Receiving
Tempo Half-Turn Box
Receive on the half turn facing forwards
Receiving
First Touch
Possession
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Tempo Half-Turn Box is a 12-minute receiving drill for 3-15 players, suitable for Under 5 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
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
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Tempo
Duration
12 min
Players
3-15
Pitch size
18 x 18 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Tempo Half-Turn Box — Marked area · 18 x 18 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 clock starts the moment the first pass is played in.
- 5. The sequence must reach the end action inside eight seconds or the rep is void.
- 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 18 x 18 yards area.
- 2Set a visible timer or have an assistant count aloud from the side of the area.
- 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 clock starts the moment the first pass is played in.
- 5The sequence must reach the end action inside eight seconds or the rep is void.
Coaching points
- -Back foot receives, front foot opens the body
- -Scan over both shoulders
- -Touch out of the feet
- -Pass with pace and intent — under-hit passes cost the clock
Common mistakes
- -Receiving square with a closed body
- -Touch too close to the standing foot
- -Slow, sideways passing that burns the clock
Where this drill fits
- More football receiving drills
- More football first touch drills
- More football possession drills
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- football drills for U10s
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- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- football drills for beginners
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