Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Improve Shooting accuracy

Screen 1 (25 mins)

Description

This session is working with individuals to improve general accuracy shooting /passing

4 Players

6 balls

Set up as above blue servers have 2 balls each and serve ball into Orange who always starts at the Red cone (working red cone white cone blue cone),

Orange at match pace has to, within 3 touches recieve ball from server and turn on the outside (right) and shoot/pass the ball between the two red cones.

Server fetches ball and returns to cone will Orange is working on white and Blue cone

Then sprint back to the white cone recieve turn and shoot within 3 touches (player can turn left or right on the white cone)

Server fetches ball and returns to cone while Orange is working on Blue and Red cone

Then sprint back to the Blue cones recieve turn on the outside (left) and pass /shoot within 3 touches through the blue gate.

Server fetches ball and returns to cone while Orange is working on Red and White cone.

Player goes twice through 6 times in total then rotate player

Start players off with no ristriction on how they get the ball through the gate re pass or Shot, use of weaker/stronger foot etc

As session progresses increase difficulty by limiting which foot is used on final pass/shot on Red/Blue cone

Turn into a challange for players by introducing scoring system, points for getting it through any of the two gates extra point for getting through a red gate when starting on a red cone and blue on blue etc when working on white cone maximum of 1 point.

Progession

Introduce (passive or aggressuve) Defenders in place of cones

Introduce goal with cones in place

Introduce Goalkeeper

Technical

Improve general accuracy

Imporve recieving and turning with the ball

Improve shooting

Physical

Improve anaerobic fitness ensuring servers are sprinting to get balls and get back to their serving position before the person who is working is ready to recieve from their station.

Psychological/Social

Communication when ready to receive

encouraging teammates

Learning Objectives

Improve general accuracy when shooting and passing quickly