How does the jump affect the speed and accuracy of the ball? - Part 2 : Jumping up and over a defender.

When a defender is blocking the shooter, unless the player chooses to pass, the only option is to shoot over the defender. In such a scenario, the shooter doesn't aim to jump forward into the goal square but rather to jump as high as possible and shoot over the defender. This allows the player to visually see where he or she is shooting and it also gives the ball more time to accelerate downwards. This is due to the increased release height, which creates more distance for acceleration due to gravity (about 9.8m/s).(Blazevich, 2012). This can be used strategically to cause the ball to have a greater bounce for goal.

 

Below is a instructional video, shot by Videojug, on how to perform the jump . Notice that when possible, all players still attempt to jump forward into the defender in order to minimise momentum loss as per part 1.