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Football: Shooting with football coming towards you

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DESCRIPTION

Players set up in 2 lines with one central player who feeds you the ball. The player must strike first time.

The other player follows them for a rebound.

COACHING POINTS

Strike the ball with the laces
Aim to shoot across the goalkeeper
Head over the ball
Land on the striking foot.
Can be made hard if a defender is introduced to the drill

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Shooting with the ball going away from the player:

Players set up in 2 lines with one central player who feeds you the ball. The ball must be struck first time. The other player follows the player in for a rebound.

Shooting

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

Shooting the ball when it is coming across you:

Players set up in 2 lines with one central player who feeds you the ball. The ball must be struck first time. The other player follows in for a rebound.

Shooting