A competitive shooting game (Dan's own). Two teams, one goal with a keeper. Each turn a player gets two shots fed from behind the goal. Score none and you are in the sin bin; score one and you go to the back of your queue; score both and you choose: send an opponent to the sin bin, or free one of your own team-mates. A team wins when the other team has no players left.
Young (U5 to U8)Mid (U9 to U13)Older (U14 to U18)Shooting & finishingFun & gamesGoalkeeping
Created by Danny Jordan
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In play
The setup
Step by step
1
A player steps out; the server feeds two balls (one at a time) from behind the goal, about 15 to 18 yards out: (1) take a touch then shoot, (2) first time, no touch.
2
Score none of the two and you go to the sin bin. Score one and you go to the back of your own queue.
3
Score both and you choose: send an opposition player to the sin bin, or bring one of your own players back out of it.
4
Two teams take turns. The winning team is the one that eliminates the other: when a team has every player in the sin bin with none left out, the team that still has players standing wins.
Age group
Young (U5 to U8), Mid (U9 to U13), Older (U14 to U18)
Duration
10 to 20 mins
Players
8 or more, two teams, plus a goalkeeper
Area
Shooting zone about 15 to 18 yards from goal
Equipment
A goal, plenty of balls, bibs for two teams, cones to mark the sin bin
FA Four Corners: what this develops
Technical / TacticalPsychologicalPhysicalSocial
Objective
A fun, competitive finish: take your two chances well, strike cleanly off a touch and then first time, and earn the right to bin an opponent or rescue a team-mate.
Set up
One goal with a goalkeeper (rotate two keepers if they want a turn each). A feeder, usually a coach, stands behind the goal line with a supply of balls. The two teams queue around 15 to 18 yards out, nudged in or out for age. A marked 'sin bin' area off to the side holds the players who are out.
Coaching points
Shot one: a positive first touch out of your feet, then shoot, do not take too many touches.
Shot two: get your body set early so you can strike it first time, laces through the middle of the ball.
Check the keeper's position before you shoot and pick your spot.
Head still, eyes on the ball at contact, then follow your shot in.
Keep the queue loud and competitive, it is a game.
Progressions
Move the shooting line out for older players, in for younger ones.
Weak foot only, or alternate feet across the two shots.
Shot two is served moving across the box (a cutback) to make first-time striking harder.
Two keepers compete: whoever concedes fewer stays in goal.
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PENN & Tylers Green produced a commanding first-half performance away at Northwood on Tuesday evening, as Matty Ayres struck twice and captain Jamie Essex also found the net.
