Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Shooting (Start Time: 2018-05-08 13:20:00)

Warm-up (15 mins)

Organization:

Two mini goals, with a "jail" (the box set by cones) next to it as shown.

One cone or gate in front of each goal, distance varies with age/ability.

Two teams, one team in front of each goal.

Instructions:

The player in the front of the line tries to strike it on goal.

If the player misses, he/she goes to jail.

A player can come out of jail (one at a time) if their teammate scores a goal.

The team wins when all the other team's players are in jail.

The coach can yell jailbreak at anytime, to free all the players in jail to keep the game going longer if needed.

Coaching Points:

Keep your weight over the ball.

Strike through the ball, making sure to land on your shooting foot.

Keep your toe pointed down, and keep it down through the follow through.

Strike the ball with laces or the "sweet spot" (the hardest part of your foot, off center to the inside), the main point is to strike it through the top of the foot, not the toe if possible.

Your plant foot should be pointed toward your target.

Make sure you clear your hips through keeping them square to your target.

Progressions:

Make them use their weaker foot only.

Conditioned Game (25 mins)

Organization:

Set up grid about 20x25, adjust if needed depending on ability.

Two teams, give each player a number.

All the soccer balls with the coach in the middle as shown.

Two mini goals on the endline.

Line of cones 10 yds (adjust to ability level) from goal

Instructions:

Coach calls out a number, and plays ball in the field.

Two players whose number is called, runs out and goes 1v1 to the goal they are facing.

They must shoot the ball before the line of cones.

First to a certain number wins OR play for a set amount of time.

Call out more than one number as you progress, and finally all the players should be on the field.

Coaching Points:

Clearing your feet to shoot, taking the touch away from the defender and quickly taking the shot on goal.

Clearing your hips through, so they are square to the target.

Toe down, ankle locked, strike through the ball, landing on your shooting foot

Keeping your weight over the ball.

Plant foot should be pointed toward your target.

Get your head too see where the defender and goal is to determine what action you should take.

Progressions:

Move to larger grid and add big goals w/ keepers.

R- First person to get to the ball has x amount of touches to get shot off with no defender.