Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): GUAFC Finishing Drill (14 players)

Animation 1

Method:

• Green team shooting
• Red team distributing
• Play for 3 mins OR when each Green player has two goes each, then switch (Red team shoot & Green distribute
• Cones (outside orange to outside blue) should be same width of goal and about 2/3 feet from each other

Note: Keep score. Which ever team get highest, other team do forfeit

• 1 goes to A (second GK). 1 has three touches, first to control, second to get out of fee, third to shoot
• 2 goes to B - B passes to 2 and calls colour (orange or blue). 2 has three touches, control, get out of feet & pass/shoot (right footed) to colour
• 3 goes to C -  C passes to 3 and calls colour (orange or blue). 3 has three touches, control, get out of feet & pass/shoot (left footed) to colour

Green Players Group 1:

Change places - 1 goes to B, 2 goes to C, 3 goes to A

Changes places - 1 goes to C, 3 goes to B, 2 goes to A

Red Players:

Play combination between each other to get the ball back to B & C

Green Players Group 2:

• Practicing back foot passing - 4 passes to 5, 5 passes to 6. 6 passes back to 5, 5 passes to 4
• Changes when get back to that area

Coaching Points:

• Communication - Verbal & non verbal, loud and clear - pointing to where the want the ball played
• Finishing - players "pass" the ball into corners of goal - DON'T just try hit as hard as can. Go across goal where possible
• Good weight of pass with accuracy. Standing foot beside ball, pointing where they want it to go, hitting through middle of ball, keep nose over ball
• Work Rate - players should sprint
• Utilise touches - good 1st touch in direction they want to go. 2nd out of feet. 3rd to shoot/pass into goal
• After players play outside areas B & C, they should realise this simulates passing the ball into the goal

PROGRESSION 1 - Green players only have 2 touches - one to control, one to shoot

PROGRESSION 2 - Green players only have 1 touch - shoot!

PROGRESSION 3 - After Green players have gone to each area, outside Red teams play combination then cross ball in. Green players make clever runs (1 to front post, 1 to middle, 1 to back post) and try finish first time. Then go to other Red team and do same

Progression 4 - A becomes defender so 1 has to beat 1v1. At Red area B & C, one of reds come out to make 1v1 and Green player has to get ball to other Red player