zimbos_05 wrote:thupercoach wrote:If you're out of shape do your sprints at about 50-70% as you don't want to pull any muscles. Build it up gradually.
Get your legs strong through lots of squats and keeper jumps for the ball as you toss it up.
That's one of my weak points. Goal kicks are shocking, defenders have to take them for me.
Goal Kicks are all about timing - Most people try to run up and kick the bladder out of the casing, but what that normally results in is people slicing the ball or not hitting it cleanly.
Most of the kids I coach have this issue, so all I do is get them to stand about 10 meters apart, and then practice getting the technique right and take distance out of the picture at first. As they get more confident, I get them to take a couple of steps back, then they repeat. I get them to do this until they are kicking the full width of the pitch without issues.