Soccer: 3 Point Serve Progression

The session works on the goalkeeper's hand position to promote a clean and effective catch. We also look at the position of the goalkeeper in relation to the ball and the server.

• Set up 3 service points around the goal. Make sure one is central and two others either side
• One GK working. Servers should take it in turns to volley the ball to the working GK.
• GK saves/catches the ball and returns it to where the kick came from.
• GK returns quickly to set position for the next shot.

Set up as shown.

The player in the middle starts with the ball. They play a diagonal ball into space so that the player to the right can run onto it.

They then play a square ball, once the defender has committed, to the player far left who plays a 1st time ball into the middle player.

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.

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.