How To Curve A Soccer Ball STEP by STEP

Do you want to learn how to curve a soccer ball step by step, become better at shooting, and score more goals this season!?

Have you ever tried to curve a soccer ball top corner BUT it ends up out of bounds or right into the goalkeepers hands? Your teammates raise their hands in disbelief. Your coach drops his head in disappointment. You feel frustrated for wasting a golden opportunity.

Those days are done!

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to curve a soccer ball when shooting so you can have more confidence in front of goal, help your team win more games, and score more goals!

How To Curve A Soccer Ball

When you were growing up, did your coach always yell at you:

“USE YOUR LACES!”

Obviously, it’s important to be able to strike the ball with power using your laces. However, there are so many players who only use their laces. They don’t have the ability to curve the ball with the inside of their foot.

Some of this might be your coaches fault BUT if you’re currently struggling to curve a soccer ball – it’s your responsibility to figure it out!

Different situations require different shooting techniques. If you are only able to shoot the ball in one way (laces power strike) then you become predictable and very one dimensional.

How To Curve A Soccer Ball Like A Pro

Shooting is one of the most difficult skills to master but it is the most rewarding. Most players can pass and receive a ball. They may even be able to dribble past defenders consistently. Yet very few players have the ability to be clinical in front of goal.

If you can become a great shooter, you will stand out from the competition. You will become a rare asset. The type of player who can win games. The type of player coaches dream of having on their team.

It’s not easy to learn how to make a soccer ball curve in the air with consistent quality. But if it was easy, everyone could do it.

Don’t wish for things to be easier. If something is hard to master, that means it’s worth doing. That means most players won’t be willing to put in the work to develop the skill. 

Luckily, you are not most players. While they complain, make excuses, and procrastinate. You run towards hard work. You are willing to put in the repetitions, analyze your techniques, and do whatever it takes to master this skill.

Easiest Way To Curve A Soccer Ball

Before we get into the specific techniques of how to put a curve on a soccer ball. You need to be willing to make a commitment. A commitment to more repetitions.

Be honest… 

How often do you practice shooting?

The sad reality is most players only practice shooting when they are in the game. In team sessions they might get 10 shots per practice (if they are lucky). Their individual training only consists of freestyle tricks and fast footwork skills.

If you want to become better at something you need consistent practice.

What if you did 100 curve shots per day?
For 1 week? 1 month? 1 year?

We want all the fancy drills and advanced advice BUT none of that will help you master the skill of curving a soccer ball, if you aren’t applying the most consistent principle of development:

CONSISTENT PRACTICE

How To Curve A Soccer Ball Step By Step

With that in mind, here are some helpful tips on how to curve a soccer ball for beginners:

#1 – Open up your body. It’s extremely difficult to curve a ball into the corner when your approach the ball straight on. Instead, angle your run and open up your hips to the outside of the goal. You will have to adjust your body technique and find the perfect angle. Overtime you will find the sweet spot.

#2 – Visualize the flight of the ball. Don’t just hit the ball and expect it to fly into the top corner. How are you going to make the soccer ball curve? What is the path the ball will take to reach its target? What will your technique look like in order to make that happen?

#3 – Inside of your big toe. Ideally, you want to use the inside of your big toe to make the ball curve. Not the inside (middle) of your foot. If you are trying to curve the ball into the corner but it continues to go right down the middle. This is probably why.

#4 – Focus on contact point. Where do you need to strike the ball in order to make it curve? There is a specific spot on the ball you need to strike. Watch this contact and don’t take your eyes off the ball until your foot finds that point. See the video below for more insight on this topic.

#5 – Land on shooting foot. To produce more power and curve, try landing on your shooting foot. As you strike your shot, jump through the ball. Following through to your target, with your body over the ball, landing on your standing foot.

Soccer Shooting Mistakes

It’s okay to make mistakes. Everyone misses shots. What’s important is what you do after you miss a shot? 

Don’t get frustrated. Just get better.

I’ll let you be frustrated for one second after you miss your shot but now you need to channel that frustration into more practice. You are going to figure this out. You will practice until you get it right. No one can stop you from getting better. 

Overcome the obstacle of frustration. This applies to every area of your development. If you let your negative emotions get in the way of your desired result, you will never succeed. 

Winners get motivated by mistakes. Losers get discouraged. Which one do you want to be?

Mistakes are valuable lessons for growth. What can you learn from your missed shot? What should you change about your technique? Can you do anything differently next time?

If you continue to do the same thing, you will get the same result.

Change your technique and you will change your shot.

Curving A Soccer Ball (MASTERCLASS)

We can learn a lot through trial and error. Finding out what works and what doesn’t. But we can learn a lot faster, if we study the best players in the game.

Most players watch a professional player curve a soccer ball into the top corner. They admire the skill and dream of doing it themselves. But they don’t analyze. 

They don’t ask, how did he do that? What did his foot look like? How did his leg swing? What is his body positioning? Where did he follow through?

Curve A Soccer Ball STEP by STEP

“I just love scoring. It doesn’t matter if it’s a simple goal from close range, a long shot or a dribble around several players, I just love to score all goals.” —  Cristiano Ronaldo

Soccer Shooting Tutorial

Believe you can do this. Commit to consistent practice. Get more repetitions. Focus on technique. Overcome your frustration. Learn from your mistakes. Study the pros.

With that in mind, let’s watch a video demonstration.

In this video I’ll show you how to curve a soccer ball step by step for beginners.

Understand that knowledge is only power when it’s put into action. Make the necessary changes to your mindset, technique, training, and start to fall in love with your training. Be consistent and you will develop the improvements you desire.

If you want to improve your soccer shooting skills, score more goals, and help your team win more games – this should be obsession you keep with you for the rest of your soccer career.

How To Bend / Curl A Soccer Ball

Thanks for watching this video about how to curve, bend, or curl a soccer ball when shooting. Hopefully you found it helpful. If you have any questions on this topic, please comment below.

You have the ability to improve all of your skills! You’ve learned how to curve a soccer ball but you can also become faster, stronger, and mentally tougher. I’d love to see you achieve great things in soccer and life. But that’s only possible if you become the best version of yourself. Stumbling across this content is a great start!

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About The Author

If you don’t know about me…

I used to be a soccer player who struggled with self-confidence. I felt slow, weak, and unmotivated. My coaches didn’t pay much attention to me, my friends laughed at my lack of skills. At one point, I even became so discouraged that I quit the sport altogether.

Enough was enough. I decided to take control of my own development and set out on a journey to become a better soccer player. This path led me on an incredible journey of self-improvement.

I went on to win league and goal-scoring titles, earn awards, lift trophies, and received a college scholarship. I’ve even earned international caps for my country.

I started sharing my knowledge with others and teaching them how to become the best soccer players they could be. My YouTube channel grew to over 500,000 subscribers.

In addition, I coached for several youth clubs in my local city, and even started my own soccer training company. I went on to coach the most prestigious men’s club in my city for several years.

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