By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter. Today’s featured activity works on receiving and quick shots.
Start with a player in the D and a server 30 yards away with balls.
As a warm up the server plays balls into the D. The player must receive the ball and control it with one touch with the ball not leaving the D and then with a second touch he plays the ball back to the server.
The player wants to stay near the back of the D to give himself as much room to work within the D as possible.
In the beginning the server plays easy balls but then he might start chipping or driving balls into the player.
Once the player gets comfortable receiving these balls, we add a keeper and a turn for a shot. Now the ball gets played in and the player has one touch to receive the ball and must get a shot hit, from within the D with the second touch.
Just like before, the server should start with easy balls but then start driving and chipping balls in.
[wpsharely id="1204"][/wpsharely]The next step is to add a defender.
This defender starts passively but in time, build up to a live defender.
Have a great day!
Lawrence
By Lawrence Fine, Author of the FineSoccer Coaching Bible.
