Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Shooting confidence

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Christopher Hole

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Name:	Christopher Hole
City:	swansea
Country:	United Kingdom
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Confidence in front of goal

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Confidence in front of goal

Shooting Drill - Building confidence in front of goal.

Organisation:

Begin with no GK. 5 Servers. Coach is passive defender observing & providing feedback.

Use both goals at the same time with equal players. Extra players are strikers.

Striker to shoot from inside the box .

Ball passed on the ground encouraging first time shot.

Objective is to hit the back of the net.

Ensure strikers receive passes from different servers.

Progression 1: Add GK.

Progression 2: Strikers have to receive 2 passes. After first strike, striker shuffles backward to alter starting position for 2nd pass.

Progression 3: Receive all 5 passes. shuffling back to start position each time.

ROTATE STRIKERS FOR SERVERS

Coaching points:

Keep eye on the ball to ensure good contact.

Lock the ankle / knee over ball / don't lean back

Use both power & accuracy

Use both feet / different parts of feet.

On balls of feet, adjust feet & body position

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Quick fire shooting

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Quick fire shooting

Quick fire game - Dribble / Skill / Shoot

Organisation:

GK is active however defender in yellow is passive to start.

Attacking player dribbles toward defender, uses a skill to beat him & gets a shot off at goal or takes early shot if defender doesnt close down.

Roatation of players - Attacker becomes passive DF, DF becomes GK, GK joins back of Attacker's cue which he came from, attack begins from opposite direction. - Continual play.

Progression 1: Active defender / applies more pressure

Progression 2: 2 v 1 (1 ball) - Different challenges for both ST & DF. (strikers - when to pass, when to shoot) - Attackers switch with DF & GK who join back of both cues.

Coaching points:

Use both power & accuracy

Use both feet / different parts of feet.

On toes, adjust feet & body position

Be creative & positive

Change of acceleration / direction.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG - Creating shooting opportunities

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SSG - Creating shooting opportunities

SSG - Creating finishing opportunities

Organisation:

8 v 8, mark out a striker zone which is unopposed, striker has 3 seconds in zone.

Both teams play to score.

Coach yellows

Game realistic - strikers to time runs into zone beating off-side trap.

Identify when to play through the middle and when to play wide

Players cannot stand in striker zone - Enter only by running onto a pass, or dribbling into zone.

Progression 1: 3 seconds in striker zone.

Progression 2: two touch in striker zone.

Coaching points:

Movement strikers - show short to go long, play in betwee defenders

In possession -

Width & depth, Quick combinations, Create over loads, Tempo, Communication, Movement, Identify space and exploit, Supporting angles.

Out of possession -

Compact, Transistion, Shape, Go with runners, Triggers to pressure/drop off, Show safe side.