Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): Shooting

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Logan Kovach

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Name:	Logan Kovach
City:	Jersey City
Country:	United States of America
Membership:	Adult Member
Sport:	Football/Soccer

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Shooting Activities

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 1: Striking Tennis

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Activity 1: Striking Tennis

Organization:

4, 5X5yd boxes
4 teams of 2 or 3

Instructions:

Players must remain in their own box.
To score, players strike the ball into opponent's box across form their own. If the ball enters the opponent's box and exits their opponent's box before the opposing team attempts to strike the ball back into the original team's box, the original team scores a point.
The ball must be struck low, below the knee in order to score.
To prevent the opponent from scoring, defending team must control the opponents' strike inside of their own box.

Coaching Points/Questions:

Striking technique: plant foot takes aim, knee directly over ball, toe pointed down, locked ankle, follow-through.

Progressions:

If the ball ever stops moving in your own box, the opponents get the point.
Players only get one touch to receive, then teammate must strike the ball across.

Regressions:

Larger boxes

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 2: Pass, Pass, & Smash

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Activity 2: Pass, Pass, & Smash

Organization:

2 teams, two starting position cones, two cones marking "wedges" surrounding goals

Instructions:

1st attacker (middle player) starts with ball, passes the ball into the wedge, then receives a pass from the wedge in order to shoot/finish. If the ball goes into the net, that's 1 point.
2nd attacker must chase a pass down into the wedge, receive the pass, then pass to the 1st attacker in front of the goal.
Rotation: 1st attacker goes to GK, GK goes to 2nd attacker, 2nd attacker goes to 1st attacker.
Blue team has one player playing GK while Red is attacking. The rest of the Blue team is setting up to attack. Once red Shoots, Blue goes.

Coaching Points/Questions:

Shooting technique: Striking technique: plant foot takes aim, knee directly over ball, toe pointed down, locked ankle, follow-through.
Finishing technique: Look to see where GK is standing, plant foot takes aim, inside of foot pass into position away from GK.

Progressions:

Limit Touches from 1st attacker
Limit touches from 2nd attacker

Regressions:

Eliminate the first pass into the wedge: let the 2nd attacker dribble into the wedge, or start the ball from the wedge; making the activity Pass & Smash.

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 3 (younger): Shoot & Sprint

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Activity 3 (younger): Shoot & Sprint

Organization:

2 teams, lined up next to the goal they are defending. Each player with a ball.

Instructions:

Blue team dribbles across red line, once across, shoots. If they score, that is one point for their team.
Once blue shoots, the shooting player must sprint back to play GK on their own goal.
Once blue shoots, Red dribbles across red cones to shoot on Blue GK.
Players can only shoot from their opponent's half.
Players can only defend in their own half.

Coaching Points/Questions:

Striking technique: plant foot takes aim, knee directly over ball, toe pointed down, locked ankle, follow-through.
Remembering to stay engaged after shooting.

Progressions:

Limited touches
limited time
Ball cannot stop moving

Regressions:

GK must remain on goal line

Football/Soccer Session Plan Drill (Colour): Activity 3 (older): 3 Phases of Scoring

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Activity 3 (older): 3 Phases of Scoring

Organization:

3 teams, 3 lines associated with each team

Instructions:

Red team: takes one touch then shoots on goal. Immediately after shooting, red spins around to receive a pass from blue, then gives Blue a pass to shoot. Then player gets a ball & returns to their own line.
Blue team: after red player shoots, blue player passes to red player, who then gives Blue player a pass to shoot. Immediately after shooting, blue player spins around to defend against Yellow team. After defending, blue gets a ball & returns to their line.
Yellow team: after blue player shoots, yellow immediately dribbles, playing 1v1 against blue to goal. After yellow shoots, they get a ball & return to their line.
GK's: yellow defends against red, red defends against blue, blue defends against yellow.

Coaching Points/Questions:

Striking technique: plant foot takes aim, knee directly over ball, toe pointed down, locked ankle, follow-through.
Go quickly, catch opposition off-guard.

Progressions:

Ball cannot stop moving in order to score.
Blue players must shoot one touch.
Yellow players only have 7 seconds to score

Regressions:

Move cones nearer to goal.
GK must remain on goal line.

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