Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Matt Finishing Drill (Start Time: 2022-09-22 20:00:00)

Screen 1 (20 mins)

Matt Finishing drill

Two Teams Equal players - Marked A/B

2 x GKs

Equipment

Half a pitch

2 x Goals

Cones

Bibs

Balls

SESSION 

Teams split in numbers start on opposite sides diagonal to each other.

Team A start

Player plays a pass to his team mate on the opposite side of the pitch and follows his pass.

Team mate on the opposite side plays a first time pass back to the player that started.

Attacking player can take up to 3 touches to advance and take a shot at goal.

Ideally - 1 touch to control, 1 touch to set & 1 touch to shoot.

If the player misses they are out of the game until the end but they can remain in the session to be a player who sets the pass back so the session doesn't get lopsided.

Once Team A have shot at goal Team B can start.

The attacking player starts from the opposite side when they have taken their shot.

After Team B have been the opposite side of Team A go and so on and so forth until we get to a winning position.

The first team with all players out looses has to do a foreit.

Matt has a slight variation to bring in half way through - Will discuss in training.

Key points

Fast pace

Quick recovery of balls

Quick turnover

High energy

Player Coaching points

Quality of pass and set

Quality of first touch

Ability to advance into a good shooting area at pace with only  3 touches.

Quality of finishing and ability to score 

Reaction times after shooting to retrieve the ball and reset.