Football Coaching Sessions: Skill
Skill orientated football coaching drills look to build upon the techniques that the player's have learnt during the technical football coaching sessions by increasing the pressure applied to them, through the introduction of active opposition.
| 1 v 1 to Shoot: A football coaching session designed to improve a player's ability to create a shooting opportunity when they are placed in a 1 v 1 situation. Primary Objective: Dribbling Secondary Objective: Finishing |
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| 2 v 1 Defending in Front of Goal: Defending coaching drill that allows player's experience defending in positions where the attacker can have a shot at goal. Primary Objective: Defending Secondary Objective: Dispossess |
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| 2 v 2 Defending with Servers: Football coaching session aimed at educating players on their defensive responsibilites when placed within an even numbered situation. Primary Objective: Dictating Secondary Objective: Dispossess |
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| 2 v 2 v GK Finishing: An exercise that educates players how to attack when faced with an even number of defenders. One of many football coaching drills that can focus on more than one aspect of a players performance. Primary Objective: Finishing Secondary Objective: Support Play |
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| 3 v 3: To Defend: This football drill looks to introduce and educate players on the role of the supporting and covering defenders in a 3 v 3 situation. Primary Objective: Defending Secondary Objective: Dispossess |
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| 3 v 3 + 3 Out: A shooting game to improve the players on the attacking team’s quick shooting and finishing under pressure. It can also be used to work on improving goalkeeper’s reaction and recovery times. Primary Objective: Finishing |
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| 3 v 3: Defending 3 Goals: This is a progression from the basic 3 v 3 coaching session. The attacking team now has different targets to aim for, so the defenders must defend accordingly. Primary Objective: Defending Secondary Objective: Dispossess |
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| 3 v 3: Defending 3 Goals + 3 Out: The attacking team can continue to retain possession each time their attack is successful, therefore defenders will have to incorporate recovery runs into this football coaching drill. Primary Objective: Defending Secondary Objective: Dispossess |
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| 3 v 3 Keeping Play in Front: A coaching session to improve a team’s ability to keep play predictable by not allowing the ball in behind. Primary Objective: Defending Secondary Objective: Dictating |
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| 4 v 2 with Passing Outside: A football coaching drill that can be implemented to focus on supporting play, while keeping additional players active in a timed constrained passing exercise. Primary Objective: Passing Secondary Objective: Support Play |
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| 4 v 4: Breaking Clear: A football training exercise that seeks to improve a teams ability to support the player in possession and finish when through 1 on 1 with the goalkeeper. One of many football coaching drills that can focus on more than one aspect of a players performance. Primary Objective: Support Play Secondary Objective: Finishing |
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| 4 v 4: Finishing from Crosses: A supporting orientated football training session that also includes getting the ball out wide so that the ball can be crossed into the area for another attacker to score from. There are a number of ways that this coaching session can be progressed. Primary Objective: Finishing Secondary Objective: Crossing |
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| 4 v 4: Finishing from Crosses Progression: A progression that allows more player's into the area for when the ball is crossed. One of many football coaching drills that can focus on more than one aspect of a players performance. Primary Objective: Finishing Secondary Objective: Crossing |
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| 4 v 4: Finishing from Crosses Progression 2: Defenders and attackers both can attack the box to get on the end of the delivery. One of many football coaching drills that can focus on more than one aspect of a players performance. Primary Objective: Finishing Secondary Objective: Crossing |
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| 4 v 4 + 2 Outside: This football coaching session allows the team in possession to have an overload so that the chances of them retaining possession is increased. One of many football coaching drills that can focus on more than one aspect of a players performance. Primary Objective: Passing Secondary Objective: Support Play |
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| 6 v 6: 1 v 1's: A small sided game that creates 1 v 1 situations so that player's can focus on both the attacking and defending elements of their game. Primary Objectives: Both Attacking and Defending |
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| Attacking Heading: A basic football training exercise to introduce player's to the concept of heading at goal. Primary Objective: Heading Secondary Objective: Finishing |
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| Attacking Heading 2 v 1: An attacking heading coaching session that begins to introduce defensive players, so that there is some pressure placed on the attackers. Primary Objective: Heading Secondary Objective: Finishing |
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| Attacking in a 2 v 2: Player's have a team mate and opponents to compete against in this heading orientated football coaching session. Primary Objective: Heading Secondary Objective: Finishing |
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| Beating the Goalkeeper when Clear of Defence: A football training exercise to improve a player's ability to score in a one-on-one situation, to increase the chances of success in a match. Primary Objective: Finishing |
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| Beating the Goalkeeper when Clear of Defence 2: Adaptation of the above coaching session, still focusing on scoring when through one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Primary Objective: Finishing |
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| Breaking through the Middle: Support Lone Striker: Overload situation is created in this football training drill to improve the centre midfields ability to support a lone striker in an advanced central position, with defenders tracking back. Primary Objective: Support Play Secondary Objective: Finishing |
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N.B: All the areas suggested within these football coaching sessions can be adapted to be appropriate to the number of players and their ability levels.