Shooting
Turn And Shoot Gate: Tempo Clock
Turn quickly and shoot
Shooting
Receiving
Finishing
Turn And Shoot Gate: Tempo Clock 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.
Back to drill libraryShooting
Receiving
Finishing
Skill Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Full Squad
Agility Kit
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Speed of Play
Tempo
Competitive
Duration
15 min
Players
4-14
Pitch size
30 x 25 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Turn And Shoot Gate: Tempo Clock — 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. The ball must reach the end action inside six seconds or the rep restarts.
- 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.
- 4The ball must reach the end action inside six seconds or the rep restarts.
Coaching points
- -Take the turning touch into the shooting foot
- -Shoot within two touches
- -Keep the shot low and across the keeper
- -Pass with pace and intent
- -Move before the ball arrives, not after
Common mistakes
- -Too many touches before the shot
- -Turning into the pole
- -Shooting straight at the keeper