WORLD CLASS COACHING
Advanced Shooting and Finishing Volume 3
By Luca Bertolini
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part One
INTRODUCTION
DRIBBLE AND/OR PASSING AREAS
SHOOTING AREAS
Part Two
DRIBBLE AND/OR PASS FROM WIDE AND SHOOT FROM INSIDE THE PENALTY AREA
Part Three
DRIBBLE AND/OR PASS FROM OUTSIDE/CENTER OF PENALTY AREA AND SHOOT FROM OUTSIDE/CORNERS
Part Four
DRIBBLE AND/OR PASS AND SHOOT FROM CENTER/OUTSIDE THE PENALTY AREA
DRIBBLE AND/OR PASS FROM CENTER/OUTSIDE THE PENALTY AREA AND SHOOT FROM INSIDE
Introduction
This is the third volume of this e-book collection. The main goal is to help the coaches and then the players to recognize some game situations on the field, while their team is in possession in the final third, which could take the moves to the finishing stage.
How many times does a team lose a scoring chance because of an incorrect final pass, because of a wrong run without the ball, or because of a poorly weighted pass?
Moreover, how many times is a scoring chance missed because of wrong tempo or because the moving rhythm was not accelerated before shooting on goal?
This is the reason why I divide the final third of the attacking team in four passing areas and three shooting areas; they are combined together in each section of this e-book and all the related exercises are useful to create score chances and to shoot on goal as quickly as possible.
All the exercises are organized following the principle of the increasing difficulty level; from a simple basic level without opposition's pressure, till the more complex game situation of 4 v 4 duels, passing through exercises with 1 v 1 or 2 v 2 duels and under the pressure of time and with numerical advantages or outnumbered situations.
Often, a correct and well-oriented ball control, a simple but well done pass with high quality of touch, can make the difference between scoring and a missed chance. A 1 v 1 duel quickly solved or a small group’s duel quickly solved with the right pass at the right time can mean a goal or a lost possession.
The exercises of this e-book are designed thinking about the areas where the last pass usually come from or where the ball is usually dribbled through, and about the areas where shots are usually finished from. All the sequences and the small duels are designed to provide as many chances to shoot as possible.
The final third is divided in 4 passing or dribbling areas:
• wide and deep spaces on the flanks
• wide spaces on the flank in the final third
• center spaces in the final third
• the penalty area
In the final third I outline 3 shooting areas:
• outside corners of the penalty area
• the center spaces out of the penalty area
• inside the penalty area
All the sequences are the results of the dribbling, passing and shooting combination between those areas and among the players who are placed inside those areas. The goalkeeper always starts the exercises.
The first volume is made of exercises that could be useful to:
• Dribble or pass from wide and deep spaces on the flanks and shoot from outside corners of the penalty area
• Dribble or pass from wide and deep spaces on the flanks and shoot from the center spaces out of the penalty area
• Dribble or pass from wide and deep spaces on the flanks and shoot inside the penalty area
• Dribble or pass from and in the penalty area and shoot inside there
The second volume is made of progressions of exercises to coach the players as follow:
• Dribble or pass from and in the penalty area and shoot from the center spaces out of it
• Dribble or pass from and in the penalty area and shoot from outside corners
• Dribble or pass from wide spaces along the flanks in the final third and shoot from outside corners of the penalty area
• Dribble or pass from wide spaces along the flanks in the final third and shoot from the center spaces out of the penalty area
The third volume is focused on:
• Dribble or pass from wide spaces along the flanks in the final third and shoot inside the penalty area
• Dribble in or pass from the center spaces out of the penalty area and shoot from outside corners of the penalty area
• Dribble, pass and shoot from the center spaces out of the penalty area
• Dribble, pass from the center spaces out of the penalty area and shoot inside the penalty area
All the exercises of this third volume are focused on shooting on goal from the center spaces out of the penalty area after quick passing combination and to coach game situations against the opposition goalkeeper inside the penalty area.
Dribbling and/or Passing areas
Dribble or pass from wide and deep spaces on the flanks: back passes are played toward the player or the players who must try to finish.
Dribble or pass from wide spaces along the flanks in the final third: from these areas, the last passes can be played toward the center spaces or inside the penalty area even through long balls.
Dribble or pass from center spaces in the final third: last passes are usually played inside the penalty area to finish as quickly as possible.
Dribble or pass from and in the penalty area: short and quick passes should be played inside or just outside with one touch passes to shoot on goal.
Shooting areas
Shoot from outside corners of the penalty area: usually after feints or dribbling the ball toward the goal.
Shoot from the center spaces out of the penalty area: usually the players must shoot with one touch or through fast pass combinations and feints.
Shoot inside the penalty area: usually with one touch as the ball arrives from outer spaces (behind or from outside).
