) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25923934) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:30 PM Author: Motley khaki center baseball is 15X smaller, comes at you @ 100 mph. try again shitlib (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25924487) |
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Date: January 17th, 2024 8:41 AM Author: Appetizing Violent Friendly Grandma bc baseball is the kind of sport where if you pop out or miss completely only 2/3 of the time you'll be one of the best players in the game and likely make the HOF. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#47297704) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:51 PM Author: Transparent vibrant location And every time the ball sails 50 feet over the goal there has to be this Academy Award winning performance where the shooter clutches his head with both hands in disbelief. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763762) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:10 PM Author: 180 site brethren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25925177) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:20 PM Author: Olive deep library idea he suggested (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25925253) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:49 PM Author: Multi-colored Jet-lagged Dopamine Locus They have giant doods chasing them and the receivers are moving. Soccer players miss a giant, stationary goal after taking two minutes setting up the shot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763747) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:50 PM Author: Olive deep library idea he suggested (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763756) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:51 PM Author: Transparent vibrant location (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763768) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:56 PM Author: lime hell travel guidebook Rofl. It is not easy to put a shot on goal with dudes defending against you in world class soccer. There is not offensive line to give you room and time to set up the kick. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763790) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:04 PM Author: Multi-colored Jet-lagged Dopamine Locus They still fuck up free kicks most of the time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763842) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:09 PM Author: gaped cerebral organic girlfriend free kick has to go up to make it over the wall first. its just hard to put the right spin on it to make it come back down (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763883) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:11 PM Author: Floppy primrose philosopher-king any player famous for just blasting through the wall (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763898) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:14 PM Author: gaped cerebral organic girlfriend lmao check out juninho pernambucano videos to see a good free kick taker |
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Date: June 17th, 2014 10:31 AM Author: Floppy primrose philosopher-king pretty curvy stuff.
Predict Lebron's success at being a goalie |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:49 PM Author: Brindle Demanding Den Dude, they're throwing to a moving target while huge bulky dudes are trying to take their head off. They aren't kicking into a giant stationary rectangle. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763751) |
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Date: January 17th, 2024 8:56 AM Author: mustard garrison they're kinda tall and lanky, but yeah. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#47297734) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:49 PM Author: Rough-skinned Address It can be very difficult to keep the ball from sailing when it's hit hard. Hitting the ball at the wrong spot or off the wrong part of your cleat will send it sailing. When you're hitting the ball as hard the pros, there is very little room for error. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763748) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:51 PM Author: Floppy primrose philosopher-king This is a very good explanation. But it leads to the question why havent soccer players evolved to the point where they learn to pick the ball up with their hands. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763765) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:58 PM Author: avocado newt death wish lol.
just do premise a sport around not using the most dexterous and evolutionarily unique parts of the human body. |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:01 PM Author: Floppy primrose philosopher-king I mostly watch these days waiting for that eureka evolutionary moment, like a chimp figuring out how to use a stick to get ants out of a tree hollow, when the first one of these eurofuckers tentatively picks the ball up with his hands and experimentally tosses it to an astonished teammate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763827) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:04 PM Author: avocado newt death wish 180. that's how rugby was invented. it took american brains to realize you can throw the ball *forward*, thus creating football (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763837) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:31 PM Author: arousing ceo legal warrant This was the best anti-soccer argument I've seen. I remember Max Kellerman making it around the time of a previous world cup. He said you know what would be awesome, if they took soccer, shrank the goal down, move it closer together, get rid of a bunch of the players on the field and put the goal high in the air where you could watch incredible athletes make the ball go in using the evolutionary advantage of the opposable thumb. AKA- I'll watch basketball. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25924498) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:53 PM Author: flesh spot nibblets Too strong for their own good (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763775) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:59 PM Author: gay razzmatazz pit yarmulke *Rolls a soccer ball slowly in your direction*
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:59 PM Author: mentally impaired shivering stage elastic band or how about breaking away and being in perfect position to make an unimpeded shot on goal or pass to your perfectly positioned teammate, but waiting the extra second until defenders converge on you. They do this a lot too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763815) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:06 PM Author: gaped cerebral organic girlfriend this is actually a thing, players won't use their teammates for tap ins (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763864) |
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Date: June 17th, 2014 10:59 AM Author: Slippery dull coffee pot It does seem like a lot of players would rather try to break down two defenders for the spectacular goal which validates their ability rather than try for a more open shot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25765660) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:35 PM Author: Erotic hairy legs brother 99.99% of those times the perfectly positioned teammate is actually off sides (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25924534) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 10:59 PM Author: Out-of-control athletic conference pistol It's a form of hustling. Do this once and the other team won't know what's coming next time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763817) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:05 PM Author: greedy school depressive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25925127) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:06 PM Author: gaped cerebral organic girlfriend ball bobbles a bit even on good surfaces, get under it by a bit too much and you'll sky it. also, ball is often top spinning when a player takes it first-time, causing it to rise. also, body positioning is often less than ideal when coming on to a free ball (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763855) |
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Date: June 17th, 2014 7:06 PM Author: nubile prole theatre that's why these guys are the best at the game in their countries. They do nothing but kick soccer balls and run all day, for years and years. They should have this shit figured out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25768124) |
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Date: June 16th, 2014 11:08 PM Author: bright razzle-dazzle meetinghouse roommate they're trying to get some serious spin on it to come back down but their kick was off, so it never curves (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25763877) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:38 PM Author: Very tactful new version its a NUANCED and NOT COMPLETELY RANDOM sport (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25923931) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:39 PM Author: impressive dilemma potus not played by players w/ multi million dollar contracts (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25923944) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 5:46 PM Author: impressive dilemma potus maybe, but soccer isn't a sport. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25923989) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:23 PM Author: Olive deep library idea he suggested Imagine NBA players routinely chucking shots into the stands from 15 feet out
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:33 PM Author: arousing ceo legal warrant Like Baseketball psych out misses. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25924515) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 7:36 PM Author: Very tactful new version (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25924537) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:03 PM Author: azure gas station incel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25925112) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:05 PM Author: stimulating fluffy tattoo *pitcher rockets 8 fastballs into the stands over the course of a game* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25925123) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:05 PM Author: Out-of-control athletic conference pistol they would immediately be cut from the team. yet, in soccer they are rewarded with trophies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25925126) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:06 PM Author: greedy school depressive it's like how in baseball you fail 70% of the time and you're a hall of famer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25925136) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:07 PM Author: azure gas station incel in soccer a 5% success rate makes you a god (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25925146) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:08 PM Author: greedy school depressive we can still make it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25925163) |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:19 PM Author: Olive deep library idea he suggested Sorry, is the soccer ball you're kicking coming at you at 95 miles per hour while moving around?
Oh, no it isn't? |
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Date: July 13th, 2014 9:29 PM Author: Out-of-control athletic conference pistol how about i grab you by the ears and move your head around, tough guy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#25925346) |
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Date: June 27th, 2026 7:54 PM Author: SickoMode Retarded Americans like games where scoring is very easy. They would love soccer if it was some scheme where it was just a succession of penalty kicks and the score was in the 50s. And of course they love games where they can watch hundreds of ads in 3 hours as well. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2595833&forum_id=2~#49966264) |