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Overload Two Line Strike
Build volume of clean strikes on goal
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Overload Two Line Strike is a 17-minute shooting drill for 4-18 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
17 min
Players
4-18
Pitch size
34 x 29 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Overload Two Line Strike — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 34 x 29 yards
Step 1 of 6Lines alternate: pass square to a lay-off player and strike first time.
- 1. Lines alternate: pass square to a lay-off player and strike first time.
- 2. Follow the shot in for any rebound.
- 3. Swap lines after every five reps so both feet are used.
- 4. The spare player joins whichever side has the ball, so the attack always works with a plus-one.
- 5. A goal or completed end action counts double if the spare player touched the ball in the build-up.
- 6. Rotation: Swap lines after every five reps so both feet are used.
- 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
- -Build volume of clean strikes on goal
- -Set the body before the shot
- -Work both feet from both sides
Setup
- 1Two shooting lines set diagonally outside the box in a 34 x 29 yards area.
- 2Split the group so the attacking side always has one spare player, and park the spare bibs on the halfway cone.
- 3Balls at both lines, keeper in goal.
Coaching instructions
- 1Lines alternate: pass square to a lay-off player and strike first time.
- 2Follow the shot in for any rebound.
- 3Swap lines after every five reps so both feet are used.
- 4The spare player joins whichever side has the ball, so the attack always works with a plus-one.
- 5A goal or completed end action counts double if the spare player touched the ball in the build-up.
Coaching points
- -Non-kicking foot beside the ball
- -Head still and over the ball
- -Strike through the middle of the ball
- -Find the free player quickly before the defence shuffles across
Common mistakes
- -Leaning back and lifting the ball over
- -Snatching at the shot
- -Spare player standing still instead of offering an angle
Where this drill fits
- More football shooting drills
- More football finishing drills
- More football attacking drills
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