Practice 16 - Shooting
The game at the weekend saw the girls faced with lots of opportunities in front of goal, but we made poor decisions. this practice will concenytrate on helping them in front of goal. I had 9 players for this session.
Mark out a 20 x 20 area. Have players in pairs. Nominate one pair to be taggers.
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The pair of taggers run around trying to tag the other pairs.
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If they tag someone, that pair have to lie on their stomachs.
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To be freed they have to be touched by the other free pairs.
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Switch the taggers
Focus on:
Fun
- Form three teams of 3 players, each team has a ball.
- Have a GK standing in the goal.
- Outside players take turns shooting.
- Switch GK's.
Focus On:
Technique -
- Shooting with the laces part of the foot.
- Aim at the corners
- Power
- On the shout from the Coach the two players touch the cone and sprint to the balls on the shooting line.
- Both shoot. the first ball to hit the net scores a point.
- The shooters move next to the post, the players at the post collect the balls and move to the shooting line. The pair that is already there, place the balls on the line and move to the cones, where the next pairing are preparing to race.
- Have a team competition, first team to ten points.
- Player passes the ball to the first forward and then goes on an overlap.
- The 1st forward plays the ball to the 2nd forward who passes to the overlapping player.
- The shooting player becomes the 1st forward, the 1st forward moves to the 2nd forward position and the 2nd forward joins the group.
Focus on:
Movement
When to pass
Communication
Do it at a smaller scale so that the players get to see the picture.
Shooting
Decision making