Finishing
1-to-1 Finishing Session
Groove a repeatable finishing technique
Finishing
Shooting
First Touch
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1-to-1 Finishing Session is a 15-minute finishing drill for 1-2 players, suitable for Under 8 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, mini goals. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
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Shooting
First Touch
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Beginner
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1-to-1
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Duration
15 min
Players
1-2
Pitch size
Half of the penalty area
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
1-to-1 Finishing Session — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · Half of the penalty area
Step 1 of 3Six finishes from each station: side-foot, laces, first time.
- 1. Six finishes from each station: side-foot, laces, first time.
- 2. Coach feeds along the floor, then bouncing, then in the air.
- 3. Score out of 18 and beat it next session.
- Cones mark the area
- Mini goal
- C = coach / server
- Ball
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Shooter becomes the next server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Groove a repeatable finishing technique
- -Finish from different angles and services
- -Build individual shooting confidence
Setup
- 1Goal or two mini goals with a supply of six balls.
- 2Three shooting stations at 12 yards: left, central, right.
- 3Coach serves from the side.
Coaching instructions
- 1Six finishes from each station: side-foot, laces, first time.
- 2Coach feeds along the floor, then bouncing, then in the air.
- 3Score out of 18 and beat it next session.
Coaching points
- -Non-kicking foot planted beside the ball
- -Head steady and over the ball at contact
- -Pick the corner before the ball arrives
- -Follow through towards the target
Common mistakes
- -Leaning back and ballooning the shot
- -Deciding the target too late
- -Snatching at the shot with a heavy first touch