Kicking Phase

Extend the right kicking leg to have the foot make contact with the soccer ball. Place your kicking knee over the ball as you make contact. Also having both arms abducted while kicking.

Shoulder Girdle

The dexter and sinster shoulder girdle will be in the upward rotation and elevation position using the middle/lower fibers of the trapezius, serratus anterior, levator scapulae and rhomboid muscles.

Shoulder Joint

Maintain your glenohumeral joint abducted (Deltoid anterior fibers, deltoid middle and posterior fibers, supraspinatus) while it is isometrically contracting shoulder flexors. (Pectoralis Major upper fibers, deltoid anterior fibers)

Elbow Joint
Dexter and Sinster elbow joints are slightly flexed while isometrically contracted using bicep brachii, brachialis, brachioradialis, pronator teres, and supinator muscles.

Hip/Pelvic Gridle
The kicking leg is flexed concetrically using rectus femoris, sartorius, pectinues, gracilis, and tensor fasciae latae muscle. While the non kicking leg hip/pelvic girlde is still slightly flexed and isometrically contracted. The follow muscles are using during for the non-kicking leg hip/pelvic girlde are the rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, sartorius.

Knee Joint
The kicking leg is extended through the soccer ball while the muscles are concentrically contracted using the rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis, vastus medius muscles. The non-kicking leg knee joint is slightly extended while isometrically contracted using the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis, popliteus, bicep femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus muscles.