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COACH:
Ross Duncan
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LOCATION:
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DATE:
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AGE:
U14
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GENDER:
Mixed
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TIME:
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AIM
OF SESSION: To Improve
Shooting technique, incorporate width into game play
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SESSION
THREE
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ORGANIZATION
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COACHING
POINTS
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WARM
UP
0-10 minutes
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1000
Touches – 20x20
yard area
This warm-up will be consistent throughout the ages and will work
on close control. It will
come as a separate guide which will be attacked to this document.
Click
here
for an explanation of 1000 Touches.
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EXERCISE
ONE
10-20 minutes
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5v2
shooting –
20x20 yard grid with a goal at one side
Successfully
complete 5 passes then shoot on goal
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Strike
with laces, knee over the ball, head focused on ball, follow through
in direction you wish to make the ball go
Shoot
low/hard/across the goalkeeper
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EXERCISE
TWO
20-30 minutes
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Team
Shooting – Challenge
between 2 teams
1
team will be strikers and in turn, will dribble from 25 yards out and
shoot against the GK, after the 1st attacker shoots the
next automatically starts running.
Run for 2 minutes, swap over and the team that scored the most
win
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Strike
with laces, knee over the ball, head focused on ball, follow through
in direction you wish to make the ball go
Shoot low/hard/across the goalkeeper
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GAME-RELATED
PRACTICE
30-40 minutes
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6v3
four goal exercise – team
with 3 has a goalkeeper, team of 6 must shoot in a normal sized goal,
if the 3 players win the ball they must attack the other 3 smaller
goals surrounding the field
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Strike
with laces, knee over the ball, head focused on ball, follow through
in direction you wish to make the ball go
Shoot low/hard/across the goalkeeper
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CONDITIONED
GAME
40-50 minutes
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After
crossing the halfway line you must shoot
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Re-
enforce shooting technique
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BEDDING
DOWN
50-60 minutes
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Width 3v2 – 3 attackers 2 defenders, 10x15 yard grid
Attackers
must successfully dribble past defenders line.
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See
Principles of
Soccer document
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GAME-RELATED
PRACTICE
60-75 minutes
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4v4
Wide field to force width,
28x35 – the field is wider than longer! Players must dribble through
gates in wide area’s and then cross the ball for a shot at goal
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Re-enforce
Support points
Be Direct
Attack Quickly
Pass and Move
Communication/Information
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SMALL
SIDED GAMES -
4V4
75-85 minutes
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4v4
Small Sided Field - 35 x
24 yards ( 24 = 10 yards either side of a 4 yard goal)
Ensure
team is still working at a high tempo.
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Re-enforce
sessions points, don’t loose focus of group
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COOL
DOWN
85-90 minutes
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Relaxing
Movement + recap session
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Slow
+ gentle movements
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