ABC finishing drill

ABC finishing is a great way to get your players to exploit the 2-2-2 formation. You can recreate situations where balls are fed into your attackers as they would be in a match situation.

ABC finishing soccer drill to exploit 2-2-2 formation

Set up soccer drill

For this soccer drill, you need to set up a 40 yards by 30 yards playing area and use three cones, three outfield players a goal and goalkeeper.

Run the soccer drill

  • Player 1 dribbles and shoots at goal.

  • Player 1 now turns and makes a choice of which player to combine with. The player chosen passes to Player 1, then runs inside to receive a return pass and passes out to the opposite wide player.

  • Player 1 and his chosen team-mate now run into the penalty box and attempt to score from the wide player's cross.
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