Finishing and Shooting Drills you can incorporate into your training sessions
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Stop concentrating on wins and loses and focus more on developing fundamentals!
On the knock out shooting session, I just want to mention that the better players are getting more reps than the weaker shooters. An alternative format would be having to score in order to step back, that way all your shooters get reps at the distance they’re weakest at. You can still have winners in that the first player to clear the predetermined distances wins, then you have 2nd, 3rd etc. if you don’t want the game to drag to long, each shooter could have a set number of total shots. Just a thought
Coach,
I coach a 12u soccer rec team and parents don’t feel that practice should be mandatory and we only get one practice a week. We are 1-4 and have given up 20 goals to 8. What’s your outlook on this?
Coach Rory, whats the best way to incorporate this for a 9v9 4-3-1 formation? Would you bring your FB into the drill or just your LCM, RCM, CM and 9 on the line? How would you have them line up and start? Thanks again!
Thank you
I think that shooting / finishing has become one of the weakest aspects of the game. I see lots of teams that can hold the ball and control the midfield but then they can't score, or play defense for that matter. I played for two different multiple title winning teams that went seasons without being defeated and we always spent A LOT of time shooting. One of my teams did a round of penalties at the end of every practice and you had to score one before you could leave. Shooting is a good way to build up your keepers who are the foundation of the team. The recipe for success starts with strength on defense.
Goalies should switch when they allow a goal. Stay in till you get scored on. If your net is big enough the back up keeper should be inside the net. Not behind it or off to the side. 3rd keeper goes behind.
I am new to coaching, volunteered for my son's U10 team. Your videos are by far the best resource out there. I've used your battle box warm up and i love the 1v1 and 2v1 practice. This video on finishing also helps me understand what the team needs to be doing differently to score goals!
Thank you for this video. Your drills are very well thought out and my team will have a lot of fun doing them!
One thing to try is to invest in some heavy gage rope and tie a piece about two feet from the posts along the cross bar. The players only score goals if they kick it between the rope and the post. This gets the kids used to kicking towards the outside of the goal out of habit (rather than having to make a frantic decision in games. This is particularly important when doing dedicated shooting drills as you describe because there's a big tendency (especially with boys) to value power over accuracy. And your accuracy always declines in game conditions. So forcing them to reflexively do this is really important.
Lastly, IME, dedicated shooting drills that replicate game conditions are amongst the most important drills to do in practice because so many kids lack the space or setup to do them at home. And even if they do, they're the most disconnected from game conditions and the "lowest rep" drills they can do by themselves.
Awesome coaching advice, and very clear video. Loved your ideas and cannot wait to implement. The comments are good as well.❤
Thank you for this great content! Regarding the finishing exercise why did the cm made the first goal and then when the next group went, the striker made the goal? I’m clearly missing something.. lol 😅
What I do for the shooting drill, to minimize waiting times for kids eliminated, is to set up a couple of PUGG goals just outside the box. So as soon as 2 kids are eliminated it's 1v1 than 2v1 etc.
These are gold!
Thank you so much for this
Hi coach. Great video. We did the four player attacking pattern yesterday at practice. I was surprised how challenging it was for our (U-9) kids. I was thinking of modifying it to remove the pass to the center mid-fielder – to go direct to the wing and then to make the cross. Does that make sense? Our center midfielders really struggled to receive the pass and then pass it accurately to the wing. Alternatively, maybe that's all the more reason to practice just that. Thoughts?
Really helpful video! Thanks
Hi! Really enjoying ur videos! Only one question. We play 8vs8, 1-3-3-1. In your videos u play 7vs7, 1-2-3-1.
What line up could I play and use ur exercises like the "patterns" ?
Great videos, thank you!
I'm glad to see you're reading "Angels with Dirty Faces" by Jonathan Wilson, great read!
I like your videos for their organization, video quality and valuable information. Your last shooting game could be changed to everyone stays in the game, but you give points for each shot made-maybe giving more points for the farther the shot is taken. Your example eliminates the players that need the most practice.