17 TO ADULTS - WEEK SIX

Drill 1 - 4 Goal Shooting Drill - One Touch Finish

Warm Up:
Refer to the “Warm Up” section for a variety of fun warm up activities for your team. Use a combination of exercises “with” and “without” the ball. Relate the warm up to the skill of the day. Be creative, energetic, and make the warm-up a fun start to the practice session.

Exercise Objectives:
The Four Goal "One Touch" Shooting drill is a great finishing exercise which players thoroughly enjoy. Besides from quick finishing, there are many components you can emphasize during this practice such as; high pressure defending, man for man marking, quality passing techniques, small group possession and much more.

Field Preparation:
2 even groups of 4, 5 or 6 players.
Area 30 yards x 30 yards
Cones
Supply of balls

Coaching Pointers:
Divide your players into three even teams of 4, 5 or 6 players. Identify team by using different colored bibs. Organize your playing area as shown in the diagram above. Two teams play while one team rests. The object of the game is to score a goal using "one touch". The play is free play but a goal must be struck "first time" and must be all net (ball may not cross goal line on the ground). When a goal is scored, the winner stays on and the losing team swaps with the resting team. First team to get three straight victories wins!

Variations:
Two Touch Play
Use Two Balls

Drill 2 - 4 Goal Shooting Drill - with Goalkeepers

Exercise Objectives:
This is a progression from the "One Touch Shooting Drill". It is a great finishing exercise which players thoroughly enjoy.

Besides from quick finishing, there are many components you can emphasize during this practice such as; high pressure defending, man for man marking, quality passing techniques, small group possession and much more.

Field Preparation
4 Goalkeepers
2 Even groups of 4, 5 or 6 players.
Area 30 yards x 30 yards
Cones
Supply of balls

Coaching Pointers:
This is a progression from the "One Touch Shooting Drill". Divide your players into three even teams of 4, 5 or 6 players. Identify team by using different colored bibs. Position a goalkeeper in each goal. Organize your playing area as shown in the diagram above. Two teams play while one team rests. The object of the game is to score a goal using "one touch". The play is free play but a goal must be struck "first time". If the goalkeeper makes a save they must thrown the ball out to the opposite team. When a goal is scored, the winner stays on and the losing team swaps with the resting team. First team to get three straight victories wins!

Variations
Two Touch Play
Use Two Balls

Drill 3 - Four Teams - Four Goals

Exercise Objectives:
This is a great practice to develop finishing, crossing and goalkeeping. If you don't have four goals use corner flags as goals.

Field Preparation
Entire Group with Four Goalkeeper
Four Full Size Goals
Area 30 yards x 30 Yards
Supply of Balls and Cones
Four Sets of Colored Bibs

Coaching Pointers:
Place 4 goals in an area 30 by 30 yards. Divide group into four teams of 4-6 players. Identify each team by using colored bibs. Place a team on each goal line. Yellow play White and Red play Blue. Two games are being played simultaneously in the square. The object of the game is to score in the opponents’ goal. Players on the line act as goalkeepers, but may not use their hands.
Players are must stay on the goal line. If a player leaves the goal line a penalty is awarded.

Start playing 1 v 1 the progress to 2 v 2, 3 v 3.

Focus On:
Attack the defender with pace.
Quality defending technique.
Small group attacking and defending tactics.

Drill 4 - Shooting at Four Goals

Exercise Objectives:
This is a great practice to develop finishing, crossing and goalkeeping. If you don't have four goals use corner flags as goals.

Field Preparation
4 Goalkeepers
2 Even groups of 4, 5 or 6 players.
Area 40 yards x 40 yards
Cones
Supply of balls

Coaching Pointers:
In an area approximately 40 yards by 40 yards place four goals as in the diagram above. Divide your team into two groups.

Player 'A" makes a driven pass to player "B". Player "B" controls the ball and delivers a cross for player 'A". Player 'A' can finish to the goal on his right or left. The drill is then repeated from the opposite side.

Small-Sided Game (with goalkeepers)

Exercise Objectives:
Finish with small sided game 6 v 6, 7 v 7 (with Goalkeepers). The practice should be concluded with a small-sided game reinforcing the coaching points from your drills.

Field Preparation
Entire Group (split into two equal teams)
Area 40 x 60 yards
Use Small Goals, Cones or Flag poles
Supply of Balls
Colored Bibs

Coaching Pointers:

Divide the players into two equal teams with goalkeepers.
Each field should be approximately 40 yards x 60 yards.
Use corner flags or cones as goals.
Total time, 20-30 minutes.
At the end of your session, review all coaching points made during the practice.

Record Score:

Team 1_________________ v Team 2 _________________

At the end of your session, review all coaching points made during the practice.

Schedule

Week One
Week Two
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Week Seven
Week Eight
Week Nine
Week Ten
Week Eleven
Week Twelve

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