Simple soccer drills for more accurate shooting skills

Simple starter drill

Split your players into pairs and name them players A and B, as in diagram 1. They need a ball and four cones to make a channel on the pitch that is two yards wide and 15 yards long. Player A must try to get the ball past player B, then player B past player A, keeping the ball in the channel. If the ball goes outside the channel, the player who kicked it loses a point. If the ball gets past the player inside the end two cones, the shooting player wins a point.

Between the poles drill

In diagram 2, players are shooting at a target 12 yards from goal. Tell the players to shoot the ball between the poles or between the goalpost and the pole. If they miss the target they are out. Play until someone wins. If no one is getting out, simply make the target smaller.

Strike the pass drill

In diagram 3, the players are striking a ball moving across them at a goal defended by a goalkeeper. Player A is the attacker while players B, C and D are servers. They serve a variety of passes to player A, who must try and strike the ball first time at the goal. Make sure you rotate the attacker regularly – after two passes from each of the servers, say. Each server should make a different type of pass. Player B serves up a lob to volley, player C, a pass to shoot first time or control and shoot, and player D, a chest high serve to control and shoot.