Shooting
Long Range Strikes
Strike accurately from 20-25 yards
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Long Range Strikes is a 15-minute shooting drill for 3-16 players, suitable for Under 11 to Adults at 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.
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Intermediate
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Full Squad
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Striking Technique
Duration
15 min
Players
3-16
Pitch size
Half pitch
Ability levels
Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Long Range Strikes — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · Half pitch
Step 1 of 3Server plays into the shooter who takes one set-up touch and strikes.
- 1. Server plays into the shooter who takes one set-up touch and strikes.
- 2. Alternate central, left and right starting positions.
- 3. Nine strikes each and score the round.
- Cones mark the area
- Full goal
- GK = goalkeeper
- C = coach serving, S = second server
- Ball
- Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Keeper distributes back to the server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Strike accurately from 20-25 yards
- -Create the shooting yard with the set-up touch
- -Shoot on sight when the space appears
Setup
- 1Full goal with a keeper.
- 2Shooting zone marked 20-25 yards out.
- 3Servers on both sides with balls.
Coaching instructions
- 1Server plays into the shooter who takes one set-up touch and strikes.
- 2Alternate central, left and right starting positions.
- 3Nine strikes each and score the round.
Coaching points
- -Set-up touch out of the feet at an angle
- -Non-kicking foot beside the ball
- -Strike through the middle for a low driven finish
- -Keep the chest over the ball
Common mistakes
- -Set-up touch too close to the feet
- -Trying to blast every shot
- -Head coming up at the moment of contact