Here is a practice which allows tons of repetition of finishing. It starts UNOPPOSED and build up to a 3v2 scenario.
SET UP
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2 full size goals are set up on a 60x40 pitch, with 2 mannequins 18 metres of each post. You will need a good supply of balls, which start in the goal.
UNOPPOSED
Initially I start the practice UNOPPOSED, this allows the players to concentrate on their technique and the pattern you are asking them to run.
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The practice starts with a "target" player in between the mannequins. The goalkeeper distributes the ball into the target. The goalkeeper can distribute the ball however he chooses, be it kicking from hands, from the floor or thrown in.
As the ball is distributed out by the keeper 2 attackers sprint to support the striker, the striker now looks to "set" the ball to his team mates, ideally on 1 or 2 touch.
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The 3 attackers then combine to score past the goalkeeper, I let the, be creative here.
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Once the attack is finished, successfully or unsuccessfully the nearest attack sprints out to become the target player. The practice then starts again from the opposite end.
OPPOSED
To make this practice opposed, I remove the mannequins and add 2 defenders for either goal.
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The goalkeeper again distributes out to the striker OR support players to create a 3v2 scenario.
This again is wave practice, so when the attack is over the goalkeeper restarts it.
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GOALKEEPER DISTRIBUTION
This practice will show you how good your keeper is at distributing the ball. Good distribution from your goalkeeper is paramount for a team to keep possession.
If you coach a side I would ask you 3 key questions about your goalkeeper;
How often do you keep possession from your goalkeeper? Have you ever analysed it?
Do you players trust your keeper in possession?
How often do you get your goalkeeper to play out on pitch?
Taken from Zonal Marking
Read more here
The best way to defend is proactively, to defend without even defending. In other words, keeping possession of the ball. Spain are masters at this – for all their technical quality, at last year’s World Cup they were far better defensively than offensively. They scored a pitiful 1.17 goals per game, but conceded a superb 0.28 per game. They kept a clean sheet in each of the knockout matches.
Tiki-taka was “such a devastating tactic because it’s both defensive and offensive in equal measure,”
said Raphael Honigstein.” And as Sid Lowe put it, “For Spain, defending starts with the ball. Put simply: If you don’t have possession, you cannot attack Spain. If they control the game, you cannot cause them problems. When you do get the ball back, there is an anxiety to do something with it immediately that it damages creativity…safety first is seen as hoofing the ball miles away. But it is safer to keep hold of it.”
SET UP
2 full size goals are set up on a 60x40 pitch, with 2 mannequins 18 metres of each post. You will need a good supply of balls, which start in the goal.
UNOPPOSED
Initially I start the practice UNOPPOSED, this allows the players to concentrate on their technique and the pattern you are asking them to run.
The practice starts with a "target" player in between the mannequins. The goalkeeper distributes the ball into the target. The goalkeeper can distribute the ball however he chooses, be it kicking from hands, from the floor or thrown in.
As the ball is distributed out by the keeper 2 attackers sprint to support the striker, the striker now looks to "set" the ball to his team mates, ideally on 1 or 2 touch.
The 3 attackers then combine to score past the goalkeeper, I let the, be creative here.
Once the attack is finished, successfully or unsuccessfully the nearest attack sprints out to become the target player. The practice then starts again from the opposite end.
OPPOSED
To make this practice opposed, I remove the mannequins and add 2 defenders for either goal.
The goalkeeper again distributes out to the striker OR support players to create a 3v2 scenario.
This again is wave practice, so when the attack is over the goalkeeper restarts it.
GOALKEEPER DISTRIBUTION
This practice will show you how good your keeper is at distributing the ball. Good distribution from your goalkeeper is paramount for a team to keep possession.
If you coach a side I would ask you 3 key questions about your goalkeeper;
How often do you keep possession from your goalkeeper? Have you ever analysed it?
Do you players trust your keeper in possession?
How often do you get your goalkeeper to play out on pitch?
"If you are better than your opponent with the ball you have a 79% chance of winning the game."
Brendan Rodgers
Taken from Zonal Marking
Read more here
The best way to defend is proactively, to defend without even defending. In other words, keeping possession of the ball. Spain are masters at this – for all their technical quality, at last year’s World Cup they were far better defensively than offensively. They scored a pitiful 1.17 goals per game, but conceded a superb 0.28 per game. They kept a clean sheet in each of the knockout matches.
Tiki-taka was “such a devastating tactic because it’s both defensive and offensive in equal measure,”
said Raphael Honigstein.” And as Sid Lowe put it, “For Spain, defending starts with the ball. Put simply: If you don’t have possession, you cannot attack Spain. If they control the game, you cannot cause them problems. When you do get the ball back, there is an anxiety to do something with it immediately that it damages creativity…safety first is seen as hoofing the ball miles away. But it is safer to keep hold of it.”