Shooting Relay

Aim: To improve shooting under pressure.

How: The shooting circle and preferably a goal will be needed for this drill. Otherwise set up a goal using 2 cones. Divide 6 players into 2 groups of 3.

1 group can be known as team A and the other as team B. Team A starts to the right of the goal, where the shooting circle line meets the back line. Team B lines up in the same place on the left side of the goal. A ball should be placed at the top of the shooting circle, equal distance from both team A and B.

A coach then shouts 'GO' or blows a whistle and the first player in each team runs as fast as they can around the outside of the circle, trying to reach the ball first. The player that gets to the ball first can then decide whether to shoot first time or dribble the ball further into the circle and then shoot.

The player that doesn't have the ball then becomes a defender and has to try and tackle the player with the ball. Each time a player scores they get a point for their team. The first team to 10 points wins. However after every 3 goes make the teams swap sides so each team plays from both sides.

Progressions:

Have the coach standing on the 25 yard line and feed the ball in as the players are running so they have to control a moving ball.
Teams start from different positions such as lying on their fronts, or sitting down.
Add a goalkeeper

Coaching Points: