Finishing football drills, page 3

Receive, turn and finish. Take the first touch across your body to open toward goal, spin sharply, and finish low into the corner before the keeper is set.

Finish it first time on the skid. Get in line early, keep the contact low over the ball, and pass it firmly across the keeper into the far corner, no heavy touch to compose.

Set it and finish low across the keeper. Take a positive first touch across your body, then pass the ball firmly into the far corner, low and away from the keeper.

Volley the return cleanly into the mini-goal. Read the flight off the board, get the feet set, and strike through the ball with a controlled contact.

Control an aerial ball and finish. Cushion the first touch to set the ball down into your path, then compose a clean strike before it bounces away.

Score through a target man layoff. Play into feet, hold off the defender, lay it into the runner's path, and finish first time on the run.

Dink it first time. Read the keeper as you run on, and lift the ball over him first time with a soft, judged contact.

Groove the half-volley. Judge the gentle bounce, get over the ball, and strike a clean half-volley into the mini-goal.

Strike it clean on the half-volley. Judge the bounce, get your body over the ball, and hit through the top of it to keep it down into the corner.

Execute a complete attacking move end to end. Switch the play to change the point of attack, combine on the flank with an overlap, deliver a quality cross, and finish, with timing and quality on every phase.

Beat a defender 1v1 and finish the chance. Commit the defender, change direction sharply to go past, then compose yourself and finish past the keeper.

Win the aerial duel and knock it down. Hold the defender off, attack the ball at its highest point, and head it down into the runner despite the challenge.

Follow the shot and finish the rebound. Gamble as the shot is hit, read the parry, and be first to the loose ball to bury it.

Beat a defensive pair with a combination and finish. Draw a defender with the ball, combine to break the line with a one-two or overlap, and finish first time before the cover recovers.

Combine at one touch and finish first time. Play each pass firm and accurate, time the third-man run behind the line, and sweep the finish first time without breaking the rhythm.

Finish with a chip over an advancing keeper. Read the keeper coming out, stay composed, and lift the ball over him with a soft, stabbed contact rather than blasting it.

Commit him, then finish. Pass to commit the defender, release the runner in behind, and finish the 2v1 against the keeper.

Groove the movement. Check short, spin sharply in behind, run onto the pass, and finish, learning the shape before a marker is added.