Which set of muscles will the soccer player use to straighten his right leg to kick the ball? image by marcos mesa sam wordley, used under license from shutterstock. com hamstring and gluteus maximus hamstring and latissimus dorsi quadriceps and latissimus dorsi quadriceps and gluteus maximus

As you run up to kick the ball, you take a final step, plant one foot and load the other, pulling it backward for the strike. The glutes and hamstrings, as well as the adductors, control your hips. The hamstrings and quads flex and extend your knees, and the plantar flexors flex your ankles. Your abs and lower back muscles stabilize your trunk, and your deltoids align your shoulders square to the ball.