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Sunday, June 22, 2008


Coaching High School Soccer: Various Drill To Enhance The Shooting Skills Of The Players

When it comes to coaching high school soccer, “Quick Shot” is one of the most effective soccer drills to improve the shooting skills of your players.

As per this drill, you can begin with dividing the players into small teams of three.

  • Make sure that every team has one ball and two cones.
  • Place the cones in a way to create the goalpost for every team.
  • One player of every team will act as a goalie.
  • You have to have the other two players take their position on the opposite sides of the goals in a way that they both should face each other.
  • Now, each of these two players will attempt shooting the ball in an effort to score a goal. The goalie will try to save the goal.
  • Once saved, the soccer goalie will pass on the ball to the other player.
A thorough practice of this drill will be very effective for both the players and the goalie. Please note that while coaching high school soccer using this youth soccer coaching drill, you have to make sure that you are switching the goalie quite often at regular intervals.

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Sunday, September 30, 2007


Soccer Trick Tips - Shooting

Ball control is a soccer skill that you must teach your offensive players using the following soccer trick tips.

  • The Goal Area

Train your the offensive players of your team to use the sides of the field to go forward down the field because the position of the defensive players is usually the middle of the field.

When the attacking players come into the area of goal from the sides, it forces the defensive players to come outside and thus leaving a clear space in front of the goal.

This is the time for offensive players to pass the ball into the center of the penalty area. Here, things move very fast and they have to take instant decision regarding their next step.

When the attacking players are passing the ball, they must make sure that their timing is perfect and their fellow player gets the ball in the right instant.

  • Shooting At Goal

If your players keep on shooting at goal, they will maximize their chances of scoring and winning the match.

When your attackers are near the goal, their soccer strategy must be to pass the ball among each other quite often because this way, you will be able to disperse the defensive players. This will ultimately result in clear space in the center of the field and this is your opportunity to shoot and score a goal for your team.

In youth soccer training, the above soccer trick tips are certainly going to improve the offensive performances of your team.

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