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Football: 2 Goal Finishing

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Set up a second goal as shown in the diagram.

Player 1 starts standing behind a mannequin, positioned outside of the penalty box left hand corner.

Player 2 is about 10m further down the pitch in line with Player 1. Player 2 passes the ball to player 1 and runs to the inside side of the mannequin for the lay off.

Player 2 takes a shot at the left goal.

At the same time as this Player 1, loops behind their run and enters the penalty box to receive a cross from Player 3, at the far right side.

Play in both directions to practice crossing and shooting from each side.

COACHING POINTS

The first strike should be hard and low

Player 2:

Have head over the ball (do not lean back)
Hard and low into the corners
If the Player has an angle (wide) then shoot across the face of the GK- this way if the GK saves the ball then he will probably be pushing it on to onrushing Players who can score.

When finishing a cross: sometimes the players don't need to try to produce power, they can just use pace from cross and guide the ball.

The goalkeeper should come and claim any balls they can.

Rationale:

The purpose of the second goal is to offer another type of finish.

PROGRESSION

Add a Defender in for the cross
Player 3 is usually crossing from a dribbling scenario
You could replicate a free kick also
Can add some cones/ ladders in for Player 3 to manipulate the ball around before taking a shot. If using ladders the Player should roll the ball down the side of the ladder as they do quick feet in and out.
Can add a 4th Player in, who does a 1-2 with the 3rd Player to make the cross into more of a game situation.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

1st touch shooting:

Encouraging 1st time shooting by using the correct technique to take the shot early and finish from close range.

Get your knee over the ball and use the pace of the ball to generate the power. By trying to strike the ball too hard, the likelihoood is the accuracy will be poor.

Blue 1 plays ball into area and clue 2 moves in to shoot 1st time. Blue 2 goes to replace blue 1 and blue 1 runs around working area to take blue 2s place.

Shooting

1v1 Finishing:

Every other player in each line has a ball.
The ball is played into space so that the attacking player can take the ball in their stride.
Once the player has the ball they try to score against the goal keeper.
The feed is then reverseed to the other side.

Shooting

2 strikers, 3 shots:

Have a mannequin on the edge of the penalty circle, and another in line with it out, out at the left hand corner of the penalty box.

Players positioned on cones 1, 2 and 3 as shown in the diagram, each with a ball.

Player 1 dribbles a ball to the mannequin in front of them, feints one way then moves the ball the other way to shoot. The Player then runs back towards the next mannequin and receives the ball from Player 2. Player 2 runs up to the right of the mannequin and Player 1 lays the ball off to them to take a shot.

Both players then run in to receive a cross from Player 3, on the outside right. (Player 1 takes front post, Player 2 back)

Shooting

2 v 1 overlap switch:

Two attacking players against one defender.

The player who starts with the ball passes the ball square to the other player. This player runs towards the defender (isolating the defender) allowing the other player to loop round and overlap them to receive the ball in the space created.

After receiving the pass this player should then have a shot at goal.

Shooting

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