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Wall Pass and Bury It

Train striking from range after a combination. The one-two creates the shooting position, and the player has to set the ball on the return and strike cleanly from twenty metres rather than taking touches toward goal.

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Duration
15 min
Total drill time
Players
9
Recommended
Pitch
Full Pitch
Setup space
Level
Intermediate
Skill required
Intensity
High
Physical demand
Age band
U15-U16
Any format

Setup & instructions

Set two pairs of mannequins either side of the goal to make mirrored channels, with a full goal and keeper. Four players work each side. The sequence is: play the ball back, receive it and play forward past the mannequins, take the return first time, and strike from around twenty metres. Both sides run simultaneously with several balls, so a shot is always going in. Rotate so every player takes the strike, and insist the shooting distance does not creep closer.

Setup time: 2 min

Tactical breakdown

The twenty metre strike is the shot that disappears from youth football first. It disappears because it is the one most likely to miss, and missing is uncomfortable, so players take another touch and look for something closer. By the time they are seniors, a whole side can be reluctant to shoot from the edge of the box, which hands every defence the easiest job in the game: defend the eighteen yard line and wait.

This pattern exists to rehearse that shot and nothing else. The one-two around the mannequins is not there to be clever, it is there to deliver the ball to a player who is facing goal, moving forward, and twenty metres out. That is a specific situation and it deserves specific practice, because striking a moving ball from range with a defender arriving is a different technique from side-footing one in from eight yards.

The detail that decides everything is the setting touch. The return should arrive into the striker's stride, and one touch should put the ball slightly across his body so the swinging leg has room. Players who set the ball under their feet end up jabbing at it, which is why so many efforts from range go high and wide, and the correction is one touch earlier than where the problem appears.

The hardest part to coach is protecting the distance. Within ten minutes, unsupervised, the group will be shooting from fourteen metres, because it feels better and more of them go in. Marking the shooting line and holding players to it is the difference between this drill doing its job and becoming another close-range finishing exercise.

How to run this drill

  1. Return the ball into his stride. The wall player is setting up a shot, not just giving the ball back. It should arrive in front of the striker so he can run onto it and swing.
  2. One touch to set, then hit it. Two touches gives a closing defender the time he needs and lets the keeper set his feet. One touch across the body is all the preparation the shot needs.
  3. Set it across your body. The ball placed under your feet leaves no room for a full swing, which is why so many long shots end up jabbed and over the bar.
  4. Strike through it, not under it. Leaning back lifts the ball. Get the head and chest over it and hit through the middle with the laces to keep it down.
  5. Pick a corner. From twenty metres a keeper covers the middle without moving. Power alone is not enough at this range; the shot has to go somewhere he is not.
  6. Hold the shooting line. Groups drift closer to goal within minutes because it feels better and more go in. Mark the line and hold it, or the drill quietly becomes something else.

Coaching focus

FROM SESSION PLAN

Coaching points

  • The return comes back into your stride, not to your feet
  • One touch to set, then strike. Never two
  • Set the ball across your body so the strike has a full swing
  • Strike through the ball with the laces, keeping it below the bar
  • Hit the corners: from twenty metres the keeper covers the middle easily
  • Keep the shooting distance honest, do not drift closer between reps

Common mistakes

  • Taking touches toward goal, so twenty metres quietly becomes twelve
  • Setting the ball under your own feet, leaving no room to swing
  • Leaning back on the strike and putting it over
  • Aiming for power alone rather than a corner

Progressions & regressions

VARIATIONS

Progressions

  • First-time strike off the return, no setting touch
  • Add a defender who closes from the mannequin as the return is played
  • Alternate which foot the ball is set for

Regressions

  • Allow two touches to set the ball
  • Move the strike to fifteen metres while the technique is built
  • Remove the keeper so players commit to hitting the corners
Equipment
Mannequins×4
Tactical principles
long range shooting drillshooting from distance drillone two and shoot drillwall pass finishing drillstriking technique drillu15 shooting drillfinishing drill footballedge of the box shootingcombination and shootpower shooting drill
Audience
U15-U16

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