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Practice games

Shooting Technique

Good technique gives you more power and more accuracy.

At home 25 min 1 to 2 players Garden Park On your own With a grown-up 2016 to 2019

Shooting and Scoring Work hard

Set up

  • Warm up for 5 minutes: jog, then a few passes against a wall.
  • Make a goal with two markers.

Garden, park.

How to play

  • Laces shot: plant foot beside the ball, strike through the middle with your laces, head steady.
  • Placed shot: use the inside of your foot to pass it into a corner. 10 shots.
  • Aim small: put a target (bottle or marker) in a corner and try to hit it. 10 shots.
  • Practice foot: 8 shots with your practice foot. Even a few good ones help.

Make it easier

Make it harder

  • Top corners: get your laces a touch under the ball to lift it into the top corner.
  • First-time: roll the ball to yourself and shoot without stopping it.
  • Further out: step back a few paces and keep your shots on target.

Three things to say

  • Plant foot beside the ball.
  • Laces through the middle, head steady and over the ball.

Colts habit

Work hard: little and often beats one long go.

Both feet

Do a round with the practice foot only.

Heads up

Look up between touches.

For your birth year

Pick a birth year to show the tweak for that group.

2016 to 2017
Laces shots 12.
2018 to 2019
Laces shots 8.

Safety: Nobody stands in the goal. Keep clear of windows.

Keeping score: Not counted. Tick the drills you did today.