New year, new form. Kicks from 20M, 20M, 32M, 36RM, 40LM, 40LM, 40LM! Feedback is very much appreciated!

This offseason has been a really big deal for me, knowing what I'm working towards, and knowing how far I've come. There is no doubt that I have gotten much better at my craft since the season ended, and that's due to the work I put in, the help I've gotten from coaches, and my determination to succeed. The first thing I worked on in the offseason was my leg swing. When I started kicking 2 years ago, I had only learned from watching basic youtube tutorials. For the past two years, I haven't had backswing when kicking the ball. I was giving up potential power and good ball rotation, so I knew that it needed to change. I got to watching film of my mentor/teammate, Noah, and studied the timing of the swing, which was what had kept me from using backswing in the first place. I realized that in between the last step before your plant and your plant, neither of your feet are on the ground for a split second. (example in first 2 clips) This was what unlocked that ability for me. I started working on my swing, and I saw inprovements very quickly with ball rotation and kick power. (3rd clip) Next, I needed to work on my follow through, which is still a work in progress. I knew that I'm costing myself lots of power when I don't follow through and hop through my kicks, so I started working on that, and I'm still working on it. Another point of emphasis recently was slowly and comfortably transitioning my contact point from the side of my foot to that third eyelet. This has helped me to get better rotation and power, helping with accuracy, too. Most recently, I've noticed that my stance has been getting narrower and narrower, causing lots of accuracy issues. I've made it a point to take my side steps just a bit wider to get that wide but not too wide stance, and pairing that with plant foot direction improvements, the accuracy gets a bump up, too. I do this because it's my passion, and with how far I've come, giving up isn't an option. No obstacle is too hard for you, hard work and dedication will take you a long way. Keep working.

Right now, I'm still in the part of the offseason where I can make big improvements and experiment with changing my form to be better at my craft. Watching other kickers, I've always noticed that most of them have a tilt/lean outward when kicking, but I've never really thought much about it, and I never really knew how important it was until recently. I was watching a Caden Novikoff video when he said that tilt/lean is a pretty important thing to do, because it makes it easier to hit the sweet spot with the right part of your foot. I kinda have some tilt (picture below), but any more than that and something just limits me from being able to do it. If anybody has any drills or tips to help me improve this skill please let me know. Thank you!

If anyone is interested and wants to be involved, I am writing a research paper on the environmental and psychological effects of kicking. Would involve 2-3 kicking charting sessions with 8 kicks, with one kick being "iced" so 9 in total. Ideally, you would record each session, and have someone randomly "ice" you. For anyone interested, comment below or shoot me a message and I can provide more specific details on how to do each session. Thanks.