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Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Basic Finishing

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James Heffernan

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James Heffernan
Name: James Heffernan
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Membership: Adult Member
Sport: Football/Soccer
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Description

Overview: This programme includes 4 videos and covers the key areas of finishing: technique, turning, creating space, combinations

Notes:

  • As ever, don't expect kids to get everything straight away
  • Speed up or slow down as you feel is appropriate for each age/ability range - older kids might get to the 3rd or 4th video in the first session, younger kids will take a little longer
  • Tip: focus on the overall ability level of the TOP half of your group, rather than the BOTTOM half (the bottom half will catch up)
  • Use coaching points and award points loudly and regularly - kids love them

Think STEP

  • Space - do you need to make it larger (easier) or smaller (more challenging)? Can we increase the number of groups so more kids are playing at the same time?
  • Task - can you change the task or challenge?
  • Equipment - can you add target areas for example?
  • Players - can you increase/decrease the number of players
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1 - Finishing

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 1 - Finishing
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1 - Finishing (15 mins)

Focus: Finishing

Set up

  • As shown, Green markers are coaches (or helpers!) 
Game

  • Players do a 1-2 before finishing

  • After having a shot they go in goal and the GK joins the back of the queue

Win Points - 1 point for each (pick 2 or 3 to focus on that are appropriate to the age range of the group)
  • Head up
  • Good first touch during passing phase
  • Good touch to set themselves before the shot
  • Keep the ball moving
  • Shot across the keeper
  • Shot with laces or toe-poke
  • Double points if they score in the corner
  • Dinked/chipped finish
  • Follow up rebounds

Coaching Points

  • "Dribble, head up, eye contact, pass to feet, soft touch, shoot"
  • Don't expect miracles straight away!
  • Encourage the player to touch the ball forwards before the shoot (so they don't have to step back and lose momentum)
  • Encourage and mix-up 'laces shot' and toe-poke finishes (these are perfectly fine - limited backlift, lots of power, difficult for the keeper to read)

Progressions
  • Can players finish first time? i.e. no touch

  • Advanced players - can they trick the keeper by looking one way and shooting the other
  • Striker becomes the receiving player (i.e coach position)
  • Add a second receiving player
  • Receiver becomes a defending player (i.e coach position
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2 - Turn & Finishing

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 2 - Turn & Finishing
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2 - Turn & Finishing (15 mins)

Focus: Finishing

Set up

  • As shown, Green markers are coaches (or use some of the other kids to serve!) 
Game

  • Players start with their back to goal

  • Coach is the defender

  • Other coach passes the ball to the Attacker who collects the ball with their BACK to goal

  • Attacker twists and turns to create space before shooting early

  • After having a shot they go in goal and the GK joins the back of the queue

Win Points - 1 point for each (pick 2 or 3 to focus on that are appropriate to the age range of the group)
  • Stepover before the shot points x2
  • Look over both shoulders before receiving the ball x2
  • Rolling touch around the corner to set up the shot x2
  • Good touch to set themselves before the shot
  • Keep the ball moving
  • Shot across the keeper
  • Shot with laces or toe-poke
  • Double points if they score in the corner
  • Dinked/chipped finish

  • Follow up rebounds

Coaching Points

  • Don't expect miracles straight away!
  • Encourage the player to keep the ball moving (so they don't have to step back and lose momentum)
  • Encourage and mix-up 'laces shot' and toe-poke finishes (these are perfectly fine - limited backlift, lots of power, difficult for the keeper to read)
Progressions
  • Advanced players - can they trick the keeper by looking one way and shooting the other
  • Striker becomes the receiving player (i.e takes coach position)
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3 - Finishing - movement

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 3 - Finishing - movement
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3 - Finishing - movement (15 mins)

Focus: Movement to create space to finish

Set up

  • As shown
Game

  • Coaches/servers (use players if you need to) in pink 

  • Players run into the grey zone, receive the ball and finish

  • IMPORTANT - players run to left side of the zone first, receive the ball on the right side, and then move the ball back to the left to finish (or vice versa). 

Coaching Points - 1 point for each point (choose c3 which you feel are appropriate to the age range)

Tip - "First movement for the defender, second for you"

  • Good footwork to create space (from the imaginary defender)
  • Good first touch in the direction they are going
  • Early shot
  • Keep the ball moving
  • Shot across the keeper
  • Shot with laces
  • Aim for the corner of the goal
  • Dinked/chipped finish

  • Follow up rebounds

Progressions
  • Advanced players - can they trick the keeper by looking one way and shooting the other
  • Add a defensive player
Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 4 - Finishing - combinations

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Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): 4 - Finishing - combinations
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4 - Finishing - combinations (15 mins)

Focus: Finishing

Set up

  • As shown
Game

  • Players play 2x 1-2 passes before finishing

  • Rotation = Shooter > first receiver > second receiver > GK > take a ball, run AROUND the side of the pitch (to avoid collisions) and join back of the queue

Coaching Points - 1 point for each point (choose c3 which you feel are appropriate to the age range)
  • Head up
  • Good first touch during passing phase
  • Good touch to set themselves before the shot
  • Keep the ball moving
  • Shot across the keeper
  • Shot with laces
  • Dinked/chipped finish
  • Follow up rebounds

Progressions
  • Can players finish first time? i.e. no touch

  • Advanced players - can they trick the keeper by looking one way and shooting the other
  • Add a defensive player
  • Add a second receiving player

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