Shooting

Two-Touch Turn and Shoot

Combine a turn with an immediate strike

Shooting

Receiving

Finishing

Two-Touch 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

Skill Practice

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Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Goals Needed

Two Touch

Duration

15 min

Players

3-16

Pitch size

28 x 22 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Two-Touch Turn and Shoot — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 28 x 22 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. Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
5. Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.

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

1A receiving cone 20 yards out facing away from goal in a 28 x 22 yards area.
2Place a marker at every receiving position so players know where to set the ball before it arrives.
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.
4Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
5Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.