Soccer Shooting Practice Plan for 13 to 15 Year Olds
At 13 to 15, finishing becomes a package held to game standard: first-time strikes both feet, volleys and half-volleys, the placed side-foot and the driven laces ball chosen by situation, and all of it on the tired legs the second half actually provides. Keepers are suddenly good, so the margins move to the corners and the timing moves earlier: the shot beaten keepers never see is the one taken a touch sooner than they expected.
This is a 75-minute workout with a size 5 ball, real conditioning cost, and everything logged: corner counts per pattern, per foot, fresh versus gassed. The weak foot graduates to full standard, same drills, same targets, same expectations. A server makes two blocks better, but every drill lists a solo version off a wall or rebounder.
This plan was written for every 13 to 15 year old. ParentEdge writes one for yours.
Built around their game, their goals, and what they’re working on.
What finishing patterns should a teenager have?
A dependable set: first-time far-post both feet, the touch-out-and-strike off the dribble, the cutback onto the other foot, a driven low ball and a placed side-foot chosen by situation, plus a half-volley and a controlled volley. Eight patterns at 70 percent beat two at 95, because games choose the pattern for you.
How does my kid beat good goalkeepers?
Mostly with timing and height: shots taken a touch earlier than the keeper expects, and shots kept low. Corners still matter, but at this age the open moment beats the open corner. That is why this plan grades early strikes and down-trajectories over raw placement.
Why practice finishing while exhausted?
Because the chances that decide matches arrive in the last thirty minutes, on legs that no longer volunteer good technique. Logging fresh-versus-gassed corner counts turns second-half finishing into a trainable number, and shrinking that gap is worth more than improving the fresh number.