Soccer: 3 Point Serve Progression

The session works on the goalkeeper's hand position to promote a clean and effective catch. We also look at the position of the goalkeeper in relation to the ball and the server.

• Set up 3 service points around the goal. Make sure one is central and two others either side
• One GK working. Servers should take it in turns to volley the ball to the working GK.
• GK saves/catches the ball and returns it to where the kick came from.
• GK returns quickly to set position for the next shot.

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.

Have a mannequin on the edge of the penalty circle, and another in line with it out, out at the left hand corner of the penalty box.

Players positioned on cones 1, 2 and 3 as shown in the diagram, each with a ball.

Player 1 dribbles a ball to the mannequin in front of them, feints one way then moves the ball the other way to shoot. The Player then runs back towards the next mannequin and receives the ball from Player 2. Player 2 runs up to the right of the mannequin and Player 1 lays the ball off to them to take a shot.

Both players then run in to receive a cross from Player 3, on the outside right. (Player 1 takes front post, Player 2 back)

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.