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Players should posses a wide range of shooting techniques regardless of position.
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Sufficient time and effort should be given in practice for the improvement of finishing.
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Often players lack responsibility for shooting, either they will pass to a teammate or not shoot at all. Accepting personal responsibilities for goal scoring, as well as missing, is fundamental to becoming a consistent and confident goal scorer.
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Between passing, dribbling or shooting - shooting will bring the highest level of success in and around the penalty area.
You should discourage yourself from making inter-passing movements in the attacking third when a shooting possibility arises.
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It is an obvious fact that there will be more occasions when we will miss the goal when shooting rather than score. It is estimated that only one out of every five shots will be converted.
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It is a lesser sin to shoot wide than high. A shot going wide may have some chance of a deflection, a shot going high merely gives the opposition a goal kick.
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A low shot has far more potential than a shot struck high at goal.
In going for a high shot you are offering the goalkeeper a greater chance of stopping the ball. Moreover, shots along the ground may be deflected by another player, or it may stick, bump or skip depending upon the playing surface.
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Shots going away from the goalkeeper to the far post are usually more difficult to save than shots to the near post. Not only are they difficult for the goalkeeper to hold, but the possibility of a deflection into a teammate's path is encouraging.
- We can define that goals are scored from three types of shots. These are balls moving towards the body, balls moving away from the body and balls moving across the body.
