{"id":579957,"date":"2026-04-02T04:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/579957\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T04:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:05:11","slug":"rugby-great-dan-carters-advice-helps-sydney-swans-become-one-of-afls-best-kickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/579957\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby great Dan Carter\u2019s advice helps Sydney Swans become one of AFL\u2019s best kickers"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Swans\u2019 player said Carter explained how he would have a mental trigger before he would kick, such as \u201cscrewing his toes into the turf\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis is a very different sport, [the ball is] planted there, it doesn\u2019t move.<\/p>\n
Dan Carter worked with the AFL’s Sydney Swans to help improve their kicking game. Phot \/ Photosport<\/p>\n
\u201cOurs is very different; we move the ball around when we\u2019re having a set shot. But we took some things out of that, and it\u2019s definitely worked for me personally. I\u2019ve kicked a lot better doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Papley has been sidelined with a calf injury recently, but said other members of the team have taken on the New Zealander\u2019s advice.<\/p>\n
Sports data analyst firm Champion Data have shown the Swans have improved from being the fourth-worst set-shot team in the AFL last year to now being the fifth-best.<\/p>\n
Carter retired from rugby in 2021 after nearly 20 years in the sport and two World Cups to his name.<\/p>\n
He played 112 tests for the All Blacks and recorded 1598 points, the highest of any player in test rugby.<\/p>\n
On debut for the Crusaders in 2003, Carter scored two tries, the first coming from a chargedown and the second was a breakaway from inside his own half.<\/p>\n
He also played for Canterbury, Perpignan, Racing 92 and Kolbeco Steelers and was named World Rugby Player of the Year three times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Swans\u2019 player said Carter explained how he would have a mental trigger before he would kick, such…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[8786,284333,64,63,8810,1700,303,59168,284332,22279,23689,21694,67835,1899,59075,26456,88752,284334,1787,13883,17958,760,85,149826,21453,670,3018],"class_list":["post-579957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-advice","tag-afls","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-become","tag-best","tag-black","tag-carter","tag-carters","tag-competition","tag-dan","tag-former","tag-great","tag-have","tag-helped","tag-helps","tag-kickers","tag-kicking","tag-of","tag-one","tag-revealed","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-squads","tag-swans","tag-sydney","tag-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}