 Today I'm talking about shooting with power. However, I need to start by saying it doesn't matter how hard you can shoot the ball if you can't hit the net consistently. You cannot score goals if you don't hit the target. So although today we're talking about shooting the ball harder, increasing your shot power, your number one priority should be hitting the target. The first thing is your foot technique. The flex in your foot especially. So when I'm hitting the ball, I want to have a nice strong flexed foot. If I hit the ball with a weak ankle, a weak foot, and weak toes, I'm going to have a weak shot. So when I come through the ball, I should have a flexed strong foot. As you can see, my toes are pointed to the ground. Okay, my foot is flexed. And you should almost feel like, oh, this kind of hurts to flex my foot like that. If you flex on your weaker foot, it almost feels like you can't do it. Like it's not strong enough. But if you keep focusing on that over time, the flex in both of your feet will feel natural and it will be a lot easier. So you may be flexed up until this point, but then you hit the ball and your ankle goes weak like that. If you have a weak ankle and a weak foot when you make contact with the ball, you're going to have a weak shot. So if you're having a lot of backspin on your shots and it's going too high or it's just a really weak shot, it's probably because when you're making contact, your foot is something like that. It's very difficult to generate a lot of power if you have a very small back swing and forward swing. So instead of something like this, I want to be more like here, back swing. I'm almost kicking my butt and falling through the ball. So in addition to the big back swing is the speed of this swing. The quicker I move my leg, the more power I can generate as long as my foot stays flexed. If I have a slow swing, it's going to be a slow weak shot. But if I have a quick swing and a nice big back swing, you're going to generate more power. If you really are thinking about, okay, I'm going to hit this ball. I'm going to kill this one. You need to make sure that your body gets here over the ball. Also, I can generate more power if I plant and I get over the ball here. If I'm planting back here where I'm unbalanced and I'm just swinging at it, lunging for it. Tough to get control, also tough to generate power. If I can get here though, get a good strong plant, get lower over the ball, and I keep that strong flex foot, I can generate more power. Flex foot, bigger back swing, and quicker swing. And most importantly, get your body over the ball if you're thinking about hitting it hard.