Left & Right shooting

Skill – Passing Receiving Shooting

Area – The third of the field in front to of the goal

Equipment – Two cones One ball for each player

Players – Whole team (6 players)

Procedure – Form two lines of players, each with a ball, about fifteen yards in front of and facing the goal. The coach stands about ten yards from the goal facing the two lines of players. In turn, the first player in line passes his ball to the coach. As the player passes the ball to the coach, the player runs off to the side of the coach to receives the return pass and then shoots at the goal. The line to the left of the goal (facing the goal) should shoot with their left foot and the line on the right should shoot with their right foot. After shooting and gathering their ball, players should alternate lines and therefore shooting feet. Keep track of how many points each kid scores. The kid with the most goals wins.

Key coaching points – Make sure that the pass to the coach is a good one and make sure thekids are shooting with the appropriate foot. Encourage shooting at the back post.

Variations – add a goalie

Comments – One of the big problems young soccer players have is that they are not capable of using both feet equally well. Work extra hard on a player’s weak side