Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): 2014B White - Week 6 - Finishing

Introduction

Organization:

- 2 teams, each player has a ball

Instructions:

- Players dribble to cone and perform different finishes (Inside of foot, Thierry Henry finish, whipped finish).  

Coaching Points:

- Entry (Quality of check, open body, communication,)
- Execution (back foot to receive, Head up to observe goal, technique (inside vs outside)
- Exit (land on none kicking foot)

Progressions:

- P1: Player in front of line runs to cone then check out and prepares to receives ball with open hips. Player next in line passes ball to them, they receive then finish with inside of foot.

- P2: Players play give and go with player in front of them and finishes before cone. 

Progression 1

Organization:

- Area in front of goal set up as shown. All balls at side of goal.

- 2 teams of 6

- 6 attackers and 6 defenders

Instructions:

- 2 Defending lines alongside goal. Attacked lined up outside box.

- Attackers on side, passes to attacker outside box who controls and dribbles into box and attempts to score. Defender follows ball and applies semi pressure.

- One defender from each line goes one at a time. 

- After round defender becomes attacker and vice versa. 

- Progressing to full pressure 1v1's. 

- Goals in corners worth 3 points. Goals in center worth 1 point.

- Rotate after 3 minutes

Coaching Points:

- Entry (Quality of check, open body, communication,)

- Execution (back foot to receive, Head up to observe goal, technique (inside vs outside)

- Exit (land on none kicking foot, sprint to next marker)

Progressions/Regressions:

P1: Two touches

R1: Inside of the foot finishes

Small Sided Game (25 mins)

Organization:

- FIFA Rules