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Shoot from distance

Shooting drills and gamesby Carl Wild

Replicates situations where players combine with their team-mates before finishing from range.

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WHY USE IT

Focuses on players’ shooting or finishing from long range. The environment looks to replicate players combining with team-mates and having to get their shot off quickly.

SET UP

Set up a small square area inside a larger square area. Position two goals just outside the larger area, with a goalkeeper in each. Split the other players into pairs, with one pair (the strikers) situated within the small area and the other two pairs acting as servers. Each server has a ball and are in each corner of the larger area.

HOW TO PLAY

Use four balls. Servers play the ball, one at a time, into the strikers, who must combine once or twice before they have a shot on goal. The strikers are also limited to two touch. Strikers win a point for a shot on target or three for a goal. After all four balls have been used, a new pair have a turn to be the strikers.

Progression: Move the goals further away or to the side so they are not directly in line with the area.

Coaching points

Can you generate power through follow through with your kicking foot?
Can you lean over the ball to kick it low? Or step into the shot to give it some lift?
In which area of the goal are you most likely to beat the keeper?

A server plays a ball into the small area

Related Files

Vol-2-Issue-114-shoot-from-distance.pdfPDF, 570 KB

The player receiving the ball lays it off for their partner who has a shot on goal

The player who had the shot now receives a ball from another server

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Carl Wild

SCW consultant coach and former Manchester City Girls RTC coach who leads the Football Coaching and Management degree course at UCFB. Uefa C coach developer.

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