Football: First touch and rebound shot

Encouraging 1st time shooting by using the correct technique to take the shot early and finish from close range.

Get your knee over the ball and use the pace of the ball to generate the power. By trying to strike the ball too hard, the likelihoood is the accuracy will be poor.

Blue 1 plays ball into area and clue 2 moves in to shoot 1st time. Blue 2 goes to replace blue 1 and blue 1 runs around working area to take blue 2s place.

Number 2 groups of players from 1-5 and get them to stand on either side of the goal.

1. Call a number. The two players (one from each side) whose number was called race around the cones to enter the area.
2. When a player has entered through the gate the coach feeds the ball to the side where the first player has entered.
3. Player runs onto the ball and tries to score before the other player can make a challenge/block.

Set up as shown.

The player in the middle starts with the ball. They play a diagonal ball into space so that the player to the right can run onto it.

They then play a square ball, once the defender has committed, to the player far left who plays a 1st time ball into the middle player.

Players must run through the cones with the ball under control.

When they reach the final cone they have one final touch to set the ball and then they must shoot into the far corner.

After shooting players collect the other players' ball and then dribble to the back of the other line.