Shooting Coach

[Paulwantsapint81]

I have no idea who if anyone currently has this role

Maybe a bit job for the boys but could the current squad benefit from MLT/James Beattie/SRL giving advice/wisdom on how to hit a ball hard past the keeper ?

[Willo of Whiteley]

I’ll volunteer, it would still be an upgrade ✌🏻

Edited Monday at 14:13 by Willo of Whiteley

[Toussaint]

Shooting plus overcoming the desire to create the perfectly crafted goal. Just give it a dig!

[Turkish]

Yeah we often have it suggested we should bring in Beattie or Ricky Lambert in to teach our strikers how to stick the ball in the net, they'd be wide eyed filled with wonder like an 8 years old attending a summer camp. I've no idea why we haven't done it. Perhaps a suggestion for the @St Louis and the FAB?

Edited Monday at 14:24 by Turkish

[disconnect]

(Having looked it up) Beattie is currently a first team coach at Reading, and has had some limited success as a manager in the lower leagues, so could be a good addition. At some point there was a rumour he was joining the coaching staff, but it never happened. Agree on the need for someone to drill it into them that just putting your foot through it rather than scoring some sort of Barcelona style dream goal is best. 

[Lighthouse]

I highly doubt that Beattie, Tiss or any of our other previous strikers have some special secret that our current coaches are not aware of. Larin was the league's top scorer before his injury and Azaz has hardly struggled either. Our coaches are generally speaking fine, it's a combination of natural talent and confidence. 

[VectisSaint]

Seems a touch drastic 

 

 

 

Before Saturday we were the League top scorers, Bree and Weli have scored screamers (possibly others). Always seems to be knee jerk reaction to one bad day at the office. 

Edited Monday at 15:39 by VectisSaint

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

And can we also have a throw in coach? Presently, I'd rather they just gave the ball to the opposition to throw in, that's how bad our throw ins are.

[Turkish]

58 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

I highly doubt that Beattie, Tiss or any of our other previous strikers have some special secret that our current coaches are not aware of. Larin was the league's top scorer before his injury and Azaz has hardly struggled either. Our coaches are generally speaking fine, it's a combination of natural talent and confidence. 

and repetition, practising the same move over and over and over again until it becomes drilled in. Kane, Henry, Haaland will all tell you that. They're not kids, they dont need a former player from 10 years ago to come in and show them what to do. They need to stay on the training ground with 100 balls after every session and practise the same finish until they can do it with their eyes closed.

[Zorba]

And our corners are shit. What happened to the Conga up to the penalty spot? 

[Zorba]

Just now, Zorba said:

And our corners are shit. What happened to the Conga up to the penalty spot? 

The Tonda Conga is no Longa!

[rallyboy]

I thought Gibson was demanding further punishment when I saw the thread title.

[stknowle]

3 hours ago, VectisSaint said:

Seems a touch drastic 

 

 

 

 

Indeed it does. Even if we hadn’t scored a single goal this season I still wouldn’t advocate shooting any of the coaches.

[Toussaint]

3 minutes ago, stknowle said:

Indeed it does. Even if we hadn’t scored a single goal this season I still wouldn’t advocate shooting any of the coaches.

What about Russ, not fatally, just in the buttocks or his hair? 

[bpsaint]

Instead of a shooting coach perhaps we could try just not signing shit strikers.

[St. Ciervo]

9 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

I highly doubt that Beattie, Tiss or any of our other previous strikers have some special secret that our current coaches are not aware of. Larin was the league's top scorer before his injury and Azaz has hardly struggled either. Our coaches are generally speaking fine, it's a combination of natural talent and confidence. 

Like not shooting directly at the keeper? Because that is all I saw this weekend minus the screamer from Wellington.

[Lighthouse]

6 hours ago, St. Ciervo said:

Like not shooting directly at the keeper? Because that is all I saw this weekend minus the screamer from Wellington.

So you think our current coaches are telling players to shoot directly at the keeper and that we need Rickie Lambert to come in and correct this?

[Weston Super Saint]

Just read the title of this thread!  Which one are we shooting and isn't that a bit drastic?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 hours ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Just read the title of this thread!  Which one are we shooting and isn't that a bit drastic?

Tom Fellows reporting to the shooting range takes on a darker tone. 🙂

[Miltonaggro]

He's on his way down the A34:

[Challenger]

Maybe we could try shooting without the opponents having their entire team between the effort and the goal. Big drawback of crab football.

[die Mannyschaft]

4 hours ago, Miltonaggro said:

He's on his way down the A34:

Will players need deer stalker hats?

[die Mannyschaft]

Definitely need something at training ground or before KO. The amount of shots that go wide or into row X is ridiculous. At Winchester city games they practice blasting the shots with almost all hitting target. 

Saints should also practice kicking the ball towards goal first, god knows why are players stop the ball do the green cross code then pass.

[Weston Super Saint]

42 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Definitely need something at training ground or before KO. The amount of shots that go wide or into row X is ridiculous.

It used to be Row Z, looks like we're improving.

[Lord Duckhunter]

The annual “Let’s get an ex player in” to show the modern players how to do XY or Z thread. Can I be the first this season to suggest Nigel Adkins, to brighten the long winter days & boost team morale. Tonda is too intense, I’m sure players will appreciate the odd positive message left on the trading ground or dressing room tactics board. 

[Miltonaggro]

21 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

The annual “Let’s get an ex player in” to show the modern players how to do XY or Z thread. Can I be the first this season to suggest Nigel Adkins, to brighten the long winter days & boost team morale. Tonda is too intense, I’m sure players will appreciate the odd positive message left on the trading ground or dressing room tactics board. 

He could start with this one to Jack Stephens on board:

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak."

Love, Nige x

[redkeith]

Back on topic, I have thought that a number of years that finishing skills in the UK are very much still in the "stick your laces through it " zone.

Both Inter Milan goals against us 10 years or so ago were both right in the top corner.  Contrast that with Charlie Austin smashing the ball straight at the keepers face. 

I am still amazed how many players ( Shane Long was good at this ) shoot for the left hand post with their right instep and are amazed when the ball curls away from goal wide of the post. 

I was a lot of Real Sociedad games when I can. They had a 5 2 away win the other week and pretty much all 7 goals were right in the top corner.

So I agree with the original post. We would benefit from specialised coaching in this area, but not from any former player that I can think of.  I think that someone from the Spanish or  Italian leagues would be better.