Finishing
Striker's Finishing Circuit: 1-to-1 Session
Rehearse the main striker finishes
Finishing
Receiving
Shooting
Striker's Finishing Circuit: 1-to-1 Session is a 18-minute finishing drill for 1-2 players, suitable for Under 9 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, full goals, poles. 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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Receiving
Shooting
Skill Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
1-to-1
Agility Kit
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Individual Development
Small Group
Duration
18 min
Players
1-2
Pitch size
Attacking third
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Striker's Finishing Circuit: 1-to-1 Session — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · Attacking third
Step 1 of 4Striker works through the three stations without a break.
- 1. Striker works through the three stations without a break.
- 2. Rest sixty seconds then repeat three times.
- 3. Track goals scored per circuit.
- 4. Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built in.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- C = coach / server
- Ball
- Poles to run around
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Shooter becomes the next server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Rehearse the main striker finishes
- -Move from finish to finish under fatigue
- -Build a repeatable routine
Setup
- 1Three stations: near post finish, cut-back finish, turn and shoot.
- 2Servers at each station with balls.
- 3Keeper in goal, poles marking the routes.
Coaching instructions
- 1Striker works through the three stations without a break.
- 2Rest sixty seconds then repeat three times.
- 3Track goals scored per circuit.
- 4Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built in.
Coaching points
- -Reset the body shape before every finish
- -Attack the near post first, far post second
- -Composure over power in tight areas
- -Detailed feedback after every rep
- -Quality of contact over volume
Common mistakes
- -Jogging between stations and losing sharpness
- -Finishing with the same foot every time
- -Poor first touch into each finish