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Question about free-kicks and corners



essbee

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Jan 5, 2005
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I played football for 25 years and have watched it for much longer and there is one thing I've never quite understood.

When a player is about to take a corner - he/she will sometimes raise a single arm as some form of signal?

What the hell does this mean? Please put me out of my misery.
 




Gullflyinghigh

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Apr 23, 2012
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I played football for 25 years and have watched it for much longer and there is one thing I've never quite understood.

When a player is about to take a corner - he/she will sometimes raise a single arm as some form of signal?

What the hell does this mean?
Please put me out of my misery.

Think you might have answered your own question there...
 




Ron Manager

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I would guess
 




Easy 10

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Course if you're Paulo DiCanio, you don't necessarily need a set piece to raise an arm.
 


Stat Brother

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In the case of the Albion:-

If the taker raises his left arm it means he's going to kick the ball at the first defender.

If he raises his right arm he's going to kick the ball over everyone and out for a throw-in (or goal kick if he's really good).
 


Elvis

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It means, 'all the pros seem to do this, although I haven't a clue what it means it just makes me look if I know what I'm doing'....... usually ended up with me smashing the ball into the side netting getting an ear full from the centre back for making him come all the way up the pitch for nothing.
 








essbee

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Think you might have answered your own question there...

So, apart form the usual boll*x answers (see above for example) - nobody knows for sure since there are conflicting and multiple
answers on this thread itself.
 




BigGully

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Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ;7106381 said:
It refers to a particular set piece practiced that week in training

Is the correct answer.

Any signal obviously will correspond to a particular practised set piece.

Now it doesnt always follow that the many parts that execute that practice set piece execute it properly, therefore more likely it fails miserably, or at best gets a big oooooohh aaaaaaahhhhhh from the crowd whilst the failing player thumps the ground communicating to the crowd that he too realises that this was quite a poor effort for someone on £10 000 per week.
 


Gullflyinghigh

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So, apart form the usual boll*x answers (see above for example) - nobody knows for sure since there are conflicting and multiple
answers on this thread itself.
That was a legitimate answer!

I may not have conveyed it in a manner that you would have preferred but it did reflect my genuine belief that the only reason a player does that is to signify that the corner is about to be taken...honest.
 






essbee

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That was a legitimate answer!

I may not have conveyed it in a manner that you would have preferred but it did reflect my genuine belief that the only reason a player does that is to signify that the corner is about to be taken...honest.

Apologies Gull......I thought you were taking the p****
 


essbee

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Is the correct answer.

Any signal obviously will correspond to a particular practised set piece.

Now it doesnt always follow that the many parts that execute that practice set piece execute it properly, therefore more likely it fails miserably, or at best gets a big oooooohh aaaaaaahhhhhh from the crowd whilst the failing player thumps the ground communicating to the crowd that he too realises that this was quite a poor effort for someone on £10 000 per week.

The number of goals we've scored from corners in the last three years suggests we are not practising the set pieces very well.
 


Herr Tubthumper

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Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ;7106381 said:
It refers to a particular set piece practiced that week in training

They're either short or long though. Is it to just tell everyone it's going in the box?
 






Munkfish

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May 1, 2006
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Jesus, why would the signals be the same for every club, thats pointless, if each club used the same signals every team would know where to defend.

When I played at a fairly decent level we practiced and different signals would idicate different set peices.

also note players raise of the ball above their head, the kicker bouncing it before taking, or all agreeing pre match the first corner will attack the back post its pretty much self explanitry.
 


Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003
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I played football for 25 years and have watched it for much longer and there is one thing I've never quite understood.

When a player is about to take a corner - he/she will sometimes raise a single arm as some form of signal?

What the hell does this mean? Please put me out of my misery.

At our level, and almost certainly every higher level also, the single arm thing is a gormless meaningless gesture for the benefit of the punters that is supposed to signify that the taker has a well-rehearsed-straight-off-the-training-ground delivery that the opposition will never fathom the meaning of. In real life, it just means he's going to hoof it into the box and hope to clear the first defender.
 



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