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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
DRILL to Improve shooting power and accuracy: Protect the Cone
Objective: To improve shooting power, accuracy and decision-making.
Experience: Any.
Number of players: Whole squad.
Equipment required: As many balls as possible, cones to mark out the playing area and four flat cones to place the target balls on.
Set up: Use a square playing area that is about one and a half times as long as your players can comfortably kick the ball.
How to play: Choose two players to protect four targets (a ball on top of a cone). Spread the rest of your players outside the playing area. They should have a ball each.
The pair start by choosing where they want to put their targets within their playing area. On the shout of "GO", everyone else must stay outside the playing area and shoot the balls to try and knock off the targets. The pair in the middle are timed to see how long it takes for all their targets to be knocked off.
Tip: If you are playing outside, use a few helpers to return any stray balls.
If the pair have the targets close together, they have less running to do but the shooters don't have to be as accurate. If they place the targets far apart, the pair have more running to do but the shooters have to be more accurate...that's where the decision making comes in.
Experience: Any.
Number of players: Whole squad.
Equipment required: As many balls as possible, cones to mark out the playing area and four flat cones to place the target balls on.
Set up: Use a square playing area that is about one and a half times as long as your players can comfortably kick the ball.
How to play: Choose two players to protect four targets (a ball on top of a cone). Spread the rest of your players outside the playing area. They should have a ball each.
The pair start by choosing where they want to put their targets within their playing area. On the shout of "GO", everyone else must stay outside the playing area and shoot the balls to try and knock off the targets. The pair in the middle are timed to see how long it takes for all their targets to be knocked off.
Tip: If you are playing outside, use a few helpers to return any stray balls.
If the pair have the targets close together, they have less running to do but the shooters don't have to be as accurate. If they place the targets far apart, the pair have more running to do but the shooters have to be more accurate...that's where the decision making comes in.
How to improve your players' kicking power
First of all, make sure you're teaching the correct technique. This link will take you to the article in newsletter 112 that explains the basics.
Once you're sure your players are using the right technique you can work on increasing power - providing your players are old enough. Four to six-year-olds won't get a lot of power into their shots no matter what you do and I suggest the coaching notes below should only be used with players aged from seven years upwards.
Once you're sure your players are using the right technique you can work on increasing power - providing your players are old enough. Four to six-year-olds won't get a lot of power into their shots no matter what you do and I suggest the coaching notes below should only be used with players aged from seven years upwards.
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