Liverpool forward Harvey Elliott has been working with a specialist shooting coach.
The 19-year-old spent time during the summer break being put through his paces by Scott Chickelday, the manager of Billericay Town, who has also worked with Ollie Watkins.
Asked about his methods, Elliott told Sky Sports: “They want that repetition of shooting. A club might put a finishing session on but is that specific to the player? It might be specific to one player but the other five or six in that session need other stuff.
“The power of video is great. Sometimes players do not realise they are doing something until they see it. You can tell them but it is not until you show them. Ollie and Harvey do not mind that people know about all this but there are some players who do not want people to know they are putting that extra work in.”
He added: “Shot choice is important. We try to base a lot of the shot choices on goalkeeper movement so we use goalkeepers when we can. If we can’t, we use a goal screen. We use different angles, different parts of the foot, different parts of the area.
“Harvey has got a bit of a wrap shot so we work a lot on that. With Ollie, we work on a lace shot. It is all different types of shots. At the level that they are at, we have to make sure the contact is clean and away from the goalkeeper if possible.”
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>What a session with <a href=”https://twitter.com/LFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@LFC</a> hotshot Harvey Elliott! The levels in this boy are an absolute joke! Working on finishing in and around the box! Big season aheadshout out to <a href=”https://twitter.com/Playermakertech?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@Playermakertech</a> for getting involved and <a href=”https://twitter.com/BurnhamFC1878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@BurnhamFC1878</a> for use of facility <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/becomeelite?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#becomeelite</a> <a href=”https://t.co/nnyUVZHtL3″>pic.twitter.com/nnyUVZHtL3</a></p>— Scott Chickelday (@scott_c9) <a href=”https://twitter.com/scott_c9/status/1542540012314628096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>June 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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