3 beginner tips for BETTER finishing in the box
Finishing in the box — composure, placement over power, and picking your spot instead of blasting it.
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One-on-one with only the keeper — no defender between them, no one pressing — and the shot still goes straight at him. The read is that he hurries it: he rushes the moment instead of taking the half-second to pick his spot, and the keeper holds what should be a goal. He knows it — I’ve told him plenty of times and he agrees — but on the pitch the same pattern comes back. For a striker, burying the 1v1 is non-negotiable; the chance is there, the calm finish isn’t, not yet.
The one thing that would unlock it: slow down in the 1v1. There’s time he isn’t using — take the extra beat, let the keeper commit first, then side-foot it past him instead of straight at him. Placement over power, the corner picked early, the body opened one way to send the keeper the other. Finishing reps against a keeper from real chances, so the calm decision is made before he shoots, not as he shoots.
Being logged — the specifics land after the next coach review.
Sessions are logged here as they happen — date, academy and what was drilled — with photo and video added as the shoots come in.
Clips and breakdowns worth studying for this part of his game — hand-picked from good football channels. Watch, repeat, then take it to training.
Finishing in the box — composure, placement over power, and picking your spot instead of blasting it.
Being logged — the specifics land after the next coach review.