Hi Stephen Ford ,

Have you tried practicing it under the disguise of working on something else? For example - 1 v 1's / 2 v 1's / 2 v 2's etc playing to a finish with your goalkeeper in the goal? Framing it as something else may help the girls to relax about their finishing a little more. 1 v 1's / 2 v 1's / 2 v 2's etc will provide lots of opportunities for attacking and getting shots off at the goal. 

Also consider working with bigger overloads (and spaces) when attacking - e.g. 4 v 2, 5 v 3 as this should provide opportunity for the attacking team to create more opportunities to shoot at goal. 

Breakout games may also be effective - e.g. where a certain number of passes are made in an area before then releasing players to go through with forward runs and finish at goal.  

Basically, try to keep all finishing opportunities match realistic and repetitive. I guess there may be some value in some unopposed shooting too, but I would keep this to a minimum (e.g. when warming up as mentioned) as players are rarely in 'unopposed' situations in matches. 

Maybe try the penalty box shooting game as well - 3 teams, 2 teams in the box competing against each other with the other on the outside as support players. Again, lots of opportunities to shoot. 

Just keep working at it - fun and repetition is the key! One day, if you keep creating the chances it will all fall into place - maybe next week, maybe next month, maybe next year! Be patient and good luck - let us know how its going!

Thanks,
Adam. 

Thanks for the response Adam, lots of useful advice in there.

I've never tried framing it as something else. I've always tried to be clear about the focus of our sessions. Although naturally many other things have a finishing element to them.

We actually did something that sounds like your penalty box game last week. It went quite well, but perhaps didn't give immediate returns.

We will work with some big overloads this week, and I will do a breakout game. I have used breakout before, but not for a few years.

Thanks for the response Adam, lots of useful advice in there.

I've never tried framing it as something else. I've always tried to be clear about the focus of our sessions. Although naturally many other things have a finishing element to them.

We actually did something that sounds like your penalty box game last week. It went quite well, but perhaps didn't give immediate returns.

We will work with some big overloads this week, and I will do a breakout game. I have used breakout before, but not for a few years.