TheRicSlick Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 So I was thinking today about how football kickers today don't use the straight toe kicking technique that everybody in the olden' days used. Now it's more of a soccer style kick. And one day I wish to see barefoot kicking make it back into the NFL for 2 reasons. 1. You look like a badass 2. I think you kick better without a shoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veras Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 While we're on kickers, how about the drop kick? History of a Fictional Football League (1989) Thread - Logos - Uniforms - History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Are there ant "stand up" goalies anymore? I remember back when butterfly was taking over, Ron Hextall was referred to by one of the announcers as one of a dying breed. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Are there ant "stand up" goalies anymore? I remember back when butterfly was taking over, Ron Hextall was referred to by one of the announcers as one of a dying breed.You saw it die with the rise of butterfly goalies like Potvin, Roy, and Brodeur but you're seeing the style make a come back...sorta. The new "hybrid" style mixes stand-up and butterfly. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aci Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Not a common one, but a centrefielder playing so shallow they can take the pickoff throw at second base. I can't remember seeing it in the majors, but I know it used to happen at least semi-regularly. Hamilton Eagles- 2012 and 2013 Continental Hockey League Champions! 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 CHL East Division Champions! Niagara Dragoons- 2012 United League and CCSLC World Series Champions! 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UL Robinson Division Champions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomDreamer Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Old fashioned windup in baseball. Paul Byrd brought it back for a little bit. Sky hook in basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffa Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 There was debate in the early days of association football on whether or not to allow hacking - the practice of kicking one's opponents in the shins. This was permitted under a number of rival codes (the Cambridge rules, for example) but by the time the FA's Laws of the Game were finally codified it had been removed.'Hacking is the true football.'F. M. Campbell, Blackheath FC and FA Treasurer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 2 handed catches in baseball. Today's outfield gloves are so huge it's inpractical. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The stolen base. Still around, of course, but nowhere near as prevalent as it once was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The stolen base. Still around, of course, but nowhere near as prevalent as it once was.Small-ball in general.Also the suicide squeeze. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 2 handed catches in baseball. Today's outfield gloves are so huge it's inpractical.While I'll agree its a lost technique, I don't believe the reason is impractical. You still see it even at the pro level and especially at the lower levels. I don't mean little league, I mean high school/college/minors where they are using the same sized gloves and they use 2 hands. If you say unnecessary, then you might have me because with a giant glove I'm not sure the real benefit to using 2 hands other than it's "the right way." With a infield glove or catchers glove I get it 100% but you might have me on an outfielders glove. Keeping with baseball: Railroading the catcher is now a lost technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewp80 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 2 handed catches in baseball. Today's outfield gloves are so huge it's inpractical.Keeping with baseball: Railroading the catcher is now a lost technique.This is a big one that I miss. Granted it's for safety, which I totally get, but now the catcher basically just gives them the run. Tongue in cheek, but I miss defense in the NBA. Cardinals -- Rams -- Blues -- Tigers -- Liverpool Check out my music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Common sense and intellectual forward thinking in the NHL. Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I may be wrong about this, but I feel like when I was a kid in the 80s, a pitcher ahead 0-2 would throw a pitch way outside or in the dirt to try to get a hitter to chase it. And it seems now that they don't want to "waste" that pitch anymore. Maybe it's a result of pitch counts or maybe someone figured out that such pitches were rarely "chased".Another one is the intentional walk. I suspect (and maybe one of you stat hounds can prove or disprove me) that 1st base open with fewer-than-two outs draws fewer intentional walks than it did 20 years ago. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." Â BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Non-Fosbury Flop high jumps. Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017   /////    Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy! Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 While it's not a technique, and I understand why they're no longer used, I miss the one- and two-bar facemasks. "I secretly hope people like that hydroplane into a wall." - Dennis "Big Sexy" Ittner POTD - 7/3/14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I may be wrong about this, but I feel like when I was a kid in the 80s, a pitcher ahead 0-2 would throw a pitch way outside or in the dirt to try to get a hitter to chase it. And it seems now that they don't want to "waste" that pitch anymore. Maybe it's a result of pitch counts or maybe someone figured out that such pitches were rarely "chased".Another one is the intentional walk. I suspect (and maybe one of you stat hounds can prove or disprove me) that 1st base open with fewer-than-two outs draws fewer intentional walks than it did 20 years ago.I think batters can recognize pitches better and stay away from those so they have to pitch closer to the zone. Its kinda crazy to me that we were taught 0-2 to pitch in the dirt OR up and in. Everyone was taught this. Is there any level that shouldn't be pitching up and in more than high school and lower??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Horse Collars, Clotheslines, Punching, Groin Kicks and General Thuggery. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES |  5th in HEISMAN |  7th in DRAFTS |  8th in ALL-AMER  | 7th in WINS  | 4th in BOWLS |  1st in SELLOUTS  | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CS85 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 I think the NFL and football in general still has plenty of dogpile brutality, it's just easier to pick apart with cameras these days. I recall reading one former pro's book where he talked about a dogpile on a running back and a defensive lineman, tangled in all the bodies, picked a guy in the other colors and began to repeatedly punch him as hard as he could in the balls. After the play was over, some poor bastard was retching and eventually went to the hospital. The older stories are even more terrible from before the game met TV. Guys would just destroy one another. Thankfully now it's a much more decent game where we wait until these guys are in their 50's and off of television as their bodies slowly crumble into dust. Quote "You are nothing more than a small cancer on this message board. You are not entertaining, you are a complete joke." twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlin Wall Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 The good old Libero (Sweeper) position in soccer. I'm a simple person, I have a pixelated David Beckham as profile photo since 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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