Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Finishing across the body
Premier Users' Club
Ryan Bjelland
Description
Finishing across the body
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Main Activity (40 mins)
Organization: See above. Players in two lines at corners
Instructions: Players race to red cone, first player there recieves pass, and plays pass across to player to finish across their body into the goal (near post, far post).
Coaching Points: 1) Quickly opening body after going around cone to be able to see field and make a good pass 2) Angled approach to finish ball across body 3) Lock ankle, follow through on kicking foot
Progressions: 1) Player who scored goal or took shot turn and play defense 1v2 against next group 2) both players play defense against next group 3) Finish to big goal and goalkeeper 2v2
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Conditioned Game (30 mins)
Organization: As above. Players split in half with goalkeepers
Instructions: Free play, 1 point for regular goal, 2 points for finish across the body
Coaching Points: 1) Timing of run to finish across the body
Progressions: 1) Free play
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Warmup (20 mins)
Organization: See above grid 30x30
Instructions: Team split in half. All with balls to start. Practice cut turn with fake shot
Coaching Points: 1) Making sure to get approach right to make shot look real 2) Make sure to push cut turn in front of body
Progressions: 1) Add cut turn in free flow dribbling 2) Half of players leave balls outside grid, pass to another player, they let ball run across their body to recieve the ball, cut turn, then make a pass to another player