I was chatting with my brother (a coach for 25 years) last night regarding this idea of aiming to improve. He mentioned the example of Paul Mariner.
Paul Mariner was a great English striker in the 70s and 80s. A few years ago, he was the assistant coach for the New England Revolution (serving under another great former player, Steve Nicol).
Paul once told my brother what his personal training regimen was growing up. After his practices, he would stick around after and knock 100 balls into the goal... but not aimlessly. On Mondays, he would aim for the bottom left corner of the goal, 50 with each foot, using a cone to help define the success zone. On Tuesdays, he would aim for the bottom right... Each day of the week had a different specific location.
After he became proficient, he increased his challenge by not letting himself leave until he had 100 successful shots into each aimed spot.
Dedication + aiming helped make him a successful goal-scorer, notching 175 professional goals and 13 international goals in his 15-year career.
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