Revolution players should work on their shooting technique

As anyone knows who has read my columns over the past few years for New England Soccer Today and The Bent Musket, I harp regularly on the sub-par power-kicking technique demonstrated by Revolution players and many other professionals today. Occasionally, I have seen a player execute a shot for maximum power, yet the variety of power-shooting styles and methods I see on the same team suggests that no one on the coaching staff has an established kicking philosophy or instructional methodology, other than telling players to shoot the way they like. Late in Saturday’s game vs Orlando both Caicedo and Agudelo had excellent shooting opportunities but missed the target entirely because of bad technique (Caicedo’s wild follow-through and Agudelo’s failure to focus on the ball).

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