Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Shooting

Shooting off Dribble Regression

Organization:

• Setup as shown

Instructions:

• Both groups go at the same time
• Player drives into the middle box and looks to shoot
• As soon as teammate shoots, actions are repeated with the opposite lines
• Point Structure:
  • 1 PT for Goal
• After 2 minute round, switch directions
  

Coaching Points/Questions:

• Positive Mentality to attack
  • Positive touch to drive at the cone with speed
  • Positive touch breaking the line out of the move

• Touch Out of Feet on Angle

• Shooting Technique
  • Surface
  • Plant Foot facing goal
  • Strike Across ball
  • Follow through and land on kicking foot
  • Upper body actions on contact to help to provide movement on ball

1v1

Organization:

• Setup as shown

Instructions:

• Ball played across to attacker and both attackers enter the grid
• Defender from opposite side comes in to defend
  • If able to win the ball score in counter goal=1 PT
  • If able to win the ball in the attackers defensive half and score=2 PTS
• 5 second limit to get shot off in each portion
• After each repetition repeated on the opposite side
• 2 minute rounds team swap roles

Coaching Points/Questions:

• Identify Pressure and Keeper
• Create Space for Shot
• Disguising Finishing "Can you use the defender to disguise your next action

2v1 Moments:

• 1st Actions
  • Recognize 2v1 Moment, and look to exploit/eliminate defender
  • Drive at defender to create two options
  • Dribble with ball closest to support
• Tempo: Play at speed. Either beat your man and finish or pass so that your teammate can shoot.
  • If Defender drops go 1v1
  • If Defender steps use support
• Use of support as a decoy to beat the defender yourself.
• End product.

Progressions:

• Attacker does not need to play across to initiate game
• Any defender can enter
• 2v2

Regressions: