 In today's video, we're talking about how to kick a soccer ball or how to kick a football whatever you call this beautiful game I want to help you have more consistent shots now You're searching for this video. I'm assuming because you're not having consistency with your shots Sometimes going straight sometimes going over there sometimes going over there Okay, but you want to have more consistency you want to hit that net more often So I want to help you with that so I got three things that I want you to think about and the first thing It's kind of a more advanced topic, but that is I got to come a bit closer I want you to talk about the physics of ball striking Okay, and what I mean by that is in order for this ball to go straight I have to hit it straight Okay, the ball is going to go exactly where I tell it to go So there should never be a time when you had a shot and you're like, oh, I did everything right But it went over there. No, you obviously didn't do everything right This ball is only going to do what you tell it to do. Okay, so what I mean by that is if I hit it straight in the middle It's going to go straight if I hit it on this side of the ball It's going to spin off and go that way if I hit it on this side of the ball. It's going to spin off and Go this way. Okay, so this ball is just going to do what you tell it now I want you think just think about like say for example, you're playing pool Okay, you're playing pool. You're trying to hit the ball This ball and make it go into that pocket Well, you have to hit it on that side of the ball in order to make it go there Well, this is the exact same thing or say for example, you're playing golf Okay, if you hit the ball here, it's going to hook and go over there if you hit it here It's going to slice and go over there. Okay, if you hit it here, it's going to go straight down the middle Okay, so think about the physics of shooting the physics of ball striking So the reason I want you to think about this number one is just it's going to help you right away You're gonna say, okay, I want to go straight. Well, I got to hit it straight in the middle or I want it to go To the bottom corner. I can hit it a bit more on here. I want to go to that top corner I can hit it more here. Okay, you're gonna understand that it's gonna help you But you can correct your bad shots a lot better. So for example, I hate I hate hate hate Pulling the ball with my right foot Across my body that way we're pulling the ball with my left foot across my body that way Now if you look at the natural tendency of a right-footed shot It is to go across your body like that or a left-footed shot is To go across your body like that. So unless you really focus on holding it straight the shots gonna want to go that way, right? It's gonna want to go to that far corner like that. Okay, so personally I hate missing the net that way I would much rather miss the net that way So instead I know when I shoot with my right the tendency is to hit the ball and it's gonna pull that way Okay, so what I will do is I'll aim a bit more on this side and that will correct it And that will make sure that the ball goes straight. Let's see Whoa Okay, and like I said, I would much rather miss Going that way then pull it that way. I absolutely hate to do that So if that's a problem you have then maybe think about that that'll help you out right away Okay so next thing We're talking about the physics is your foot technique. Okay, so I'm assuming we're talking laces strike and guys I have a video on my channel. It's called. I think it's called six Crucial shooting techniques every player must know and I'll put a link in the description of this video But that video will teach you how to shoot in different ways It will teach you how to curve the ball how to chip a ball how to scoop a ball How to drive a ball how to ping a ball how to hit it with your laces It will teach you all these different ways to shoot. Okay, so go and watch that video But today just talking about laces. Okay foot technique. So if you can see my foot technique, I hope you can see My toes are pointed down in the ground. My foot is flexed. My ankle is firm. Okay. I'm not like this. I'm not loose like that Okay, it's strong. It's flexed now What you want to think about when you're hitting the ball is keeping that foot Flexed and strong through the ball. Okay, so a lot of us we have like a weak foot a weak ankle And we're hitting a hard ball and we're having a really weak shot and we're wondering why it's so weak Well, you have to make it strong. You have a hard foot. You're going to have a hard shot Okay, but just make sure when you hit the ball when you hit the ball Your ankle doesn't go weak. Okay. A lot of us we're flexing and then we hit and then we're weak You want that flexed strong foot through the ball? Okay, and that's going to help you with your shooting. Okay. So think about that strong flexed foot through the ball Okay Boom with both feet, especially with your weaker foot your weaker foot. It's going to feel weird. It's going to feel unnatural Okay, but make sure that you hit the ball nice and strong Especially with your weaker foot Keep those toes flexed strong ankle lock through the ball Through the ball. Okay. The final thing I want you to think about is Your range of motion. Okay. And what I mean by that is When I'm shooting the ball, it should be a nice natural swinging motion Like that. Okay. If you were to compare Compare your strong foot to your weak foot A lot of us are we're shooting with our strong foot. It's a nice backswing nice fall through nice Nice natural swinging motion. Okay. This is where you're going to generate a lot of power Naturally without trying hard. It's this nice flowing motion like that. The thing is when we're doing Nice flowing motion like that when we're shooting with our weaker foot or our left it looks something like this. It's like Okay, there's like no backswing and you're kind of just like Limping your leg Just pulling your leg. It's like so heavy and weak through the ball. There's no range of motion Okay, so you want a nice backswing nice fall through with both feet backswing fall through Back swing fall through. Okay, so think about those things think about Where you want to hit the ball the specific point where you want to hit the ball think about your flex foot Think about nice natural backswing Okay, and then Think about very important You should always add use your body positioning Okay, if you want to hit the target more often and you saw that shot. I just hit right there It's nothing special, but it's on net. I tell my kids my students all the time I do not care how hard you can hit the ball if you can hit it hard. That's great But what's more important is if you can hit the net every time or at least most of the time Okay, so if you want to make sure you hit the net You don't sky it up over there get your body over the ball so important Whenever you're shooting think about, okay, I gotta stay over the ball Especially if it's like a one-timer ball is coming to you. It's coming straight at you If you are up like this at all It's very hard to control that ball. Make sure you get over it And then try to make good contact focus on the ball Okay, so coming back to the physics. It's impossible for me To hit the exact spot on the ball I want if i'm not focusing on the ball Watch the ball until your foot makes contact And you hit the ball, okay And the same things apply with both feet, right? And that's right down the middle, but even that's fine A shot on target is a good shot. Okay, and realistically that shot Is harder for a keeper to save than a shot that's right here or right here Okay, hard and low is the way to go Remember that Hard and low Is the way to go. Okay, so if you want to improve your shooting think about those things, but most importantly you have to practice Okay, you have to practice that shooting technique But like I said go to my channel watch that video six crucial shooting techniques that every player should know Thanks for watching this video guys. Please like give me a thumbs up Please comment below And if you have any other tips to add to those three things I know there's lots of other things out there if there's something that helps you specifically Please comment below and share that with other people watching this video Please share this video on social media share with your friends share with your teammates And thank you for watching this video on how to kick a soccer ball or how to kick a football