 So understand, technique produces power. Power comes from technique. It doesn't come from trying to kill the bull as hard as you possibly can. If you don't know about me, I used to be a huge underachiever, but through obsessive self-improvement, I found my success. Earned a college scholarship, played for my national football team, a YouTube channel with over 100 million views. I've helped players worldwide and I'd love to help you improve faster and achieve more. 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. 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. I make contact with the ball. I want to have that flexed strong foot go through the ball. A lot of us are claiming that we're having a strong flexed foot, but the truth is, as soon as you hit the ball, your ankle is going weak. 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 weak, okay? You want to flex strong and you want to keep that through the ball, through making contact with the ball. So before, but also when I make contact, I want to push through the ball with that strong flexed foot like that. If you want to improve faster and achieve more this season, use the Soccer Success Planner. It's 100% free. Players all around the world have already used it to improve. You can download it right now. There's a link in the description below. The next thing I want you to think about is the range of motion with your kick. So a lot of us, we're going to shoot the ball and our range of motion is only something like this. 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 I have a bigger back swing. I'm going to be able to generate more power. 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. So 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. So think about those things. 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. From moving up divisions to making national teams, players who use the Online Soccer Academy get results. Access elite-level coaching and training, become a complete player, make a difference on the field and get noticed when you play. Limited spots available, apply today, start improving tomorrow. Link in the description below.