Practice Tips for Soccer Drills

If you are looking for good practice tips that can be used with most soccer drills, here you go.

Using A Parent Or Field Player In Goal

It is always a great idea to use a parent or field player in goal. Now, interestingly, instruct them to intentionally muff, drop or parry any shots. In this method, it is not prudent to use your regular goalkeepers. If you do so, the regular goalkeeper will only catch the bad habit of parrying or muffing shots.

When you use a parent or field player in goal, even the attacker who is ready to shoot knows that the ?bad? keeper will drop the shot somewhere in front of the net. Now, this is the catch. The main objective of the attacker here will be to put that muff into the goal.

Ingraining The Habit Of Going To The Goal Every Time The Players Shoot

This is important. In fact, this method can be used in any games or practice drills involving a goal. Some attackers are skillful but lazy and they have the tendency to watch their shots when they ?know? that the shot is going in.

This most of the times results in missing the opportunity to score when the ball hits the posts or bar or is batted down by the keeper. That is the reason why it important for the coach to ingrain the habit in the players to of go to the goal every time the players shoot.

Whenever an attacker takes a shoot, that attacker should have three seconds after shooting to enter the goal and touch the net. If he does not do so, the goal should be disallowed.

Once the players make it a habit, the defenders will learn to count out-loud at every shot. This does not improve perfection in hitting the goals in the players, but it also teaches the defenders to follow up and clear missed shots.

When it comes to Soccer drills, an expert coach knows that no matter how pretty the shots are, great shots only count once the ball enters the goal.

Andre Botelho is a recognized authority on the subject of soccer drills. His web site, Youth Soccer Drills, provides a wealth of informative soccer articles, resources and tips for soccer coaches, parents and players.