How to Fix Your Soccer Shot

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Chris Murray, and I'm going to give you some tips on how to fix your soccer shot. In soccer, many kids when they start playing often have a tendency to use their toes when kicking a soccer ball. When using your toes, you don't have as much control as you would if you used the inside of your foot or your laces. When you use your laces, there's more of a surface area. The bigger surface area means the more control and accuracy you'll have with the ball when you shoot. When you use your toes, the surface area is so small that there's more of a margin for error. This can cause the ball to come off to the right, and come off to the left. Also, when you kick a soccer ball, your plant foot--the foot that you're not striking the ball with, should be right next to the ball. If your plant foot is too far away, you'll be reaching for the ball, causing it to come off on an angle. And again, that'll lose control and lose accuracy. So the proper way to strike a soccer ball is your plant foot right next to it, knee over the ball, and have your laces strike through the ball in the center. And those are just some tips on how to strike--or how to fix your soccer shot."