Real Betis have been an attacking machine to start the season. Manuel Pellegrini's side have racked up more than 100 shots across their first six matches, matching the highest single-game shot total anyone has posted this campaign in one of those outings. As they prepared to face Getafe, the shooting volume was the number that stood out.

Even Getafe's coach, Jose Bordalas, spent his pre-match press conference marveling at the depth and quality of the Betis squad, suggesting Pellegrini could field two strong lineups without a drop-off. A team that deep, with that much attacking talent, generating that many attempts, is a real handful. But the shot count is the effect, not the cause, and that distinction matters for how you coach it.

Shots are an output, not a plan

The lazy takeaway is: shoot more, score more. It is not that simple. A hundred shots in six games does not come from telling players to pull the trigger. It comes from a team that wins the ball high, moves it quickly into the final third, and gets bodies into the box so that when a chance appears, someone is there to take it. The shot is the last frame of a longer sequence.

Betis manufacture volume by creating repeatable situations: overloads on the flanks, early crosses with runners attacking the near post, second balls won on the edge of the box because they commit numbers forward. Change any one of those inputs and the shot count falls. Pellegrini's teams have always been built to arrive in the box, not just to arrive at goal.

What this means for your team

If your side is not shooting enough, do not fix it by demanding shots. Fix the inputs. Are you getting the ball into the final third fast enough? Are you putting runners in the box when the ball goes wide, or is your striker crossing to nobody? Are you set up to win the second ball after a cross or a blocked shot? Shot volume follows box presence, and box presence is coachable.

Run a simple final-third game to build it. Play a small-sided attack where a goal only counts if a certain number of your players are inside the box when the shot is taken, or where crosses must find a near-post and a far-post runner. You are not training shooting, you are training the habit of arriving in numbers, which is what actually produces the shot.

One caution from Betis themselves: 100 shots is a lot of process, but process still has to become goals. A team can dominate territory and chances and still drop points if the finishing lags. Teach your players that volume is the goal of the buildup, and composure is the goal of the finish. Get them into the box first, then help them slow down once they are there.