Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Striker; Confidence in front of goal (Start Time: 2015-01-24 21:20:00)

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Nicholas Cuff
Name: Nicholas Cuff
City: Cambridge
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Confidence infront of goal

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Confidence infront of goal (15 mins)

Shooting Confidence: A session to build confidence in front of goal

Organisation:

- Begin with no GK. 5 Servers. Coach is passive defender observing & providing feedback.

- Use several goals at the same time with equal number of players. Extra players are strikers.

- Striker to shoot from inside the box .

- Ball passed on the ground encouraging first time shot.

- Objective is to hit the back of the net.

- Ensure strikers receive passes from different servers.

Progression 1: Add GK.

Progression 2: Strikers have to receive 2 passes. After first strike, striker shuffles backward (outside of the area) to alter starting position for 2nd pass.

Progression 3: Receive all 5 passes.

ROTATE STRIKERS FOR SERVERS

Coaching points:

- Keep eye on the ball to ensure good contact.

- Lock the ankle / knee over ball / don't lean back

- Use both power & accuracy

- Use both feet / different parts of feet.

- On toes, adjust feet & body position


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Quick fire shooting

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Quick fire shooting (15 mins)

Quick fire shooting game: Dribble / Skill / Shoot

Organisation:

- GK , Passive DEF, Attackers, Balls.

- GK is active. However, DEF is passive to start (just apply pressure).

- Attacking player dribbles toward DF, uses a skill to beat him & gets a shot off at goal.

Progression 1: Active DF

Progression 2: 2 v 1 (1 ball) - Different challenges for both ST & DF. - Attackers switch with DF & GK who join back of both cues.

Coaching points:

- Use both power & accuracy

- Use both feet / different parts of feet.

- On toes, adjust feet & body position

- Have a picture in your head of the skill/trick you're about to create to beat the DF.

- Be creative & positive

- Change of acceleration / direction.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Recreating goal scoring opportunities

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Recreating goal scoring opportunities (20 mins)

Following on from a previous fixture where after making good runs, the strikers failed to capitalise in front of goal the session was set up to re-create these specific situations.

Organisation:

- Set up as corner

- Blue GK, 3 Blue Def and 3Red Strikers. Rotate red feeder.

- 1. Player feeding in the ball repeatedly drills balls in 'head height' to the near post, this is for the striker to run across the defender to the ball and score with a glancing header.

- Repeat this a number of times.

- Initially blue defender tracks run but doesnt beat striker to the ball, this will build strikers

confidence. Gradually allow defender to attack the ball.

Progression 1: Player feeding in the ball repeatedly drills balls to the back post for the striker to attack.

- Repeat this a number of times.

- Initially blue defender tracks run but doesnt beat striker to the ball, this will build strikers confidence.

- Gradually allow defender to attack the ball.


Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): SSG Creating shooting opportunities

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SSG Creating shooting opportunities (20 mins)

SSG - Creating shooting and finishing opportunities

Organisation:

- 6 v 6/8 v 8, mark out a striker zone which is unopposed, striker has 3 seconds in zone.

- Both teams play to score.

- Coach blues

- Game realistic - strikers to time runs into zone beating off-side trap.

- Identify when to play through the middle and when to play wide

- Players cannot stand in striker zone - Enter only by running onto a pass, or dribbling into zone.

Progression 1: 3 seconds in striker zone.

Progression 2: One touch in striker zone.

Progression 3: Striker is opposed. Recreate situations from earlier in the session e.g running infront of defender at near post, ball dropping to strikers feet to swivel and shoot.

Coaching points:

In possession: Width & depth, Quick combinations, Create over loads, Tempo, Communication, Movement, Identify space and exploit, Supporting angles.

Out of possession: Compact, Transistion, Shape, Go with runners, Triggers to pressure/drop off, Show safe side.


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