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Summary: Soccer skills and coaching tips; learn a good shooting drill to warm-up your team in this free online video guide to coaching a soccer team.
A former collegiate and semi-professional player, Glenn Holzer has been coaching soccer at the youth and college level for more than 20 years. He currently holds a USSF "B" license...read more
"My name is Glen and we are going to show you a little soccer exercise to get you ready for shooting now. We are going to use our laces, our instep and we are going to use the proper technique back and forth between each other and we are going to react to the ball using both feet and we are trying to hear that nice sweet sound if we hit the sweet spot on the ball. Okay, let's let the group do it now. You will notice that these players are keeping the ball nice and under control, trying to keep their toe pointed down and making good contact with it. It's not really how hard they hit the ball, but that they hit it correctly. Let's try to keep moving as we are doing this. It also keeps them kind of flexible. If they make a bad touch, there is immediate feedback on it. If they make a good touch, they can get it right back again. "
eHow Article: Shooting Warm-up for Soccer Practice