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Turn & Strike

Receive with back to goal, turn and shoot

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Turn & Strike is a 18-minute shooting drill for 6-16 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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Duration

18 min

Players

6-16

Pitch size

30 x 25 yards into one goal

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Turn & StrikeGKCS12330 x 25 yards into one goal

Turn & Strike — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 30 x 25 yards into one goal

Step 1 of 4Server plays firmly into the receiver's feet.

  1. 1. Server plays firmly into the receiver's feet.
  2. 2. Receiver turns with the first touch and shoots within two more.
  3. 3. Rotate server, receiver and retriever roles.
  4. 4. Rotation: Rotate server, receiver and retriever roles.
  • 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

  • -Receive with back to goal, turn and shoot
  • -Create a shooting angle with the first touch
  • -Strike quickly before defenders recover

Setup

  1. 1Server 25 yards from goal, receiver 20 yards out facing away.
  2. 2Goal with keeper, balls with the server.
  3. 3Queue behind the server.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1Server plays firmly into the receiver's feet.
  2. 2Receiver turns with the first touch and shoots within two more.
  3. 3Rotate server, receiver and retriever roles.

Coaching points

  • -Check shoulder before the ball arrives
  • -First touch into the shooting angle
  • -Set the body early, ankle locked
  • -Hit the target every time

Common mistakes

  • -Touch too heavy, losing the shooting chance
  • -Turning into the pressure
  • -Snatching at the shot

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