Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Finishing (Play-Practice-Play)

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David Vaughan

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Name:	David Vaughan
City:	Denver
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Session designed to improve individual finishing technique

Five Elements of a Training Activity

1. ORGANIZED: Is the activity organized the right way?

2. GAME-LIKE: Is the activity game-like?

3. REPETITION: Is there enough repetition for the players, when looking at the overall goal of the session?

4. CHALLENGING: Are the players being challenged? Is there the right balance between being successful and unsuccessful?

5. COACHING: Is there effective coaching, based on the age and level of the players?

Self-Reflection Questions

1. How did you do in achieving the goals of the training session?

2. What did you do well?

3. What could you do better?

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Intentional Free Play

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Intentional Free Play (15 mins)

1. Play for 6-7 minutes, then give a quick water break. Before they get a drink, ask them to think about how can we can score more goals. The answers are to frame the goal with an open body position, prep touch for quality shot, demand ball in front vs. on your foot, ankle locked and proper striking technique for power, etc. are the answers (don't tell them, you just want them to think about it and not give answers right now)

2. Come back from water break, and let them play another 6-7 minutes

3. End the game and then bring everyone together, asking them the same question: How can we can score more goals. The answers are to frame the goal with an open body position, prep touch for quality shot, demand ball in front vs. on your foot, ankle locked and proper striking technique for power, etc.

**IMPORTANT: ensure a proper functional warm-up and dynamic muscle activation is taking place as the players progress through this activity including quad and hamstring muscle activation, hip mobility, etc.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Functional

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Functional (20 mins)

Functional using various finishing techniques. Start with opposite line serving a ball to be played across the field. Coach implications of various shooting and finishing techniques: low-driven, high-flighted, near and far post, bended balls, etc.

Variations:

1. One and two-touch shooting and finishing

2. Touch inside vs. touch outside (use marker as starting point for attacker)

3. Adjust distances for close-range finishing and long-distance shooting

4. Incorporate different services to begin sequence so activity is economical for players

Coaching Points:

1. Proper approach to each ball being shot

2. Ankled locked

3. Using correct surface for specific technique

4. Knee/chest over the ball for low-driven

5. Power from hips

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Big Shot

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Big Shot (20 mins)

Divide players into two equal teams playing in a box-on-box field arrangement. Incorporate goalkeepers if available, or rotate through with all field players equally. Regular soccer rules apply without corner kicks. Ball can be reset on the flanks via throw-in or kick-in

Game:

1. Each team must play in their own half. One or two players play on opposite side as sniffers.

2. Goals may only be scored on your defensive half

3. Sniffers can only attempt to dispossess the team in possession and play the ball backwards to their team for scoring opportunity.

Variations:

1. One and two-touch finishing

2. Minimum number of passes required for team in possession before scoring attempt is taken

3. Team in possession must find sniffer at least once before scoring attempt is taken

4. All players on team in possession must touch the ball at least once before scoring attempt is taken

5. Sniffer can only score if goalkeepers mishandle the ball

Coaching Points:

1. Same as 1st activity

2. Team in possession must now oriented their bodies away from goal mouth to create space to attack the ball

3. Preparation pass from sniffer or teammate to be player in front of teammate vs. on their foot

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): The Game

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The Game (20 mins)

2nd Play Phase: The Game

Objective: increase the numbers of goals we score

Qualities:

Frame the goal with an open body position, prep touch for quality shot, demand ball in front vs. on your foot, ankle locked and proper striking technique for power, etc.

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