Finishing Exercises E-Book PDF

In order to win a soccer match you have to make sure you score more goals than your opponent.

Scoring is therefore an important component for every age category. Training on scoring is often associated with shooting on goal from distance.

However, scoring actually involves a lot of aspects of play, because often scoring a goal means being at the right place at the right time. This is often a gut feeling that players develop and is therefore hard to teach.

Finishing is the act of intentionall placing the ball in the opposite goal by the use of physical techniques. It is often referred to as scoring or shooting.

The former word refers to a successful finish. The latter can be somewhat confusing as the term is associated with kicking yet finishing can be done with the head or virtually any body part other than the hands.