shot techniques

[insertlamename]

hey, I've been playing soccer for a number of years and I am quite good with the basics: dribbling, ball control, passing and such, but I have never really had a coach that actually knows what he is doing. When I ask him how to make my shots drop, bend or just go where I want them to, he just says, "whatever works". Now this doesn't help me out much so I was just wondering if you could tell me any techniques on keeping shots low/high corners, having the ball drop in front of the net, bending the ball, and just anything else you might think will help. Thanks

AG

[freestylegirl21]

Well,to make the ball drop-When you kick it make sure to follow through but kick toward the bottom of the ball and pull it up when you kick.

To bend the ball-kick it in the middle but make sure to pull it to one side when you follow through, like instead of following through straight, pull your leg and your foot to the side and that will cause the ball to spin.

To make your shots go high into the top of the net-Don't lean back! Even though yes that does make your shots go high, they will not have power and that is not the correct way to do it. Instead, keep your head down and strike the ball toward the bottom-middle with a lot of power. Make sure to follow through and the ball will rise the perfect height right into the top of the net.

To place the ball- What I find is just focus on where you want the ball to go and point your left foot when you plant it(if your right-footed) toward where you want the ball to go.

To keep the ball low- Make sure to lean over the ball and follow through on your shot and be sure to strike toward the middle-top of the ball, and don't pull up when you follow through, just follow through as normal.

I hope that this helps a little!:)

[insertlamename]

wow... Thanks a lot! I'll have to try all this at practice tonight.




P.S. when you say kick it in the middle and stuff... what part of the foot would you kick it with? I have always kicked with laces of my shoes with my foot kinda turned to the left... Don't know if this is right or not.
AG

[freestylegirl21]

Yeah, kick with the laces of your shoe. If you want the ball to have an outswing and your right-footed you should kick more with your foot turned to the left. This will cause the ball to swing to the left and then back in. If you want the ball to swing more to the right and then back in kick with your foot turned a bit to the right. Tell me how practice goes and if it works out for you!:)

[Rickster]

about kicking "middle - top" only do that if you're going to do first touch passing. cos obviously if u kick the ball at "middle - top" its not goin to go anywhere, n i only do this when u goin to do first touch passing cos it will keep the ball on the ground (when a ball is rolling towards u its much easier to lob it) therefore u want to hit it at "middle - top" when doin first touch passing

[insertlamename]

Hey, I just got back from practice and the shooting was going pretty good. I just couldn't get the ball to curve a noticable amount and some of the shots were still going over the goal so I guess I will just have to work on this a little more.

[AstonVillaFan 2]

well I suggest planting your foot rather heavily then doing a complete spin using your obliques that way the ball will hit with more curve and it will spin you should it hit it with the top of your foot sorta its hard to explain.

[Chel]

sorry to somewhat hijack your thread but what do you people mean by "laces" of your shoes?

[insertlamename]

where the shoelaces cross on the top of the shoe.

[Chel]

so yuor supposed to kick with the top of your foot? :confused:

[freestylegirl21]

Yeah, be sure to shoot with the top of your foot. When you pass however, use the side of your foot.

[Chel]

oh thats very iteresting I never knew that I always kicked with just over my toe on an angle.

[Rickster]

i always shoot with the inside of my foot... but theres so many techniques, n i like the techinque "passing into the back of the net"

[GOALGOD]

oh thats very iteresting I never knew that I always kicked with just over my toe on an angle.

HOw did u get n y power?

[Chel]

easy.. I just kicked it hard :ronaldo:

[Rema]

oh thats very iteresting I never knew that I always kicked with just over my toe on an angle.

Have most of your shots had a curve on 'em? Cause, if that's the spot i'm thinking, I use that to get some curve on my shots. Not a lot of power, but it is effective.

Use the top of your foot/laces if you want the powerful shots (knuckle ball).

Question for anyone really;

On a fast dribble, I find it easy to get off a knuckle ball shot (I assume the ball is up in the air a tiny bit). But if i'm dribbling slower, or take a step by a defender and go for a shot, I have issues getting off a knuckle ball shot. I always seem to get some topspin. Any tips as to how to improve my knuckle ball shot from basically a stand-still ball or shooting after a feint (ie, a shoulder lunge, then pushing the ball to the side and having a shot... that situation happens to me a lot)? I realize a straight on run makes it easy for power, but if im stepping basically sideways and then taking a shot, it won't exactly work!

[Rickster]

normally if u lunge outwards, eg using right foot n pushing it to your right, it shud be easy to "knuckly ball" it, however the ball might spin outwards alot. if u push it the other way u mite hav to use yur other foot or the outside of yur right foot.

however for me in the first instance i wud normally use the bone on the big toe.. i duno how to explain which bone but its like not the toe but the bone is slightly higher up than the big toe. tis way u hav a hard shot n its more accurate

[Rema]

It's not that it's spinning outwards though, it has a strange topspin... like you'd get when chipping. So, am I getting under it too much or any other possible reason?

[Link]

I'm almost sure your problem is in yoru planting foot then.
To get a good knuckle ball, you really want your foot planted right next to the ball, make sure your foot is planted besides the ball before you shoot.
Also, you don;t want to be leaning any way besides twards your target.
A nice solid straight low drive is one of the hardest shots to hit when you're running at an angle, because your momentum will cause you to exert more force twards the side of the ball, that's why whne running straight at the ball, you get a great knuckler. It's all about the way yoru body is positioned before the hit.

[Link]

**Also** If you don't already, then try landing on yoru kicking foot after you've kicked the ball. This should give you a good straight stiking path with yoru kicking leg.

[insertlamename]

thanks for all the help... I was also wondering how you do a "banana kick." There is this German foreign exchange student that just moved here and he was trying to explain it but i couldn't really understand him all too well. lol. I'd be great to get an explanation in good english.


AG

[Link]

Ummm, a bananna kick is just a long ball that curles inwards or outwards, You usualy see people use them to play the ball from a corner to the front of a net, or off of corner kicks. When I do it, I usualy hit the ball with the inside of my laces, and try to make it so the path of my striking foot is a little off to the side of the center of the ball, It's really hard for me to explain it, hahah, just ask, and I'll do my best to elaborate if you can't understand.

[insertlamename]

I asked him again and he still wasn't gettin the job done. He was showin me but i couldn't quite get it. Could you try to explain it a little more please?

[Link]

Umm, it's most commonly used in corners, crosses infront of the net, and long balls, like I said earlyer. When you're going to hit this kind of a ball, you want to strike the ball more to the side, Like, if I was going to give a nice bananna cross infront of the net, when I got to the corner, I would face the goal line and place my planting foot pointing twards the place I'm crossing the ball to, and when I kicked, I'd hit the ball not head on, but mostly on the right of the ball, paralell with my kicking foot. When you hit this ball, it's going to be more of a chip than a drive too, so you want to be slightly leaning back to get some height on the ball, and you want most of the power to be coming from the snap of your hips.

hahah that sounded so complicated. Damn it, ummmmm..... If you dind;t understand that maybe this is more clear. When you kick this ball, don't face the way you're kicking it, but plant your foot so it's pointing in the direction you want the ball to go. The spot where your foot makes contact with the ball isn;t going to be head on liek a normal shot, but you want your leg to come in, in a sort of wide swinging motion, and you want to hit it on the side of the ball that is going to hit it in the direction your foot is pointing, and follow through by swinging your leg through the ball, and turning your hips till you're facing in the direction you kicked the ball.

AHHH!!! IF I WAS GOING TO DO A BANANNA KICK FROM THE RIGHT CORNER FACING THE GOAL LINE, AND I WANTED TO PUT THE BALL INFRONT OF THE NET, I'D PLANT MY LEFT FOOT SO IT'S FACING TWARDS MY PLAYERS INFRONT OF THE NET, THEN ID SWING MY LEG SO I HIT THE RIGHT SODE OF THE BALL, AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH MY LEG AND MY HIPS SO i WAS FACING TWARDS MY PLAYERS AFTER I HIT IT.
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[Rickster]

hey i juz found out a new way for me to shoot. i duno whether other ppl use tis technique, its a technique to get accuracy n power when shooting on goal

i use the part of my foot where theres tis joint which joins up the big toe. it gets alot of power n accuracy.

hav u tried tis type of shot technique?

[DrPhil1013]

hey i juz found out a new way for me to shoot. i duno whether other ppl use tis technique, its a technique to get accuracy n power when shooting on goal

i use the part of my foot where theres tis joint which joins up the big toe. it gets alot of power n accuracy.

hav u tried tis type of shot technique?



hmmm, im not really sure where you are trying to say. Where is this joint exactly? near the toe area? I've done this before: It works sometimes, but it also gets me unbalanced sometimes. I keep on thinking that its gonna be weak, so i try to kill it, resulting in a mis-hit.

[Rickster]

its one of the biggest joints in the toe area. its not the part where u use to curl the ball. its just above that part