Training 24 and 25

Both the training now mostly consists of shot practice to get the strikers in their shooting form, as demonstrated here....

There is first, 2 Winger, and 2 Striker facing the goal post





















Player 1 will have the ball initially, and drill start with Striker 1 passes to Striker 2, indicated by the Red line, while both Winger A and B make a run to the corner flag, as with the Yellow
Dotted line





















In which then Striker 2 will sends a long ball into the deep corner for Winger B to intercept





















And as Winger B STOP, CONTROL, and PASS to Winger A, Striker 1 and 2 will make a run into the penalty box, one on far post and one on near post.





















And Winger B is recommended that a crosses is to be made upon first touch to Striker 1 and 2





















And hopefully, Striker 1 and 2 finishes with a goal.





















The other drill, is to have 3 Strikers up front, and 2 Defenders on penalty box area.





















The keeper is to send a long ball up to 1 of the Strikers, and the Striker that is intercepting the ball must control and start the attack together with the other Strikers posing as an option or support.





















While the Defender must also giv pressure to the Strikers while they are attempting to shoot. Too much time delaying is not recommended, as a shot, doesn't matter if on-goal or off-goal, should be made within 1 minute of first few practice, and 30 seconds after wards.





















The third training, was to have a X-pattern pass-then-shoot training, in which, there will be 2 Strikers on the field, and 2 non-playing players both beside the goal post.





















And the non-playing players, say on the left, will play a ball to the center, and the Striker on the opposite side, which is on the right side, will come and intercept the ball.





















And land a shot. The same goes with the opposite site, the right side passes, the left side shoots.






















It amazes me, how alot of players, have vastly improve their shooting skills, and by doing this kinda practice may look meaningless to alot of people, which the question of "theres no simulating of on-field situation, how can we learn?"

Well first of all, even without on-field situation, we still can't do the practice with 100% efficiency, without any major pressure we still have miss-timed runs, miss-crosses, shots going all over the place but the goal, bad stops, or prolonged control. Imagine the only thing that we'll be pondering about when we're on the field was just to stop the ball, look for team mate, and pass, there wont be any how can i turn? How can i make a shot? How can i make space for this team mate while keeping possession? Or far worse, HOW CAN I KEEP THE BALL FOR 2 SECONDS?

The answer is, by doing this practice first, we learn how to automated our body to compensate for the lack of judging times, its almost as building our own muscle memory, by getting a pass, u automatically sends a long ball to the far end, and ur winger, will also, subconsciously make a run to intercept the ball , well, thats just 2 movements aint they? Or do u prefer u

(1)make a stop,
(2)look for your teammate,
(3)judging if he's available for receiving the ball,
(4)nope he's not, i gotta make a run to create space,
(5)i gotta dodge the player infront of me,
(6)now where is that player i was going to pass again,
(7)he's got a man on him now, i gotta find someone else.....and the list continues.

Now thats already 7 moves u made, as opposed to, 2 movements which well covered the opponent's half of the field? Assumed you start the attack from half way life that is....

The thing is, automated movements are what make up for the lightning-fast games the top leagues in the world is playing now, they may look as if their a mess or having a hard time getting possession on, but in their game, in a 100m long 50m wide field, theres pressure everywhere, and why is that? Because of their automated movements, they dun need to think and look for people to put pressure on, they automated their positions so that by just standing there, you know who's coming and by contrast, you can start thinking how your gonna intercept his ball. When C.Ron makes a run into the box, Nani is right on he's tail and by automated, he makes a pass to the far end and there he is, theres no magic or telepathy in that its all automatic reaction from training and coordination and stuffs.

What the Brazilian do best isn't the best anymore in terms of coordinated strategical football, automated play is. The more 'automated' u are, the less time u need to think and by that, the more time you have on the pitch before your mind starts to give in.