Shooting
Turn And Shoot Gate: Shadow Pressure
Turn quickly and shoot
Shooting
Receiving
Finishing
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Turn And Shoot Gate: Shadow Pressure is a 15-minute shooting drill for 4-14 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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Receiving
Finishing
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Agility Kit
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Opposed
Under Pressure
Game Realistic
Duration
15 min
Players
4-14
Pitch size
30 x 25 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Turn And Shoot Gate: Shadow Pressure — Finishing set-up — serve, receive, shoot · 30 x 25 yards
Step 1 of 4Player receives with back to goal, turns around the pole and shoots.
- 1. Player receives with back to goal, turns around the pole and shoots.
- 2. Alternate turning left and right.
- 3. Ten shots each side.
- 4. A shadow defender applies half pressure and can win the ball only after the first touch.
- 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
- -Turn quickly and shoot
- -Create a shooting angle from a tight start
- -Get shots away early
Setup
- 1Poles twenty-two yards from goal as passive markers.
- 2Server behind the shooting line with balls.
- 3Keeper in goal.
Coaching instructions
- 1Player receives with back to goal, turns around the pole and shoots.
- 2Alternate turning left and right.
- 3Ten shots each side.
- 4A shadow defender applies half pressure and can win the ball only after the first touch.
Coaching points
- -Take the turning touch into the shooting foot
- -Shoot within two touches
- -Keep the shot low and across the keeper
- -Take the touch away from pressure
- -Protect the ball with the far foot and body
Common mistakes
- -Too many touches before the shot
- -Turning into the pole
- -Shooting straight at the keeper