Shooting

Shooting Drill #1

Set Up: Two lines, one in each side of the court, positioned in different ways.

Drill: playing 1v1, one line at a time starts. When the player from red team shoots, he hustles to defend against the black team. Always after you attack, you defend, playing against the other team.

Coaching points:

  • Good shoots
  • Put the support leg close to the ball
  • Powerful shoot
  • Shooting diagonally
  • Shoot and hustle to defend


Shooting Drill #2

Set Up: 3 lines on the right side and 3 lines on the left side.

Drill: Line 1 passes and makes give and go with line 

3. After that, he’ll pass to line number 2 and follow his pass. The player in line 2

receives and makes give and go with line 3 and runs to shoot. Example above. 

Progression 1: First passes

Progression 2: Now the player of line 2 after passes to line 3, follow his pass. Player 3 after receives the ball, turn around and shoot the ball.

Coaching Points:

  • Give good passes
  • Turn around fast to shoot
  • Quick passes
  • Move fast
  • Give and go
  • Inside foot to pass
  • Laces or Inside foot to shoot


Shooting Drill #3

Set Up: Make a square, and two lines, one with ball and one without it (defender). The coach stays 

in the middle.

Drill: They start in one side of the square. The player with ball (striker) dribbles to the other side, while the defender does the same. When the Stricker passes the ball to the coach, he runs up to receive it in the future point, and the defender has to stop him but just after the coach pass the ball back to the striker. 

Progression: Finish the play with a first touch kick

Coaching Points: 

  • Pass and move fast
  • Speed up
  • -uick shooting


Shooting Drill #4

Set Up: Divide your group in four lines

Drill: The first line (player 1) will be the shooting players. As soon as the player 1 shoots, will play a 1 vs 1 game against the player from line two (player 2). When they finish the game, the player from line three (player 3) will join the player 1, and play the player 2 (1+3 vs 2). When this game is over, the player from line four (player 4) will join player 2 and play against the team 1+3 (1+3 vs 2+4). After they play the 2 vs 2 game, start over the exercise. 

Coaching Points:

  • Quick decision
  • Shoot on the sides
  • Speed up to finish
  • Pass and move


Shooting Drill #5

Set Up: Make two lines on the corner of the big box line, and in front of them, three cones. In front of the last cone, put one more. Close to the middle line, make two gates. One player to start in each cone of the corner line, one player to start in the penalty mark, and one player to start in each gate. Coach stays in the middle. 

Drill: Starts with the players in the corner line running between the cones and getting to the cone to receive the ball from the coach (they will attack). The player in the penalty mark has to run to the center circle and after that, defend. Coach passes the ball to one of the players in the cone, and he passes it to his teammate. After that, he receives it and passes to one of the players in the gate, that will run up to receive the ball, get close to the corner and cross.

Coaching Points: 

  • Move fast
  • Move up to receive
  • Use the inside foot to cross
  • Quick finishing


Shooting #6

Set up: Make 3 lines and set the cones for each line like in the video

Drill: First line: Drive the ball to the triangle and cut into the middle and kick the ball and then go to the yellow cone to do a given and goal with the middle line

Second line: Do the given and goal with the player in the yellow cone and try to finish first touch and then will be defender against the last line

Third line: Play 1v1 against middle line player

Coaching points: 

  • Prepare your body to take the shot
  • Look to the goal before take the shot
  • Try to use your whole body to fake the defender when you play 1v1
  • Take the shots on the sides


Shooting #7

Set up: 2 lines facing each other out of the big box 

Drill: It started with a simple pass and the player who finishes only has 2 touches on the ball, receive preparing to finish

Variations

  • Pass and receive back like a given goal
  • Pass and overlap and play 2 v GK

All variations are in the video 


Shooting #8

Set up: Make 3 lines with cones with the same color and 3 lines with different colors like in the video 

Drill: It started with the players giving the pass and changing lines and the last player receiving the pass receives turning and finishing, one line at a time

Variation: Pass and make a overlap, the player send the ball outside and the player cross to the number 9 with same rotation about lines as show the video 

Coaching points:

. Prepare the ball with a good first touch

. Balance your body to take the shot

. Chest over the ball


Shooting #9

Set up: Make a 30x15 yards field with 2 goals and 2 lines, one beside each goal 

Drill: The drill started with the player has to drive the ball, when crossing from the middle of the field kicks and already goes to the center to make the given and goal and kicks and is always in the same movement, kicks and given and goal as shows the video 

Coaching points:

  • Good passes on the given and goal
  • See how the ball is going to you
  • Prepare your body for first touch shot



Shooting #10

Set up: Make a 30x15 yards field with 2 goals and 2 lines, one beside each goal

Drill: The drill always stays in the sequence of driving, kicking and coming back to be a 1v1 defender. The player can only start when the opposite team kicks to the goal

makes rounds of who makes 8 goals first wins

Coaching points: 

  • Prepare your body to take the shot
  • Look to the goal before take the shot
  • Try to use your whole body to fake the defender when you play 1v1
  • Take the shots on the sides


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