Drill: Using finishing skills to improve fitness

Purpose

A speed, power and finishing drill that uses a range of finishing skills. Running with the ball to finish, turning and shooting, finishing from crosses to improve speed and power, whilst needing to maintain concentration and technique

	Drill area

Set Up

Area half a pitch
Full size goal with goalkeeper
Start cone for server 50 meters from goal
2 cones 10 meters apart 40 meters from goal.
Player on one of the cones 2 cones - gate - 2 meters apart 25 meters from goal level with edge of the 6 yard box
Players with balls on cone 40 meters from goal and 15 meters in from touch line, same side of the pitch as gate cones
Players with ball on cone on opposite side of the pitch 10 meters in from touch line and level with the 18 yard box
Supply of balls
Cones

Structure

Team competition. Award 1 point for shot on target, 3 points for a goal. Player checks to receive the ball from server, plays ball back and times a run to receive a return pass and stay onside. Player runs quickly with ball and finishes. After shot player checks quickly to receive the ball from a wide server, they turn inside the cones and shoot. After shot they quickly check back through the cones to attack a cross from opposite wide server. Player then sprints back to halfway line to repeat the exercise for a fitness work out. Player from the next team then goes.

Coaching Tips

Set ball back and bend and time run to stay onside
Accurate pass for run
Run quickly with the ball - head up
Compose, head up, assess GK position
Accurate finish
Check quickly back through the gate to receive firm pass
Roll turn inside
Assess GK position
Accurate finish
Check turn and quickly back through gate
Fast timed run to meet cross
Hit target with finish
After shot - sprint back to halfway line and back of group

Progressions

For a harder fitness work out, use a small group of midfield players - 3, 4 or 5.
This ensures the players don't have such a long rest period between shots and the drill becomes a hard fitness work out as well as a speed and power drill.

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