Category: Shooting
Type: Drill
THE WEAVE
Separate your team into three separate groups. Place the three groups separately along the midfield line. One group should be in the center of the field and the other two groups should be on either side of the center line. So, you should have a right line, center line and left line.All of the balls should start with the player in the middle. The first players in each line are the a group and so on and so forth. The first player in the center line takes a couple of dribbles to his/her right and then passes a ball to the first person in the right line. He/she then follows their pass and becomes the new right wing.The person from the right line traps the ball, takes a couple of dribbles toward the center of the field and then passes it all the way over to the person from the left line. While the ball is in motion he follows his/her pass and becomes the new left wing.The person from the left wing traps the ball takes a couple of dribbles toward the middle and then passes back to the new right wing.All of these passes are taking place on the run and heading towards the direction of the goal.When the new right wing gets the ball he/she traps it and takes a shot.The shot should be taken right around the 18 ydline. As you can see the players create a weaving type motion by following their passes.Once the shot is taken, repeat the drill with the next group of three.
COACHES EMPHASIS:
For this drill to be a success it is es-sential that all participants hustle.The passes must also be crisp and in front or leading the players that they are going to. Bad passes and lack of hustle will slow the drill down and make it non-game like.The final shot should be a good one.The player taking the shot has the opportunity to trap it and set the ball nicely for him/her to take a crack at it.These shots should be driven hard on frame and preferably away from the goalie. Although placement is not as important here as power, it is still nice to practice. A powerful shot may cause rebounds in this drill.It is extremely im-portant that the players who are not shooting follow up the shot and finish the rebound,if there is any.A rebound may not be the prettiest of things but it still counts the same as a beautiful goal.
Submitted by: Coach Clay
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