Soccer Shooting Drills

Soccer shooting drills are not only fun for the players, but it is one of the fundamental skills necessary to score goals. However, become an excellent shot takes practice. Repetition is one of the best tools to refine your skill of shooting. Players should start by shooting stationary balls and progress towards moving targets, different angle shots, and volleys.

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Purpose of Soccer Shooting Drills

Become confortable striking the ball on target.
More goals scored.
Confidence to attempt more shots on goal.

Soccer Shooting Drills Requires

Players should focus on their plant foot, balance, and striking the ball with the correct area of the foot.

Glance up and select your target.
Keep your head down and eyes on the ball.
Point your toe and lock your ankle.
Strike the ball inthe center-bottom half of the ball.
Position your plant foot beside the ball.
Plant foot should be pointing towards your target.
Plant foot should strike the ground first before your kicking foot.

Browse the Latest Soccer Shooting Drills

Combination Shooting & Finishing Drill

This is a dynamic shooting and finishing soccer drill that will focus on the timing of the combination play, touching the ball with your back to the defender, and having a quick tight turn and finish with a shot on goal.

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1v1 Defending the Dribble with Teammate

The purpose of this drill is to isolate the defender to focus on the first defender and defending the dribble while working with a teammate. This teaches young soccer players to work together with your teammate to shut down the attacker.

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1v1 Dribble Attack with Shot

The purpose of this 1v1 drill is to focus on dribbling to beat a defender and finishing with a shot. This drill can also be used to focus on defensive players defending the dribble.

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Combination Shooting Rotation Drill

This soccer shooting and finishing drill focuses on combination play and build-up before getting the shot off. It is a great shooting soccer drill to focus on burying the ball with a shot after a small combination play.

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Diagonal Soccer Shooting Drill

This is a simple soccer shooting drill that is great for warm-up to a shooting practice or warm-up prior to a game.

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Cross - Finish Under Pressure

This crossing and finishing drill is great for focusing on crossing under pressure and finishing under pressure. It is also a great drill to improve the players fitness level.

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Three Goal Shooting Drill

This is a great soccer shooting drill for getting rapid shots on multiple goals and is also a great source of fitness.

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Combination Play with Crossing and Finishing

This is a great cross and finish drill that allows you to focus on a short build-up, combination play, timing of runs, and crossing and finishing.

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Indoor Shooting Drill

This is a great indoor soccer shooting drill to use while practising indoors. This indoor soccer shooting drill also touches on dribbling, passing, using the walls, and finally shooting on goal.

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World Cup Soccer Drill

The World Cup Soccer Drill is a great shooting game for kids of all ages. The World Cup Soccer Drill is a great game to work on game like situations with number down situations.

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