Receiving
Receiving Under Pressure Square: Score Challenge
Receive cleanly with a defender closing
Receiving
Possession
First Touch
Receiving Under Pressure Square: Score Challenge is a 14-minute receiving drill for 5-14 players, suitable for Under 9 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs. 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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Possession
First Touch
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Minimal Equipment
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
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Fun
Repetition
Duration
14 min
Players
5-14
Pitch size
16 x 16 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Receiving Under Pressure Square: Score Challenge — Pairs facing each other · 16 x 16 yards
Step 1 of 4Servers feed the worker who must receive and play to a different server.
- 1. Servers feed the worker who must receive and play to a different server.
- 2. Defender presses from a set distance on each serve.
- 3. Thirty second shifts then rotate.
- 4. Run it as a timed competition — pairs or teams count successful reps and compare scores.
- Ball
- Pairs working across a marked lane
- C = coach / server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Receive cleanly with a defender closing
- -Choose the safest exit
- -Stay composed in tight space
Setup
- 1Mark a 16 yard square with servers on all four sides.
- 2One or two workers inside, one defender.
- 3Balls at each server.
Coaching instructions
- 1Servers feed the worker who must receive and play to a different server.
- 2Defender presses from a set distance on each serve.
- 3Thirty second shifts then rotate.
- 4Run it as a timed competition — pairs or teams count successful reps and compare scores.
Coaching points
- -Scan the pressure before the ball arrives
- -First touch into the free space
- -Use the whole square rather than one corner
- -Keep quality while the score matters
- -Reset quickly between reps to fit more in
Common mistakes
- -Receiving with the back to the pressure
- -Touch into the defender
- -Waiting on the spot for the pass