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Analysts' Corner: The art of the free kick

Sometimes, there’s more to the beautiful game than meets the eye. Delve deeper with Analysts’ Corner, presented by EC Managed IT, a new blog featuring tactical insights from Whitecaps FC video analyst coach Andrew Peat, assistant video analyst Luke Summers, and Academy and assistant first team video analyst Andrew Foster.

Hi everyone, it’s Luke here again and this time we will be going through free kicks from both a defending and attacking perspective.

When you think of free kicks you probably think of Ronaldo audaciously blasting the ball from 30 yards into the top corner.