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Wide Channel Turn and Shoot

Combine a turn with an immediate strike

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Wide Channel 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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Duration

15 min

Players

3-16

Pitch size

34 x 28 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Wide Channel Turn and ShootGKC12334 x 28 yards

Wide Channel Turn and Shoot — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 34 x 28 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 practice is started by a pass into one of the wide channels.
  5. 5. End actions only count when the ball has travelled through a wide channel first.
  • 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 34 x 28 yards area.
  2. 2Mark five-yard channels down both touchlines with flat cones.
  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 practice is started by a pass into one of the wide channels.
  5. 5End actions only count when the ball has travelled through a wide channel first.

Coaching points

  • -Check away before receiving
  • -Turn on the half yard, not the full circle
  • -Shoot before the defender recovers
  • -Attack the outside shoulder and deliver early rather than over-dribbling

Common mistakes

  • -Too many touches before the shot
  • -Turning into the crowded side
  • -Everything funnelling into a crowded middle

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