HEADING FOR GOAL
Practice 1
Players line up as in diagram 1, Goalkeeper,
3 attackers and 1 server (S)
Diagram 1
(S) serves from near to the touchline, all 3 attackers A,
B & C all trying to get a header at goal.
The height delivery and speed of service will decide which
one of the 3 gets the header at goal, but the players should
call out to each other as the cross comes in so as to avoid
confusion.
But no matter who gets in the header - there has to be a direct
head at goal to try and score. So if it is a low cross then
a diving header would be called for as in diagram 2).
Attacker moving through from position D to E to F diving
at the ball.
Diagram 2
Practice 2
3 players stand in the centre circle with one ball between
them. They head the ball to each other, and must keep the
ball off the ground at all times, so good technique and accuracy
is needed.
Having completed around six headers they move forward to the
nearest goal (around 50 yards away) where a goalkeeper is
positioned.
They keep heading as they work/jog towards the goal and the
practice is to try and score.
Diagram 3
Diagram 3, A, B & C are the players positioned ready to
move as a group, keeping the ball off the ground, heading
only to each other until one of them feels he has the chance
to score with a header.
Goalkeeper G MUST stay in his 6-yard area, but if he can intercept
he does.
Should A, B or C allow the ball to drop to the ground, then
they must start again in the centre circle.
Players tend to become more efficient with practice, and they
soon learn to set each other up for a head at goal.
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