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Target-corner game: two teams of two take turns shooting at corner targets. Each team counts only its own hits.
Flick Into an Empty Goal
Learn the flick, a push that raises the ball, aiming only into an empty goal.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Ball in front of your front foot, body low.
Core: Medium. Beat your own best out of 10.
- Ages
- 14 and up
- Time
- 15 min
- Players
- Just you
- Space
- Gym or court
- Bring
- Stick, ball, goal
- Level · skill
- Advanced · Shooting
The steps
How it works
- Ball in front of your front foot, body low.
- Push under the ball and follow up with your stick, still below your shoulder.
- Aim for the backboard of an empty goal from 5 yards.
- Do 20 flicks.
Coaching point
Get low, push under, follow up.
Safety: Only raise the ball into an empty goal or net with nobody in front, and only with a coach watching. Shoot only at an empty goal, or at a goalkeeper in full kit with a coach running it. Nobody downfield or behind the goal.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a target: Less (big), Core (medium), More (small). Beat your own best out of 10.
Story
You are a goal hunter, and each corner is a treasure chest.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own best out of 10. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
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