Coaching soccer drills

You may have heard that in coaching soccer drills, all skills have only 1 goal and that is to take a shot at the goal. It takes both skill and instinct to develop the art of good shooting. But other than this, winning attitude is also equally important.

All the players must be involved in this but more importantly; it is up to the forward players to shoot the ball. When teaching soccer, shooting should be at the top of your list.

So many things may come out of a shoot. Shots can be positioned towards a goal. The goalkeeper might drop the ball exactly at the feet of your forward player. Wild shots can turn into great passes. Ground shots may bounce back. You may even hit a goal through a straight shot.

During the soccer practice, attacking players are always on a lookout to shoot the ball into the goal at every possible opportunity. They are trained in a way that they think of nothing else but scoring goals. In England, these attacking players are known by the term sniffers. This is due to the fact that they are always on the lookout for scoring chances.

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To them, every opportunity is the last one they will get and hence shoot ferociously. They are always present when the opportunity is right. They have the skills to even convert negative situations into positive ones. So in coaching soccer drills encourage your players to shoot the ball whenever possible.

In most cases, when the ball is knocked with a view to get it through the goalpost, it is termed as a shot. Yet, one technique that is most effective is driving the ball through the middle by use of the laces of the foot. While performing this, head of the player should be over the ball, his upper body be steady, and his toes should be extended.

During the coaching drills, teach the players to shoot the ball low and wide of the goalie. In such a scenario, high shots are less preferred that low ground shots. For the reason that goalies have to stretch their hands a greater distance to stop low ground shots, it is a little tricky for them.

While practicing with regulation sized goals, players get to score more by hitting the ball over and above the goalkeeper’s head. As a result of it, the players develop the tendency to shoot high goals so this must be discouraged. This practice can be put to stop in coaching soccer drills by not allowing players to adult sized goals.

Now get out there and start teaching your players to look up once before they shoot the ball with a view to check the position of the goalkeeper.

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Andre Botelho is the author of “The Expert Youth Soccer Coaching Guide” and he’s a recognized expert in the subject of youth soccer coaching. Learn  how to explode your players’ skills and make coaching sessions fun in less than 29 days! Download your free pdf guide at: Youth Soccer Drills.

 

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