Overcoming the Wall in a Direct Free Kick

Video Transcript

"So now what I want to talk about is overcoming the wall when you're taking a free kick. Now you have several options on how you want to get around the wall. If you're taking a hard shot, one way to do it is to find a little break in the wall, a little space in between people?s heads. And one thing I've noticed is if you give a rocket into the wall, around this area over here where their heads are, they're going to duck; they?re going to get scared. So you can just use that. And if you have to hit somebody in the first time you take a shot, and then the second time they're going to get out of the way, that's all right. That's part of the strategy. Another way to get around the wall is to curve it around the side of the wall. Now that takes spin on the shot, and I'll show you that. The third way to get around the wall is to go over the wall, and just to lob it over into the goal."