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Players set up chances to score goals
  • Tactics
  • 11 - 18

How To Create Goals

Difficulty

We start the session with warm up to get players thinking about first touch, body position and passing. This moves into a game to set up shots at goal. Finally players build up play between wingers and midfielders for a wide cross.

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Written by Alex McLeish

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Pass, dribble, move

This is a great game for passing dribbling in combination style movement to coach small groups of players in passing and receiving and dribbling the ball. Used in areas like the penalty area with quick play.

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Coaching Objectives

We want to see quick and accurate combination play passing the ball with good movement to follow the pass. Use different passes, fast ones to the receiving foot or pass to the players other foot to see how they can receive the ball and turn and move away. Anticipation and awareness are also key.

Drill Setup

  • 10 Mins
  • 5 Players
  • 30x10 y

What the Players Do

Start with two players at the end the ball is played from with one player at the other end and two in the middle. The first ball is played with a 10 yard up to the attacking midfielder and then…

Shooting Technique and Decisions

We start the drill with simple finishing and move into attacking play and defending with players needing to be in the right positions to shoot and to be able to get into to positions to receive the ball to shoot

Coaching Objectives

ATTACKING

  • Dribble using the leg furthest away from the defender and try to use the outside of the foot
  • Try to take the defender into areas that are more attacking to take the initiative
  • Use feints and skills to create space and give time on the ball
  • Finish on goal as soon as possible
  • Movement is key to keeping the defender at bay
  • Be ready for quick transition if the ball is lost

DEFENDING

  • Always know where the ball is and player they are marking
  • Position the body sideways so reaction speed is faster
  • Be on balls of feet so reaction also quicker
  • Use defensive feints to trouble the attacker and cause mistakes
  • When attacker is close eyes on ball not on player
  • Don't jump in and make it easier for the attacker
  • If beaten by the attacker's skill sprint to the goal to defend it
  • The defence must keep their lines tight and narrow so as not to get beaten.
  • It is very important that defenders win the second ball after an attacking player shoots on goal.
  • Be ready for quick transition if the ball is won

Drill Setup

  • 25 Mins
  • 8-10 Players
  • 1 Goals
  • Half pitch y

What the Players Do

Start with simple finishing skills, player 1 passes into player 2's feet, player 2 lays the ball off for player 1 to shoot first time. Player 1 takes place of player 2 who gets the ball and…

Midfield & Winger Attacking Triangles

In this drill Alex McLeish gives coaches a way to build up play with passes out to the wings, back into midfield and then the ball is played wide again with a classic triangle passing movement to create space out wide that players can exploit

Coaching Objectives

  • This is drill is a passing and possession style of play with wingers making triangles to move up the pitch.
  • Dribble using the leg furthest away from the defender and try to use the outside of the foot
  • Try to take the defender into areas that are more attacking to take the initiative
  • Use feints and skills to create space and give time on the ball
  • Finish on goal as soon as possible
  • Movement is key to keeping the defender at bay
  • Be ready for quick transition if the ball is lost

Drill Setup

  • 20 Mins
  • 8 Players
  • 1 Goals
  • Half pitch y

What the Players Do

You need two feeders either side of the centre circle with one feeding left and one feeding right Feeder passes right to player 1 in the channel Player 1 then makes a triangle with player 2…

Session Overview 1/5

  • 1.

    Pass, dribble, move

    This is a great game for passing dribbling in…
  • 2.

    Shooting Technique and Decisions

    We start the drill with simple finishing and move into…
  • 3.

    Midfield & Winger Attacking Triangles

    In this drill Alex McLeish gives coaches a way to build…

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