Procedure: Pass-and-follow drill. Long-range passes - should all be hits or slaps. Shooter tries to score with one touch: either a slap, deflection or tip-in. Progressions/Variations: Optional: precede this drill with hitting practice in pairs. Follow up this drill with a game that incentivises this skill.
This drill is aimed at lower-level/intermediate juniors. Aim: To practice deflected/'tip-in' goals To get the ball into the box quickly and test the keeper Feedback: The hit into the D needs to be powerful and along the ground. Don't go to ground before the pass is made into the D.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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