Analysing accident sequence

What techniques did you specifically use to create continuity in your accident sequence?
When filming this sequence, our group thought a lot about continuity. For instance with the first and second shot, we made sure that the subject did not step up to the ball twice and that she was standing next to the ball when we filmed the master shot, rather than further back. Again we made sure in shot five that they stepped back from the ball before running up to kick it to avoid the illusion of jumping from one place in the first shot to another in the next. Also our group tried to make the positioning of the characters continuous throughout the sequence, like the second and last shots for example, where the penalty taker is stood the same distance from the goal in both shots. After we had filmed the sequence and watched it in class however, we found that we had inadvertently used the 180° rule when filming the extreme close ups of the characters, which is another technique used to create continuity.

In hindsight, what could you do to improve the continuity of the sequence?
Issues such as the acting don't really improve the continuity of the sequence. I think that our group did a good job in creating a continuous narrative though, however the timing of the ball hitting the goalkeeper's head could have been a bit smoother. Other than that it was pretty good for a class exercise.