Finish first time with a curled inside-foot shot into the far corner. Time the run to meet the square ball in stride, open the body, and bend it away from the keeper with placement and pace.
A server plays a square ball across the top of the box, a striker times a run to meet it in stride and bends it first time with the inside of the foot into the far corner. Open the hips, wrap the foot around the ball, and aim for placement and curl over power. Serve from both sides and rotate roles.
Curl beats power because the ball keeps moving after the keeper has committed. A driven shot travels in a straight line, so a keeper who reads it early and dives correctly reaches it. A curled shot is still changing direction while he is in the air, which means he dives to where the ball was heading rather than where it finishes. That is the entire mechanism and it explains why the far corner is the target.
The body has to be open before the ball arrives. Hips turned towards the far post allow the inside of the foot to wrap around the outside of the ball, which is what generates the spin. A player square to the ball can only push it straight, and will produce a soft shot down the middle no matter how hard he tries to bend it.
Timing the run is what makes this a first-time finish rather than a set-and-strike. Meeting a square ball in stride keeps the momentum in the shot, and it denies the defence the second that a controlling touch would give them. Checking to receive is the common fault: it feels safer, and it turns a first-time chance into a blocked one.
Contact is with the inside of the foot, wrapping across and around the ball rather than through the middle of it. Follow through across the body.
The trade-off is real: a curled shot carries less pace, so against a keeper who has not committed it is easier to save than a driven one. This is a finish for when he is moving, not for when he is set.
Save it to your private drills, then change the animation, adjust positions, swap equipment, or drop it into a session block. Or start from a blank pitch and build your own.