IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
STEVENAGE
Graham Westley
Overview:
This is a session designed to improve shooting ability, particularly for midfield players in and around the edge of the penalty box. The ability to contribute a good quantity of goals is an important aspect of any midfielder’s game. At Stevenage we rely a lot on this contribution, and in a recent league match against Rotherham United, John Mousinho fired home from outside the area in style to salvage a point at one of the League Two promotion favourites.
We play three stages of the session for eight minutes each then conclude with a 12-minute small- sided game.
Shooting from distance
SHOOTINGFROM DISTANCE
SET-UP AREA
Two penalty areas pushed together, with cones laid diagonally from each goalpost to the halfway point of the touchline on each side EQUIPMENT
Goals, balls, cones NUMBER OF PLAYERS
12 (6v6, 4 players and a keeper in the defensive half, 1 player in the attacking half)
KEY
What do I get the players to do?
We play 6v6 with each team attacking a goal – play begins with the keeper who must roll the ball to a player in his half. In stage one there is only one player forward in the attacking half. Players cannot cross the halfway line and must construct passing moves to the point where a player takes a shot from inside his own half. The lone forward in the attacking half needs to be alert to any rebound opportunities.
“The ability to be able to contribute a good quantity of goals is an important aspect of any midfielder’s game.”
In stage two, three players and a goalkeeper are in the defensive half, with two in the attacking half. A shot must still be dispatched from the defensive half, but the two attacking players must work to draw defenders across and obscure the keeper’s line of vision, whilst continuing to stay alert to rebound opportunities.
In stage three, we progress to chances in and around the goal
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Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
Stage one: yellow receives a pass and shoots from within his own half
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2 KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
Stage two: with an overload in each half, defenders and attackers work for position and space.
3 KEY
Ball movement
Player movement
Dribble
Stage three: long-range shots are combined with passing moves into the opposition half
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