Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Shooting

Technical Practice (10 mins)

Practice Layout

Split into two groups, even numbers on outside, use your GK as the central player,

Technical Practice
1. Players to strike the ball into the Goalkeeper within the middle of
their group (Strike dictated by the Tutor initially)
2. Players than go and collect their ball from the Goalkeeper, who
roles the ball into their path before passing the ball through to the
other end of the group and follow your pass .

Adaptations (Progressions & Regressions):

(Progression) Players vary striking into the Goalkeeper, not just
with their right foot or Left foot, but inside, Outside Etc, laces

Mechanics

1-Get your body in a position to strike

2-Angle of approach

3-Non Kicking foot beside the ball

4-Head over the ball

5-Select Surface & Strike, eg laces, inside

6-Follow through

7-Accuracy

Small Sided Game (20 mins)

Practice Layout

40x20 pitch set up, two teams, cones placed in middle and 10 yards out from the goal line on each side

Play is initially played in the middle shaded area, no players except GK are allowed in the end zones

If goal is scored or ball goes out play is restarted with coach

- Points system, 1 point for an attempted Shot, 2 for a shot on
target and 3 for a Goal.

Challenges, Conditions or Targets:

work the ball into the opposition half and to get a shot of as quick as possible

shot must be taken before playing reaching the end zone

Progression 

Number of passes before a shot

Add neutral players to favour the attacking side creating overload

Add defender to end zone can come out to stop shot

Regression

Allow play in end zones, ball must be pulled back for a shot

If players bunch, split into defenders attackers in each zone