Shooting
Shooting Stations
Strike the ball cleanly with the laces
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Shooting Stations is a 18-minute shooting drill for 6-18 players, suitable for Under 5 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.
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Skill Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
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Full Squad
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Goals Needed
Duration
18 min
Players
6-18
Pitch size
Half pitch into one goal
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Shooting Stations — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · Half pitch into one goal
Step 1 of 4Player takes a positive touch out of the feet and shoots first time after.
- 1. Player takes a positive touch out of the feet and shoots first time after.
- 2. Rotate stations every three minutes.
- 3. Collect balls between rounds to keep the tempo high.
- 4. Rotation: Rotate stations every three minutes.
- 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 the ball cleanly with the laces
- -Shoot early and on target
- -Create shooting habits from different angles
Setup
- 1Three shooting cones at 16-20 yards: left, central, right.
- 2Goal with a keeper, balls at each station.
- 3Queues no longer than four players.
Coaching instructions
- 1Player takes a positive touch out of the feet and shoots first time after.
- 2Rotate stations every three minutes.
- 3Collect balls between rounds to keep the tempo high.
Coaching points
- -Non-kicking foot alongside the ball
- -Ankle locked, strike through the middle of the ball
- -Head steady, body over the ball to keep it down
- -Pick the corner before the shot
Common mistakes
- -Leaning back and lifting the shot
- -Taking too many touches before shooting
- -Aiming straight at the keeper