Dither in front of goal no more. Supercharge the speed of your finishing with this shooting drill from Coerver Coaching.

By: Ben Welch

Mesmerising approach play, finished in a flash. Spain’s football is beautiful, but deadly.

The genius of La Roja’s highly technical passing game hogs the limelight, but it’s the speed and accuracy of their finishing that brings substance to their style.

Imagine if you could add this turbocharged ruthless streak to your game? Instead of sitting there dreaming of the impossible, focus on the screen and hit play because we might just have the answer.

FFT teamed up with Alfred Galustian, co-founder of Coerver Coaching, to create a fast finishing drill for your training sessions. The session featured in this video will not only improve the accuracy of your finishing, but teach you to do it at speed and under pressure.

The Stoke City Academy demonstrated the drills.

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Young players from the academy of Cheslea F.C. and Coerver Coaching will show you how you can improve these kicks with essential soccer tips.

You will also get a great drill you can use to master these kicks by yourself, with friends or your team mates.

The adidas MiCoach Smart Ball and Smart Ball app we also help you to improve your game. Today’s topic is penalties and the essential soccer tips you need when you step up to take a PEN.

Firstly you have to practice penalties. Now you can never re-create a game situation, but you can improve your technique. This will help your confidence and help you to put away a penalty when it really maters on game day.

So after your next training session, or if you are with your friends shooting on goal, take five minutes to practice your technique and following these four essential soccer tips.

1. Before you strike the ball, decide where you are going to put it. Make up your mind and stick to it. Have confidence in your decision. If you change your mind, especially during your run up, you could miss it.
2. Don’t look at the keeper, keep your eyes on the ball. Keepers will try to distract you. Keep focused, make up your mind and score.
3. Relax, breathe in slowly. Compose yourself, don’t rush. Take the PEN when you are ready and be confident.
4. 4. Aim for the corners of goal. You are most likely to score if you hit the ball with power and accuracy in the corners of the goal. It’s the hardest place for keepers to get to. Practice the technique of hitting the ball with power and accuracy into the corners and remember these four essential steps, and you will be more likely to score from the PEN spot. Make sure you check out our next video for some awesome drills to improve your penalty kicks.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of the series!

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Messi is the perfect player we can all learn from. We’re going to break down Messi’s five essential qualities according to the COERVER® CODE that you can apply to your game.

Messi’s Approach

1. SKILLS.
   1. Messi skills effect confidence and creativity.
   2. Confidence: The Foundation of Messi’s game is supreme ball mastery. Once a player masters the ball their confidence can grow. Ball Mastery, as Messi shows each week, is essential for; 1 v 1, running with the ball, as well as shooting and first touch receiving.
   3. Creativity: Player’s who are creative do unexpected things in a game, like Messi skills. They can make the difference at crucial deciding moments in the game. Without ball mastery, it is difficult to lead creatively.
2. SPEED.
   1. For this skill to be effective in a game, players need to “marry” skill with speed. Each week Messi demonstrates this with his ability to change pace and direction with the ball.
3. SENSE.
   1. This mean’s making the right decision at the right time, in the right place. This can only come from focus and concentration as well as lifelong practice. Being able to read the field intuitively as he does, also requires player’s taking responsibility in the game. All of which are displayed weekly by Messi.
4. STRENGTH.
   1. This mean’s a high level of physical fitness.
   2. Which requires dedication and hard work. Messi is an example of a player consistently performing well due to his dedication to hard work in training and diet. He is one player that plays in every minute, early in every game.
5. SPIRIT
   1. Means a winning combination of Respect, Sportsmanship and Courage. Winning & losing graciously. Always trying your best. Messi’s career and behaviour is a model of these qualities.
   2. No one can play like Messi, he is unique and one of a kind. But you can definitely learn from him and apply his attributes to how you approach your game.

Messi skills have been the key factor in many of Barcelona’s victories this season. Now we all can’t do perfect Messi Skills but he can certainly inspire us all to practice harder and improve.

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FC Bayern München are the away team tonight in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 but they are ready for battle. Bayern came back from one goal down in the Bundesliga last weekend, with two goals from Thomas Müller. The Bayern team have some of the world’s greatest talents, but today we are going to look at some of Müller’s key qualities and amazing soccer skills!

Number one on the list, he scores goals! Important goals. He’s often in the right time, at the right place, and his first time finishing is excellent in the box.

The second amazing quality that all coaches and players can learn from Müller, is his fighting spirit. He never gives up, constantly working hard for his team in and out of possession. He is a tremendous competitor with great mental strength.

The third quality we are going to talk about, might surprise you. It’s his directness. Müller doesn’t hesitate. He does everything quickly. When he sees space, he attacks it. He is very efficient with his touches on the ball. He won’t take two touches of the ball, if only one is needed. He is constantly thinking about the quickest way to attack his opponents and which of his many soccer skills to use. The video below does a great job of showing how you can approach your game like his. Whether you are an amateur player or coach, you can use this video to improve your attacking and directness approach on goal.

Four things you need to know:

•  If you use a soccer skill to beat your opponent, accelerate away to create space to shoot, pass, or run with the ball.
•  Use this drill to work on your small group play. 2v2, 3v3 and up to 4v4. This will help your team improve their passing, 1v1, attacking and defending. It will also help you create more goal chances.
• As soon as you score or lose the ball, you become the defender. Don’t switch off! It’s time to win the ball back for your team. This is where your fighting spirit comes into play, just like Müller’s.

Be sure to join us next week during Champion’s League, as we take a look at the one and only Leo Messi’s skills.

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Today in partnership with Coerver Coaching, we will highlight two of Messi’s soccer skills; Change of Direction and Dynamic Speed.

There are four key ways Messi Changes Direction with the ball.

1. Messi uses change of direction moves like the “U-turn” & “Drag Back” to shield the ball from defenders. Check out this video so you can learn and test your own U-turn and drag back moves.

Make sure you touch the ball with your toe, pivot and change direction with a high knee movement.

• How to do the “Drag back”

Stop the ball with the sole of your foot, drag it back, change the angle of your hips and push the ball out using the inside of your foot.

• The Zig Zag Soccer Skills Test

Set up this simple drill with your friends or by yourself. Use two different change of direction moves between each cone. When you have mastered it with your good foot, start practicing on your weaker foot, by starting the drill at the other end!!!

2. As Messi is usually double or even triple marked by defenders, he sometimes uses double or triple change of direction moves to protect the ball and get out of trouble. This is one of the reasons he is so amazing! Skilled players have a great chance of beating or protecting the ball against one opponent. Messi can keep the ball or beat two or three opponents regularly.

3. Messi is brilliant at combining change of direction moves to create a space for the quick one two pass with a team mate or giving him time to make the killer pass. The killer pass is a pass that creates a goal chance.

4. Finally he uses change of direction moves to create a shot. Messi’s shot is usually with his left foot and he places the ball in the back of the net with a firm passing like technique. This is great news for all of us, as we can all learn that composure, accuracy and placement scores goals. With practice we can all improve these qualities in our game.

Dynamic speed

Of course Messi is blistering fast, particularly over the first five yards. He is lightening quick, something that he has worked incredibly hard on in practice. But there is one thing that we can all incorporate into our own game about Messi’s game, and that’s speed!

Think about the way that he stops & starts when he is dribbling the ball. He changes pace, either from slow to fast, or fast to slow. This is a nightmare for defenders as they do not know when to make the tackle. The defender does not know how you are going to control your speed and can’t anticipate your soccer skills. This may give you more time and more space with the ball crafting a pass, dribble or shot.

Check out the step kick here.

A great way to stop and start your speed, especially on the wings and across the goal, just like Messi!

To develop the explosive power that you need to get to every ball, be sure to figure in the extra training that is needed, in addition to the tips above.

Check out this training plan on game breaking speed.

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