How can i learn to strike the soccer ball properly
Noel Lanza
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Asked by Noel Lanza - 2 answers - 3 years 1 week ago
How can i learn to strike the soccer ball properly
I am 18 years old and i have been playing soccer from since i was 5 years old but i have dificulty sricking the soccer ball for a goal kick. I have good offensive and devesive skills and i can play any position on the feild except the goal keeper but i just can't strike the soccer ball properly. How can i improve my skills, or what work outs should i do to increase my striking ability.
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Key to a consistant goal kick is not to rely on pure power (speed of kick). Timing is everything and the position of your planted foot is vital.
1. Check your planted foot is not to close the ball and to the side, left or right depending on your striking foot. You need slightly more room to enable you to strike the ball toward the bottom of the ball with your laces. If the ball is squirting to the left or right when you strike the ball you need to change the angle of your foot to being more parallel with the floor instead of striking the ball in an upright position which you would asopt for a shot on goal.
2. Not to be patronising but make sure you keep your eye on the ball.
3. Ideally set up a netted goal or use a wall to strike a ball against. Establish your run up, you can afford to practice your aproach as the goal kick is a none contested part of the game. Get the aproach right, don't try and burst the ball, strike the ball with your laces.
4. Concentrate on striking the ball in the middle toward the bottom of the ball. If it is a successful strike the ball will spin backwards in the air and travel in a straight line.
5. It is worth mentioning that some people find it more difficult to gain height on a goal kick when playing on artifical surfaces due to the hardness of the surface.
I hope that helps,
Time it right and the power will look after itself
Hi Noel,
I have been a football coach for almost 40 years and my advice to you is to find a rebound wall and relentlessly practice driving a ball against it. Stop each rebound and replace the ball for the next kick.
Try to memorise how you have approached the ball (not straight on)and where you've placed the non-kicking foot and how you have connected with the ball (laces). Try to replicate these elements through constant practice. The technical name for harnessing muscle movement with the central nervous system is known as proprioception and it allows the athlete to modify his technique so that the body readily recognises the optimum method.You will achieve this optimum state ONLY THROUGH CONSTANT PRACTICE, at which stage it becomes automatic. Who was the golfer who said "The more I practice the luckier I get?"
Despite the previous advice the most important element in achieving distance on your kick is the leg speed of the kicking foot (any sports scientist will confirm this fact). Clearly if you are not physically strong in the legs then this is something you will have to work on, using gym equipment or plyometrics.
Hope this helps! There are no shortcuts!
George Quinn