Coaching these soccer shooting drills will enhance your players’ ability to beat the goalkeeper from many different positions. Shooting is a core soccer skill for EVERY player and we have some great ways to coach it. We look at shooting from dead ball situations, shooting while running, shooting first time, drive shots and how to make the ball bend, curl and dip. We have great soccer shooting drills and games to help you coach the skills to all your players.
in Shooting, Small Sided Games
Set up Pitch size: 30 x 20 yards (minimum) up to 40 x 25 yards (maximum) Two teams of four players No offside If the ball leaves play, you have a few re-start options: The coach passes a new ball onto the pitch The players take a roll in The players take a throw in... MORE
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This game encourages the team in possession to dribble the ball and beat defenders in order to break out of the central zone and into the end zones to shoot at goal. MORE
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Shooters is a collection of games that improve your team’s ability to create and take shooting opportunities. They are designed to improve the build up process, a positive attitude towards taking responsibility for shots at goal, and the reaction of the forwards to run in to win rebounds. MORE
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It’s crucial to make your players feel comfortable to shoot at goal more often. This game enables players to do just this by encouraging them to use quick passing and combination play to create the time and space to shoot at goal. MORE
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This game combines the skills learnt in the previous two games to create a free-fl owing possession and shooting game. The two teams must try to pass the ball in order to create opportunities to shoot at goal. MORE
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Two teams compete to win in this neat small-sided game by outscoring each other. However, this game has a twist with the breakout factor giving one team the chance to score an additional goal as well as presenting the opposition with a quick overload situation. MORE
in Passing, Shooting, Small Sided Games
Set up Pitch size: 30 x 20 yards (minimum) up to 40 x 25 yards (maximum) Mark out 4 zones on the pitch as in diagram 1 Two normal goals (centred) and four mini targets (in the corners) No keepers Two teams of four players This game is a combination of five games: the Two... MORE
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Set up Mark out a 30 yard diameter circular pitch (with markers or cones if necessary) Place four goals as in the diagrams Four teams of four players Rules One player from each team starts on the pitch. Each team has four lives. Pass a ball onto the pitch to start the game. The four... MORE
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Encourage your team to play forward passes into the target man and then make supporting runs in order to receive a return pass to shoot. MORE
in Passing, Shooting, Small Sided Games
Each team in this game has a different objective to complete in order to be successful. One team works as the passers and tries to keep possession of the ball. The other team needs to pressure the opposition and win the ball in order to shoot for goal. MORE
Small-sided games are recognised throughout grassroots and professional coaching as one of the best methods to coach soccer skills and tactics. MORE
Soccer Warm-Ups Made Simple offers 58 great training and matchday activities to help your players prepare for matchday. MORE
New to coaching? EasiCoach is an age-specific, easy to follow coaching curriculum for beginner coaches. This edition covers U13 and U14. MORE
