Shooting

Finishing Turn and Shoot

Combine a turn with an immediate strike

Shooting

Receiving

Finishing

Finishing Turn and Shoot is a 17-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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Full Squad

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Goals Needed

Duration

17 min

Players

3-16

Pitch size

32 x 26 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Finishing Turn and Shoot — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 32 x 26 yards

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

1. Server plays into the striker who is facing away from goal.
2. Striker turns with one touch and shoots with the second.
3. Alternate the turning side each rep.
4. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
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

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

Setup

1A receiving cone 20 yards out facing away from goal in a 32 x 26 yards area.
2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
3Balls with the server, keeper in goal.

Coaching instructions

1Server plays into the striker who is facing away from goal.
2Striker turns with one touch and shoots with the second.
3Alternate the turning side each rep.
4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.