DRILL #3 (SHOT_OF_FINESSE)

• Choose 5 players from the team to start
• One at a time, a penalty kick will be taken
• Those not chosen are lined up outside of the 18 yard box
• If the penalty kick is made, no punishment
• If the penalty kick is not made, the entire team has to sprint to the mid-line and back
• Continue until the entire team has gone

This type of drill is done to help perfect a shot that does not necessarily focus on power, but finesse. Practicing this shot will not only help with penalty kicks but also close up shots and finishing into the corners. This also helps by not letting the goalie read their body positioning and know exactly where the body is going to go. Have players practice (if shooting with the right foot) opening up the body, externally rotating the hip, and shooting the ball into the bottom right corner and not over-adducting (adduction occurs in the frontal plane) when following through and shooting the ball into the left hand corner of the goal. Also warn players to not flex the neck (look down) but to look up and see which side may be more open than another. 

The following videos show a few players taking penalty shots. 

Unfortunately, this player would have made her whole team have to run a suicide. 

(Thank you MRHS girl's varsity soccer)