Previous reviews have examined
biomechanics of soccer movements in-detail (Lees, 1996;
Lees and Nolan, 1998). However, it becomes apparent
that more research studies into biomechanics of soccer
kick have been published within the last decade. Therefore, new aspects of soccer kick performance are being
identified, including more details regarding the three-
dimensional kinematics of the movement, joint-moments
that drive the movement, mechanisms of soccer performance as well as various factors which affect soccer kick
biomechanics such as age, gender, limb dominance and
fatigue.