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Striker School returns for 2023

Published Mon 31 Jul 2023

Football Canterbury is excited to announce that Striker School will return in 2023, lead by former Socceroo Zlatko Arambasic and other qualified Football Canterbury coaches.

Striker School is for players aged 8-13 and provides an opportunity to enhance their technical proficiency in front of goals. This program is not limited to strikers exclusively, and provides a beneficial platform for all positional players to improve their offensive skill acquisition and movement with or without the ball.’

Click here to register for U/8-U/10 Girls and Boys

Click here to register for U/11-U/14 Girls and Boys

 

Striker school touches on the following themes throughout:

  • Improved shooting & finishing technique

  • Passing and first time shooting, conditioning & shooting, first touch/rotation shooting

  • Technique – inside instep drive, full instep drive, inside curl & outside swerve

  • Improving finishing from a cross

  • Striker movements/positions to receive ball (crisscross/outside to inside/ inside to outside & diagonal runs) and numerous shooting drills

  • Rotation shooting-check/spins/turns/dummies

  • Receiving & turning with ground & aerial feed

  • Quick play in and around the box

  • Combination shooting exercises, passing and first time shooting, heading and volleying (half volley/side on) technique

  • All sessions will incorporate combination plays 1v1, 2v1, 2v2, 3v2 ,3v3 & individual ball skill warm up

  • Incorporated Goal Keeping acumen, so goalkeepers are welcome to attend

Striker School has filled up quickly in previous years, so be sure to register soon to avoid disappointment.


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