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Finishing Long Range Zone

Strike cleanly from outside the area

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Finishing Long Range Zone is a 16-minute shooting drill for 4-16 players, suitable for Under 11 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, full goals. 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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Duration

16 min

Players

4-16

Pitch size

39 x 34 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Finishing Long Range ZoneGKCS12339 x 34 yards

Finishing Long Range Zone — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 39 x 34 yards

Step 1 of 5Player receives on the edge of the zone and takes one touch out of the feet.

  1. 1. Player receives on the edge of the zone and takes one touch out of the feet.
  2. 2. The strike must be hit before leaving the zone.
  3. 3. Rebounds are live for a follow-up finish.
  4. 4. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
  5. 5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.
  • Cones mark the area
  • Full goal
  • GK = goalkeeper
  • C = coach serving, S = second server
  • Ball
  • Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
  • Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
  • Keeper distributes back to the server
  • Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

  • -Strike cleanly from outside the area
  • -Judge when the long shot is on
  • -Improve technique on the driven ball

Setup

  1. 1A shooting zone marked 22-28 yards from goal in a 39 x 34 yards area.
  2. 2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
  3. 3Plenty of balls at the edge of the zone, keeper in goal.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Player receives on the edge of the zone and takes one touch out of the feet.
  2. 2The strike must be hit before leaving the zone.
  3. 3Rebounds are live for a follow-up finish.
  4. 4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
  5. 5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.

Coaching points

  • -Ankle locked, laces through the ball
  • -Get the shot down and on target
  • -Only shoot when the lane is clear
  • -Head up before the strike — pick the side, then commit

Common mistakes

  • -Shooting from impossible angles
  • -Ball bouncing before the strike
  • -Rushing the shot and leaning back over the ball

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