Receiving
Pressure Half-Turn Box
Receive on the half turn facing forwards
Receiving
First Touch
Possession
Pressure Half-Turn Box is a 12-minute receiving drill for 3-15 players, suitable for Under 9 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.
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First Touch
Possession
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Minimal Equipment
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Under Pressure
Duration
12 min
Players
3-15
Pitch size
14 x 14 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Pressure Half-Turn Box — Marked area · 14 x 14 yards
Step 1 of 6Servers play in and the middle player receives on the half turn.
- 1. Servers play in and the middle player receives on the half turn.
- 2. The receiver plays out to a different server each time.
- 3. Rotate the middle player every 60 seconds.
- 4. The defender is released the moment the ball leaves the server's foot.
- 5. The working player scores by completing the action before pressure arrives; the defender scores by blocking it.
- 6. Rotation: Rotate the middle player every 60 seconds.
- Cones mark the area
- Ball
- C = coach / server
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Receive on the half turn facing forwards
- -Take the first touch into space, not into the feet
- -Scan before the ball arrives
Setup
- 1A box with a server on each side and a receiver in the middle in a 14 x 14 yards area.
- 2Position a recovering defender behind each working player, starting two yards back.
- 3One ball with each server.
Coaching instructions
- 1Servers play in and the middle player receives on the half turn.
- 2The receiver plays out to a different server each time.
- 3Rotate the middle player every 60 seconds.
- 4The defender is released the moment the ball leaves the server's foot.
- 5The working player scores by completing the action before pressure arrives; the defender scores by blocking it.
Coaching points
- -Back foot receives, front foot opens the body
- -Scan over both shoulders
- -Touch out of the feet
- -Feel the pressure with your body, take the touch away from the defender
Common mistakes
- -Receiving square with a closed body
- -Touch too close to the standing foot
- -Facing your own goal and getting trapped by the press
Where this drill fits
- More football receiving drills
- More football first touch drills
- More football possession drills
- football drills for U10s
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme