How to be a professional striker

How to Be A Professional Striker

You think you can score many goals when playing football with your friends?If you do,you likely to be a striker.But you think you are good enough to be a striker?Well,you can be that if you have all the criteria below.

1.Focus on Saving Your Energy When Attacking and Defending

Well, you don't need to run from side to side chasing the ball as a forward needs to do, instead, focus and save your power to score on every chance you get in front of your opponents goal. Playing as a soccer striker doesn't mean that you don't have any defense responsibility.One of your defensive task is to attract your opponent's defenders when they have the ball, and stress them to make mistakes. As soon as you or your teammates conquer the ball you must be in front of your opponent's goal and try to score.

2.Have a Great Stamina

As a striker,you must have more stamina to stay better when making forward or defensive run.So,you must training with your stamina and do more physical exercise to stay fit.Don't push yourself too hard or you will get a serious trouble.If you have a great stamina,you can run forward as long as you can to get the ball,score a goal or take the ball from opposite player.

3.Forward Ability

Comparing to a striker, your job is not only to score goals every time you have the ball, instead, you need also to help your midfield in defense. If your team prefer to play with 2 forwards, (common in a 4-4-2 formation) both of you need to be in conjunction.Keeping distance between each other is important because you have opportunity to work the ball more effectively while you pull opponents defense apart.

4.Shooting Technique

This is the most important thing you must do to be a better striker.You must good at shooting technique.Shooting technique is a vital aspect of soccer training for a goal-scorer. When shooting toward the opposition goal, a soccer striker must plant her foot directly next to the ball with the toes pointing toward the target. The ball should be contacted with the knee over the ball and the follow-through should point at the target. Practice technique by incorporating plenty of repetitions. Have a player feed you 20 to 30 balls inside the 18-yard area and practice taking a touch and shooting on goal. Perform this drill from outside the left goal post, central to the goal and outside the right goal post. A good distance to practice shooting on goal is 10 to 15 yards away.

5.Power and Accuracy 

Whether you are shooting for power or accuracy will determine which surface of the foot you use to shoot the ball. When shooting for power, the toes should be pointing down and the laces of the foot used to powerfully propel the ball toward the opposition goal. When shooting for accuracy, use the side of your foot to contact the ball, with the follow-through pointing to the target. Have a player roll a ball to you and call as it arrives “power” or “accuracy.” This will teach you to make decisions quickly. Practice plenty of repetitions of both.