Shooting
1-to-1 Shooting Technique Session
Groove a clean laces strike with both feet
Shooting
Finishing
1-to-1 Shooting Technique Session is a 20-minute shooting drill for 1-2 players, suitable for Under 8 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, mini 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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Technical Practice
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1-to-1
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Individual Session
Striking Technique
Duration
20 min
Players
1-2
Pitch size
25 x 15 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
1-to-1 Shooting Technique Session — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 25 x 15 yards
Step 1 of 3Coach passes, player takes one set-up touch and strikes low and hard.
- 1. Coach passes, player takes one set-up touch and strikes low and hard.
- 2. Ten reps right foot, ten reps left foot, coach corrects each rep.
- 3. Finish with a target challenge: five out of eight into a corner.
- Cones mark the area
- Mini goal
- S = server
- Ball
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Shooter becomes the next server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Groove a clean laces strike with both feet
- -Repeat quality reps with immediate feedback
- -Build shooting confidence with high volume
Setup
- 1Mini goal or target area 14 yards away.
- 2Cone marking the strike spot and a second cone for the set-up touch.
- 3Six to eight balls stacked with the coach.
Coaching instructions
- 1Coach passes, player takes one set-up touch and strikes low and hard.
- 2Ten reps right foot, ten reps left foot, coach corrects each rep.
- 3Finish with a target challenge: five out of eight into a corner.
Coaching points
- -Plant foot alongside the ball, toe at the target
- -Strike through the middle with the laces
- -Head still and eyes on the ball at contact
- -Follow through towards the target, land on the striking foot
Common mistakes
- -Leaning back so shots fly high
- -Toe poking instead of using the laces
- -Set-up touch too close to the body