Soccer-Laduma, October 15 2008 Celebrating 11 years of passion

Your
Coaching Manual
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LESSON

59 Attacking Two Goals X

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This week Ajax Cape Towns Craig Rosslee shows
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us a drill for your team to practise their shooting in
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a creative way. Both teams have to react quickly O O
to the position of the ball to set themselves up for O

70m
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the shot at goal.
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50m
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Organizing the drill: The team with the ball now Variation of B
Diagram A tries to score a goal in the the drill:
Place two full size goals back-to- opposite goal. To increase the speed of the drill,
back in the middle of the field. Players can move and position enforce a two-touch limit for the O
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Place one goalkeeper in each themselves anywhere in the players. X X
goal. practice area once the drill Use two balls per game. This will O
Place two teams consisting of starts. give the players more opportuni- X G O

eight players each including the Players must get in their oppo- ties to score. G X
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goalkeepers, as shown in sitions half to attack the goal. X
Diagram A. Coachs note: X
Diagram C X O
The drill must be done at speed O
Once a goal is scored, the drill
Practising the drill: and goalkeepers must distribute C
restarts from the goalkeeper
Diagram B the ball quickly and accurately.
and he distributes the ball to DIAGRAM KEY:
The drill starts off with one his team. The drill is fast moving and can
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goalkeeper distributing the ball Players do not have to be in be used for an attacking,
to his team on their side of the defending or goalkeeping drill. Movement of ball
their own half of the field to
field. restart the drill. Movement of player
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