Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Finish the attack - Technical

Passing to finish (5 mins)

Focus + Session design

• Passing Practice to finish
• 90 sec work, 30 sec rest
• Follow pass
• Set up as seen above 
• Two practices working simultaneously (competition) 

Coaching detail collectively:

• Take care of ball, concentration to do everything as well as you can, take pride in it. 
• Make sure you emphasis on the movements, realism is vital
• Be calm and composed but also clinical
• Do the basics better than anyone else 

Coaching detail:

• Weight of pass - punch it in, kick through centre of ball 
• Double movement to lose mannequin
• Receive back foot, in path/stride for second touch to be an accurate pass
• Slipped pass through to attacker, play in front for first time finish. Weight of pass is key, play in attackers path.
• Composure with the finish. Get head up, see where the keeper is set and where you can finish
• Type of finish  

Progressions/Regressions

• Work both sides

Individual challenges

• Top scorer
• Top assists

Progression 2 (5 mins)

Coaching detail

• Longer pass now to start. Make sure pass is firm enough yet accurate. Want to play 1 touch so think about how you would want to receive it to allow that. 
• Once first pass is played, trigger for nearside wide player to step in, have an open body position to allow reverse pass into stride of attacker to finish. Use different techniques, left foot switch or allow ball to roll across and punch it through with right foot. 

Finishing practice (20 mins)

• Technical finishing practice (x2)
• 4 stations as seen in image
• Move up after each go
• 4min work - then rotate sides

• 1 - Cut in and shoot, provide skill first to beat mannequin
• 2 - Play a wall-pass with number 1 and finish
• 3 - 1v1 against no.2
• 4 - Big touch to beat mannequin, cross for no.2 and 3 to finish