Shooting
Transition Long Range Zone
Strike cleanly from outside the area
Shooting
Attacking
Transition 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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Goals Needed
Transition
Duration
16 min
Players
4-16
Pitch size
41 x 36 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Transition Long Range Zone — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 41 x 36 yards
Step 1 of 5Player receives on the edge of the zone and takes one touch out of the feet.
- 1. Player receives on the edge of the zone and takes one touch out of the feet.
- 2. The strike must be hit before leaving the zone.
- 3. Rebounds are live for a follow-up finish.
- 4. Coach serves a loose ball into the middle and both teams react to win it.
- 5. On every turnover the winning team has six seconds to attack the opposite target.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- C = coach / server
- Ball
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Shooter becomes the next 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
- 1A shooting zone marked 22-28 yards from goal in a 41 x 36 yards area.
- 2Mark a second target area at the opposite end so the practice can flip direction instantly.
- 3Plenty of balls at the edge of the zone, keeper in goal.
Coaching instructions
- 1Player receives on the edge of the zone and takes one touch out of the feet.
- 2The strike must be hit before leaving the zone.
- 3Rebounds are live for a follow-up finish.
- 4Coach serves a loose ball into the middle and both teams react to win it.
- 5On every turnover the winning team has six seconds to attack the opposite target.
Coaching points
- -Ankle locked, laces through the ball
- -Get the shot down and on target
- -Only shoot when the lane is clear
- -First reaction after the turnover decides the moment — forward or secure
Common mistakes
- -Shooting from impossible angles
- -Ball bouncing before the strike
- -Stopping to appeal instead of reacting to the turnover
Where this drill fits
- More football shooting drills
- More football attacking drills
- football drills for U12s
- football drills for U14s
- football drills for U16s
- Football session plans built around this theme