It's been an ongoing debate in the coaching community for many years: can you teach goal-scoring or is it something that players are simply born with? This week, we talk to current professional striker Conor Washington about the position and ways to potentially maximize opportunities on the training pitch. With over 400 appearances at the professional level at clubs including Derby County and Queens Park Rangers, plus 40 caps at international level, Conor has experienced the game at the highest level and shares insights on what separates the best players. Also, there are a couple of twists in the conversation. Firstly, as a pro player Conor utilized and benefited from an individual coach that made an immediate improvement on his game. Now, as Conor starts to look ahead into the future, he's already started his Elite Attacking Coach program where he's supporting the next generation of attacking players. Conor discusses this and much more!
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I enjoyed listening to this podcast tremendously, and relistened to it a couple times in the last couple of weeks. I agree with Conor that more time needs to be spent on training finishing skills. I'm in the process of working with a under 14 girls team and going through the stages of how to operate in around the box . One of the things that we talk about is having a hunger to go hunt for goals . I was fortunate enough to be gifted a copy of the local professional teams Powerpoint for their forwards and finishers , and the top two bullet points were 1 . Lose your marker/arrive unmarked , and 2- to prepare your body…