The Shooting Square
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Description
•Set up game with 4 shooters (A, B, C, D), 4 Servers (Corner passers), and 4 ‘Shaggers’ (behind each goal)
•Shooters ‘A’ and ‘B’ check towards opposite corners of the field, receive a pass from the server, turn, and shoot with as few touches as possible.
•After their shots are taken shooters ‘C’ and ‘D’ repeat the sequence while ‘A’ and ‘B’ get ready to go again.
•After a set time, shooters become shaggers, shaggers passers, and passers shooters.
Variations:
-There are many possibilities use your creativity.
-After receiving the ball, shooter passes to a target at the other end of the field, who lays it back to the shooter, who takes a first time shot on goal.
-Play the ball to a server on the sideline, who dribbles down the line and crosses it into the shooter.
-Shooters and passers play a ‘give & go’ . . . the passer plays it in, then ‘goes’, receives the pass back, and shoots.
Coaching Points
•Good shooting technique: Ankle locked, Toe pointed, Hit top half of ball, Proper follow through, Plant foot pointing towards target, etc.