This Tip Will Help You Score 2X MORE GOALS this season

Shooting While Running Technique

It is important that you have the soccer shooting technique exactly the same from a standstill except for these changes which you add if you are running:

1.  Place Foot Moved Up

When taking a shot normally, you should place your place foot even with the ball.  When you are running it is important that you place it in front of the ball.  Making this change alone, will make shooting while running much easier.

2.  Smaller Hop

When you are running, you don't want to lose any momentum that your speed brings.  Take a smaller hop, and then explode into the ball.

Stride to the Ball

Whenever I watch novice players attempt to shoot while running, I see the following things:

• Short stutter steps that greatly slow the player.
• Long strides that mess up the player.
• Normal running, but then changed stride length when the ball is near.

One thing is common with all these mistakes, the player is greatly slowed down.  What should take a few seconds can go on for 6 or 7 seconds.  This gives defenders and goalies much needed time to block the shot.

Learning to run naturally and strike a ball is hard, but very necessary to getting a good shot off. So please don't get discouraged or mad if you fail at first.

The only way you can improve this is by practicing.  Set aside 20 minutes or so in a training session, and just practice keeping stride length constant.  When you get better you can start increasing speed.

This is a frustrating skill to learn, but when you sprint past a defender and put the ball into the back of the net, you will be happy you know how to shoot while running.