Peter Schreiner impresses at the International Football Coaches Seminar in Sofia

More than 100 coaches came to Sofia for the International Football Coaches Seminar to renew their coaching licences. The seminar was under the overall direction of Nikolay Illiev, who organised and ran the event perfectly.

Speakers at the seminar

Organisation: Nikolay Iliev and his team
Translation: Dr Nestor Yourouow, Nikolay Iliev and 2 professional interpreters

Venue:University of Sofia

Dr Nestor Yourouow introduced the speakers.

Interpreter, Dr Nestor Yourouow, Peter Schreiner, representative of the university, Eren Yilmaz, Steven Turek, Niko Illiev

Peter Schreiner impressed the participants with a passionate and highly interesting talk on "Effective finishing training", with the sub-topic "1v1 against the goalkeeper".

Further points in the talk were "The psychology of finishing" and "Video analysis to improve goalscorers".

Interview with Peter Schreiner for Bulgarian television

Practical session on "1v1 against the goalkeeper"

In a 90-minute practical demonstration, Peter Schreiner showed how he systematically trains attackers to beat the goalkeeper in a 1v1 situation.

Basic drills with dummies were followed by training formats under time pressure and against the goalkeeper. Schreiner then showed complex continuous formats on two goals focusing on "1v1 against the goalkeeper" and, finally, a game format in which players, coming out of a match situation, had to sprint towards goal and beat the goalkeeper.

The strikers had 4 options:

1. Either they shoot the ball past the goalkeeper into the corner.
2. They dribble around the goalkeeper.
3. They beat him with a nutmeg (risky – but sometimes the only way to get the ball into the net
4. They use a lob/chip over the goalkeeper (when the ball is bouncing – for example after a lofted pass)

Preparatory drill with high numbers of repetitions – accuracy training on target zones

Why do training formats with target zones and no goalkeepermake sense?

1. You have no goalkeeper available.
2. If you want to achieve high numbers of repetitionsin competitive finishing training as well, training formats with target zones in the goalare very useful.
3. Goalkeepers quickly get fed up when lots of shots come in one after another that they often cannot save.

1v1 against the goalkeeper from different directions

Beating the goalkeeper with a dribble when he has come further off his line.

Time pressure from an opponent behind

Demonstration group from Levski Sofia

Encounter in the VIP area of the Levski Sofia stadium

Michael Probierz, who had been Poland's national team coach for two weeks, recognised Peter Schreiner and approached him. This led to some interesting professional conversations.

Probierz had come to Sofia to watch one of his national team players in the match between Levski Sofia and Ludogorets Razgrad.

Michael Probierz, Peter Schreiner, Niko Illiev