8 Tips For Scoring More Soccer Goals - Coaching Tactics & Tips

Everyone that has played soccer before knows that scoring soccer goals is a great feeling. For a few seconds you will feel that you are the king of the world. However, in order to become a top goal scorer you will need to work hard and see every practice and game as a chance to improve your scoring abilities. So, to help you on your way to the stars, I will give you 8 tips that I believe will help you increase your scoring skills.

1. The most important skill a top scorer needs to master is the ability to shoot with both feet. There are of course players that managed to score many soccer goals by only shooting with one foot. However, some of the best scorers ever (Pele, Ronaldo Nazario Luiz De Lima, Van Basten etc) were masters at firing well accurate shoots with both feet.

2. Try to finish as fast as possible. If you study some of the best professional players in the world you will notice that they rarely touch the ball more than twice before finishing at the goal. I recommend you therefore to do the same as you will be able to score more soccer goals.

3. You must know what to do before the ball lands at your feet. If you wish to score many goals you need to be one step ahead of your opponents. To achieve this you will need to know your next move before you even have received the ball.

4. Don’t stand still. You should never stand still while waiting for the ball. Instead, be at your toes and move forward, backwards, left and right. If you just stand still you will rarely get a scoring chance because the opponents will not have any problems with marking you.

5. Don’t shoot hard while you are 10-15 yards from the goal. One thing that many top scorers have in common is the fact that they generally like to fire accurate and well placed shoots near the posts rather than firing hard and impossible to control missiles. I have seen a lot of players with hard shoots but they rarely score any goals because these types of shoots rarely hit the goal.

6. Monitor the position of the goalkeeper. Never shoot at the goal without checking the position of the goalkeeper. I know by experience that many goalies like to stand a few yards from the goal line. They are doing this because it gives them opportunity to cut off the angles and make them look bigger than what they actually are. However, if you are clever you will take that and use it to your advantage and surprise the goalkeepers with a chip or a low and well aimed shoot.

7. Don’t think too much. This one may sound strange but it isn’t. To score many goals you will need to think little as possible. A classic example of this is when you find yourself alone with the goalkeeper. I can assure you that if you start to argue with yourself whether you should dribble the goalie, shoot under/over him, chip etc you will immediately decrease your chances of scoring. This is what I mean with thinking as little as possible. Once you find yourself in a scoring position you need to quickly decide what to do and then stick to that.

8. Always try to be the first at the ball. When you are inside the 18 yard box you need to be like a hungry tiger. This means that you need to always get the first touch on the ball. The opponents will take any possible measurement to stop you and it is therefore crucial to sacrifice you even if you feel that chances for scoring are pretty low.

Summary:
I hope that you have found the tips presented in this article as valuable and that you will benefit from them. Always keep in mind to work hard as it is the only way to reach your goals. If you can achieve this and practice these simple moves and keep from over thinking the entire process, you are sure to score some well deserved goals!