Hints on Association Football. When Not To Shoot. Players should remember that it does not matter who scores the goal, and that the chance ought to be given to the one best placed to take it. Occasionally a player takes the ball in shooting range and then finds the angle narrow, or the goalkeeper effectively blocking the opening. At such a time, instead of taking a chance and shooting, he should first see if he can improve the position by making an inside pass to a colleague. There is nothing more annoying than for a player o blaze away and fail when a pass to un-marked collegue might have produced a goal. Undated.