Jim Extra
| Name: | Jim Extra |
|---|---|
| City: | Stittsville |
| Country: | Canada |
| Membership: | Adult Member |
| Sport: | Football/Soccer |

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Practice organisation
• Practice area 30yds in length, full width of pitch, incorporating
penalty area with goal, as illustrated.
• 12 players (incl. GK), working in 3 groups of
3 Attackers plus 2 Servers.
• Supply of balls with A’s & with S’s.
• Practice starts with: A1 touches ball past cone to shoot from
distance in central area.
• A1 then assists A2 with a wall-pass for A2 to shoot
at goal from an angle.
• After assisting A2: A1 overlaps S1 cone to
receive a pass from S on corner of penalty area, to supply A2 & A3,
moving into scoring positions from outside area.
Detail
• Employ power & placement skills when striking on goal.
• Observe position & movement of GK before deciding technique to
strike at goal.
• Concentrate on excellent technique: body position/shape,
footwork, arriving into position/timing
of movement.
• Clean contact on ball with a chosen part of body or foot surface.
• Movements & interchanges of A’s should co-ordinate to cover
major goal-scoring areas within penalty area.
• Simple progression for this practice is:
- Position D on edge of penalty area to defend cross from A1 &
block shots from A2.
Key coaching points
• Strike with power & accuracy from a distance.
• Keep ball low when striking at goal.
• Deliver crosses accurately, avoiding GK’s intercepting range.
• Early decision on selection of technique to use, striking at goal.
• Contact ball with precision & excellent technique.

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Crossing Game
Make 2 18 yard boxes as the playing area with 2 goals and 2 teams.
Outside the 18 yard sideline is the space for the edge players to play. They cannot move into the opponents outside area nor can they enter into the field of play.
The goal is simple, the ball must be played wide before a goal can be scored.
Players on the outside have 2 touches, players on the inside have as many as they like. Feel free to change up the rules depending on the need for the group.
Coaching points
#1. Look wide but don't force it wide, if it's not there, keep possession.
#2. Try not to use 2 touches on the outside, have your head up on the reception and see if you can one time it in or need the 2nd touch.
#3. The ball does not have to be crossed, sometimes it's better to find a set pass instead or simply to bring the ball back to keep possession
#4. Decide the weight and position of the pass, a cross does not have to be high or back post to be effective.
#5. Players in the field of play must time their runs according to the cross, don't be in the box waiting for the cross and then have no momentum to make a solid attack at net.
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Jodar Drill (25 mins)
Jodar Drill
Put half your team next to you in between 2 cones 4 yards apart (distance doesn`t really matter, just a starting point)
Put half the team on cones that are placed from the goal lin and arcing up towards the other group of players.
Each player matches up with an opponent and the coach passes a 50é50 ball in for the players to play. The attacker is supposed to score, the defender must work on his angle of approach and defend.
Once they have gone, the strikers goes to the back of the line and the defender moves up a cone (if they are at the top then they go to the end line cone, if they are 2nd in line then they move to the top.
Then the next pairing goes. The key is to keep the order with their pairings, not have the person at the top go each time. You want each pairing to deal with each other with a new allignment to mess with how the defender approaches and how the attacker deals with this new defensive shape.
Coaching points
Attacker should look to use the defenders momentum coming in at an angle against him and try some fake takes or steps or circle takes to his advantage
Attacker needs to think about his shielding position
Attacker should look at not over dribbling, keep it simple if possible
Defender has to think about what his position means to his approach (if he is next to the attacker and is faster or stronger, go in hard and quick, if he`s not then think about taking an angle). If he is coming from the goal line then he can close quick and then jockey and push to a weak foot, slow down the attacker, don`t dive in.