Shooting

Combination Turn and Shoot

Combine a turn with an immediate strike

Shooting
Receiving
Finishing

Combination Turn and Shoot is a 15-minute shooting drill for 3-16 players, suitable for Under 5 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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Shooting
Receiving
Finishing
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Duration

15 min

Players

3-16

Pitch size

32 x 26 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Combination Turn and ShootGKC12332 x 26 yards

Combination Turn and Shoot — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 32 x 26 yards

Step 1 of 5Server plays into the striker who is facing away from goal.

  1. 1. Server plays into the striker who is facing away from goal.
  2. 2. Striker turns with one touch and shoots with the second.
  3. 3. Alternate the turning side each rep.
  4. 4. The first pass must go into the bounce player before the practice opens up.
  5. 5. A sequence only scores when three different players have touched the ball.
  • 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

  • -Combine a turn with an immediate strike
  • -Create the yard of space needed to shoot
  • -Shoot early rather than taking extra touches

Setup

  1. 1A receiving cone 20 yards out facing away from goal in a 32 x 26 yards area.
  2. 2Add a neutral bounce player on each side line inside a marked yard-wide channel.
  3. 3Balls with the server, keeper in goal.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Server plays into the striker who is facing away from goal.
  2. 2Striker turns with one touch and shoots with the second.
  3. 3Alternate the turning side each rep.
  4. 4The first pass must go into the bounce player before the practice opens up.
  5. 5A sequence only scores when three different players have touched the ball.

Coaching points

  • -Check away before receiving
  • -Turn on the half yard, not the full circle
  • -Shoot before the defender recovers
  • -Third player movement — the pass is set up by the run before it

Common mistakes

  • -Too many touches before the shot
  • -Turning into the crowded side
  • -Two players combining over and over while the third stands still

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