U9/10/11 fall soccer week 4

focus:  finishing or shooting


Coaching points:
-planting foot pointing at the target
-planting foot next to ball if too far back, ball will go up because you will be forced to lean
-striking ball with inside laces, toe pointed down ankle locked
-knee over ball (of striking foot)
-shoulder over the ball (head down as striking)
-quick snap and follow through
-always strike a moving  ball


Warm up:

Game:  4 goal soccer
coach finishing/scoring/attacking

Pick a few of the following, there are lots!


Skill session: shooting
set up as in videos or against fence to work on actual striking of the ball and using proper technique the videos review technique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac8r9XlSWo0&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3wi0tehvIw&feature=relmfu

Shooting lay off drill
simple activity of two lines, each kid with a ball facing coach/team mate.  Pass to coach or team mate who lays off the ball to side for a shot
http://expertfootball.com/coaching/shooting.php
(first drill on page) - worry less about if they are shooting in or out of penalty area
Can adapt this drill slightly and add a defender, where the coach/player who was initially receiving for layoff, now this player is the attacker (back to net), defender behind them, attacker receives pass and needs to turn and play a shot on goal (have defender play dummy to start and play tight...then move to live defender)

four corners shooting drill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuz6JGaEYtY&feature=related
Remember to keep the players moving.

shooting under pressure
2v2 game
http://www.bytesizecoaching.com/secure/games/64_2_by_4_shooting.php
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrkcQtuA3P8
I like this one!

World Cup - play teams of 2 or 3 and if you lose the round your team goes in goal with the goalie
http://soccerdrillshq.com/world-cup-soccer-drills/

Numbers Game:  two teams (put one in pinnies), two goals, number each group of players, attack to score, can do individual numbers or call groupings of numbers

Game:  Just play the beautiful game but coach shooting skills.  You may want to bring goals close together so players can have opportunities to take lots of shots.