Shooting

Two-Touch Two Line Strike

Build volume of clean strikes on goal

Shooting
Finishing
Attacking

Two-Touch Two Line Strike is a 15-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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Two Touch

Duration

15 min

Players

4-18

Pitch size

30 x 25 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Two-Touch Two Line StrikeGKS12330 x 25 yards

Two-Touch Two Line Strike — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 30 x 25 yards

Step 1 of 6Lines alternate: pass square to a lay-off player and strike first time.

  1. 1. Lines alternate: pass square to a lay-off player and strike first time.
  2. 2. Follow the shot in for any rebound.
  3. 3. Swap lines after every five reps so both feet are used.
  4. 4. Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
  5. 5. Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.
  6. 6. Rotation: Swap lines after every five reps so both feet are used.
  • Cones mark the area
  • Full goal
  • GK = goalkeeper
  • S = server
  • Ball
  • Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
  • Shooter becomes the next 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

  1. 1Two shooting lines set diagonally outside the box in a 30 x 25 yards area.
  2. 2Place a marker at every receiving position so players know where to set the ball before it arrives.
  3. 3Balls at both lines, keeper in goal.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Lines alternate: pass square to a lay-off player and strike first time.
  2. 2Follow the shot in for any rebound.
  3. 3Swap lines after every five reps so both feet are used.
  4. 4Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
  5. 5Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.

Coaching points

  • -Non-kicking foot beside the ball
  • -Head still and over the ball
  • -Strike through the middle of the ball
  • -First touch out of the feet and into the direction of the next pass

Common mistakes

  • -Leaning back and lifting the ball over
  • -Snatching at the shot
  • -Taking a settling touch that kills the tempo

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