| Goals are the salt and pepper of soccer and they can | | | | single touch from a static position, because he has no |
| only be scored by either shooting, or heading the ball. | | | | space to move around, or no time to do so. |
| Heading the ball is an unnatural process, whereas | | | | -Soccer Shooting Drills - Dynamic Positions |
| kicking the ball is quite a natural "need" that humans | | | | There's a wider array of soccer drills for shooting |
| have, deep down. How many times have you walked | | | | that can be practiced from dynamic positions, than |
| on the street and instinctively kicked a leaf, or some | | | | from static ones. One of the most popular is the |
| small rock, just for the heck of it? | | | | run-and-shoot: have your players positioned in a line |
| Now, how many times have you walked on the | | | | at the center of the pitch and send a keeper in the |
| street and started hitting your head against solid | | | | goal. Now, have each player sprint with the ball at his |
| objects? I hope not a lot. So heading is a lot harder | | | | feet up to a certain point that you decide (place a |
| to train, because we have to fight against our own | | | | cone as a visual marker), then cannon a shot to goal |
| natural fear of hitting our head against an object. | | | | from there. |
| That's why soccer shooting drills are so much more | | | | If you want to practice long range shots, you'll |
| diverse and common in training sessions. Let's take a | | | | obviously have them shooting for far away, whereas |
| look at the different types of shooting drills. | | | | if you want more finishing accuracy, you will have |
| -Soccer Shooting Drills - Static Positions | | | | your players shoot from the edge of the box, or |
| Static position soccer shooting drills refer to the | | | | even inside it. |
| player's position, not the ball (although in the case of | | | | A slight variation of the run and shoot soccer drill is |
| free kicks, both the ball and the player are static). | | | | the wall-and-shoot. Basically, you'll have the same |
| Free kicks are very helpful for your players in training | | | | setup, with the players at half court and a |
| their shot accuracy and usually they are used for just | | | | goalkeeper guarding the net of one of the goals, but |
| that, instead of being a means to get your shot | | | | you will also have a player somewhere near the |
| power trained. You could try having all your players | | | | penalty area, who will act as a wall passer for your |
| execute free kicks, or just select a handful that you | | | | incoming players. So a player will sprint with the ball, |
| noticed are better at this role and form them as | | | | when he is close to the wall passer he initiates a |
| specialists in free kicks. | | | | one-two and shoots the ball in full-on sprint, as soon |
| The other way you can practice soccer shooting drills | | | | as he receives it back. |
| in a static position is by having one player in the | | | | After a while, the above mentioned soccer drills for |
| center, receiving passes from the sides and shooting, | | | | shooting tend to get repetitive, so you might want |
| without moving towards the ball. This simulates a | | | | to dig up some more, or simply create variations of |
| match scenario that occurs quite often, with a striker | | | | these. You can work around the dynamic position |
| or a central midfielder having to shoot the ball with a | | | | ones and create new drills of your own. |