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Set PiecesIntermediate

Penalty Kick

Score from the spot under pressure. Pick a target before you start, keep a consistent run-up and a stable plant foot, strike cleanly with enough pace, and commit to the corner without changing your decision.

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Duration
14 min
Total drill time
Players
2
Recommended
Pitch
44 × 36 m
Setup space
Level
Intermediate
Skill required
Intensity
Low
Physical demand
Age band
U9-U10
Any format

Setup & instructions

Ball on the penalty spot, keeper on the line. The taker picks a corner, runs up consistently, and strikes low and firm just inside the post. Practise one repeatable routine before adding power or deception. Keep the keeper honest, and watch for a lean to aim the other way. Rotate takers and keepers.

Setup time: 1 min

Tactical breakdown

Penalties are missed for one reason far more often than any other, and it is not technique. It is changing your mind. A player who picks a corner on the walk up, then sees the keeper move and reconsiders during the run, arrives at the ball with no clear instruction and hits something in between. That is where the tame shot down the middle and the ball into the stand both come from.

So the first thing to practise is the decision, not the strike. Pick the corner before you place the ball, and commit to it regardless of what the keeper does. The one exception is a keeper who leaves early and visibly, and even then the change has to be made before the run-up starts, never during it.

The second thing is that low and hard just inside the post is the percentage ball. Top corners are almost unsaveable, which is why players are drawn to them, but the margin between the top corner and the crossbar is a few inches and the punishment for missing is total. Along the ground inside the post is a shot a keeper has to travel a long way to reach, and the miss, if it comes, is still on target.

The third is repeatability. Five or six steps, slightly to the side, the same every time. A run-up that changes under pressure is the tell that gives keepers something to read, and it is the part that goes first when a player is nervous.

How to run this drill

  1. Pick the corner before you place the ball. Decide on the walk up, not during the run. Once the ball is on the spot the decision is made and is not revisited, whatever the keeper does with his feet.
  2. Groove a consistent run-up. Five or six steps, approaching slightly from the side, identical every repetition. A run-up that changes under pressure is what keepers read.
  3. Plant the standing foot at the target. The non-kicking foot lands stable beside the ball and points where you intend the ball to finish. An unstable plant is the most common cause of a dragged penalty.
  4. Strike low and hard inside the post. Along the ground just inside the post is the percentage shot. The top corner is harder to save but far easier to miss, and the punishment for missing is absolute.
  5. Practise under a consequence. Take penalties tired, or with a scoreline attached, or in front of the group. A penalty struck in silence with no pressure trains the strike but not the decision.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • Pick your spot before you start and do not change it
  • Low and hard just inside the post is the percentage ball: the top corners are harder to save, but far easier to miss
  • Consistent run-up, five or six steps, slightly to the side
  • Plant foot stable beside the ball, pointing at your target
  • Enough pace that the keeper cannot reach it, but accuracy first
  • Watch the keeper: if they lean early, go the other way

Common mistakes

  • Changing your mind at the last moment and mis-hitting it
  • Too little pace, letting the keeper reach a well-placed kick
  • Aiming too close to the post and missing the target
  • An inconsistent run-up that throws off the plant and contact

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • Keeper allowed to move early to add pressure
  • Call the corner beforehand so accuracy is the only variable
  • Add a run of five in a row to build a repeatable routine

Regressions

  • Strike into an empty goal to groove the technique
  • Larger target zones in the corners
  • Walk the run-up and plant before striking at pace
Equipment
Cones×2
Full Goals×1
Markers×1
Tactical principles
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Audience
U9-U10

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