Exercise Objectives: This practice is designed to improve the player’s technical ability in a variety of shooting techniques.
Field Preparation Large group of players Penalty Area Full Size Goals Cones or Flag poles Supply of Balls Colored Bibs
Coaching Pointers:
A group of players are placed at the edge of the penalty area. Two servers are positioned each side of the goal.
One server passes the ball to the edge of the box for the shooter to hit first time. Immediately after shooting the ball, the second server delivers a short-range pass for the shooter to strike at goal. After taking both shots, the shooter returns to their starting position and joins the end of the line.
Coach should keep track of goals scored and make a competition amongst the shooters.
The coach should emphasize the following coaching points:
The emphasis should be placed on "accuracy" and not power.
Players should time their runs so that they do not have to break stride when striking the ball.
Remember to keep the head steady and eyes fixed firmly on the ball.
Encourage players to use a variety of shooting techniques such as the low driven shot, the chip shot, the lofted shot and bent shot etc.
