Receiving
Half Turn & Scan Receiving
Check the shoulder before receiving
Receiving
First Touch
Possession
Half Turn & Scan Receiving is a 15-minute receiving drill for 3-15 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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First Touch
Possession
Technical Practice
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Intermediate
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Minimal Equipment
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Scanning
Body Shape
Duration
15 min
Players
3-15
Pitch size
20 x 10 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Half Turn & Scan Receiving — Marked area · 20 x 10 yards
Step 1 of 4Server passes in, middle player scans then receives on the half turn.
- 1. Server passes in, middle player scans then receives on the half turn.
- 2. Play forward to the far server through a gate.
- 3. Eight reps then rotate every player.
- 4. Rotation: Rotate every player.
- Cones mark the area
- Ball
- C = coach / server
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Check the shoulder before receiving
- -Receive on the half turn to play forward
- -Escape a marker with the first touch
Setup
- 1Server at each end of a 20 yard channel.
- 2Middle player with a passive marker behind.
- 3Cone gates either side of the middle player.
Coaching instructions
- 1Server passes in, middle player scans then receives on the half turn.
- 2Play forward to the far server through a gate.
- 3Eight reps then rotate every player.
Coaching points
- -Scan twice before the ball arrives
- -Back foot touch away from the marker
- -Body sideways on, never square
- -Arm out to feel where the defender is
Common mistakes
- -Receiving with a square body
- -Heavy first touch straight to the defender
- -Looking only at the passer