Shooting
Long Range Strikes: 1-to-1 Session
Strike accurately from distance
Shooting
Finishing
Passing
Long Range Strikes: 1-to-1 Session is a 14-minute shooting drill for 1-2 players, suitable for Under 10 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.
Back to drill libraryShooting
Finishing
Passing
Technical Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
1-to-1
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Individual Development
Small Group
Duration
14 min
Players
1-2
Pitch size
35 x 30 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Long Range Strikes: 1-to-1 Session — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 35 x 30 yards
Step 1 of 4Server rolls the ball into the shooter's path for a first-time or two-touch strike.
- 1. Server rolls the ball into the shooter's path for a first-time or two-touch strike.
- 2. Alternate flanks so both feet are used.
- 3. Points for shots hitting the corners.
- 4. Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built in.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- C = coach / server
- Ball
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Shooter becomes the next server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Strike accurately from distance
- -Generate power without losing control
- -Hit the corners
Setup
- 1Shooting line twenty-five to thirty yards from goal.
- 2Two servers on the flanks.
- 3Keeper in goal with balls stored either side.
Coaching instructions
- 1Server rolls the ball into the shooter's path for a first-time or two-touch strike.
- 2Alternate flanks so both feet are used.
- 3Points for shots hitting the corners.
- 4Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built in.
Coaching points
- -Approach at a slight angle
- -Plant foot firm and pointing at the target
- -Drive through the ball, do not scoop it
- -Detailed feedback after every rep
- -Quality of contact over volume
Common mistakes
- -Trying to hit it too hard
- -Static plant foot too far behind
- -Aiming for power over placement