Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Shooting

Technical (15 mins)

Key factors: 

• Different shooting techniques
• Correct mechanics when shooting(follow through, foot pointing towards target, head over ball) 
• First touch setting you up for a good strike  

Organisation: 

• Footballs 
• bibs 
• Cones 
• stopwatch 
• Whistle 
• 8 players 
• blocks of 2 minutes 

Technical: 

• The first team starts then the second team follows them 3 seconds later to avoid any collisions
• Too start the drill the player at the front of the queue on the goaline will pass the ball to the player on the closest cone 
• That player will then pass the ball to the top player who will take a shot at goal.
• Every player will follow there pass throughout and the person who takes the shot will join the back of their queue 
• After each block the teams will swap sides

Mechanics: 

• Identify target
  
• Body position in relation to ball
  
• Arms out for balance
  
• Non-kicking foot beside the ball
  
• Head over the ball
  
• Select surface & strike: e.g., laces.
  
• Follow through towards target
  

Progressions and regressions:- take out middle player so its just a pass to the player shooting to shoot+ different shooting techniques

*+ Right group = right foot only, Left group = Left foot only *+ Put bibs in the four corners of the goal for targets 

Planned interventions: Walkthrough - explain the drill and carry out  a demo so the players understand Freeze - When common mistakes keep occurring within the session, (in this case probably Head not being over the ball)Concurrent - giving players praise aswell as feedback throughout the practice as the drill is ongoing not effecting ball rolling time

Challenges, Conditions, Targets : Can we use our weak foot on the left side? Two touch max Can we use at least 3 different shooting techniques when shooting 

SSG (20 mins)

Organisation: 

• Footballs 
• 5 red/blue bibs 
• cones 
• stopwatch 
• whistle 
• 10 players inc.. 2x Gks
• 5v5 small sided game 

Small sided game: 

• Normal small sided game rules 
  

Scoring system: 

1 point = normal goal 

2 point = First time finish 

3 point = weak foot goal 

Progressions and regression: 

+ touch limit 

- make area smaller 

*+ if player misses target whole team has to run around their own goal 

Planned interventions : 

Freeze- used when a common mistake keeps occurring within the players (Probably not spreading out and not getting enough shots off because there taking too many touches)

Bullseye- pulling a player to the side during the session or in a break to give feedback too based of their performance in the drill (probably to do with head not being over the ball and leaning back)

Concurrent- giving players praise aswell as feedback throughout the practice as the drill is ongoing not effecting ball rolling time

Challenges, Conditions, Targets :
Can you score with a first time finish ? 
Have to use three touch max 
Can you score at least 5 point individually