Finishing
Striker's Finishing Circuit: Two-Touch Limit
Rehearse the main striker finishes
Finishing
Receiving
Shooting
Striker's Finishing Circuit: Two-Touch Limit is a 18-minute finishing drill for 3-12 players, suitable for Under 9 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, full goals, poles. 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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Agility Kit
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
First Touch
Speed of Play
Two Touch
Duration
18 min
Players
3-12
Pitch size
Attacking third
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Striker's Finishing Circuit: Two-Touch Limit — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · Attacking third
Step 1 of 4Striker works through the three stations without a break.
- 1. Striker works through the three stations without a break.
- 2. Rest sixty seconds then repeat three times.
- 3. Track goals scored per circuit.
- 4. Players are limited to two touches — one to control, one to release.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- C = coach / server
- Ball
- Poles to run around
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Shooter becomes the next server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Rehearse the main striker finishes
- -Move from finish to finish under fatigue
- -Build a repeatable routine
Setup
- 1Three stations: near post finish, cut-back finish, turn and shoot.
- 2Servers at each station with balls.
- 3Keeper in goal, poles marking the routes.
Coaching instructions
- 1Striker works through the three stations without a break.
- 2Rest sixty seconds then repeat three times.
- 3Track goals scored per circuit.
- 4Players are limited to two touches — one to control, one to release.
Coaching points
- -Reset the body shape before every finish
- -Attack the near post first, far post second
- -Composure over power in tight areas
- -First touch out of the feet into the next action
- -Body open before the ball arrives
Common mistakes
- -Jogging between stations and losing sharpness
- -Finishing with the same foot every time
- -Poor first touch into each finish