Football drill to practise turning with the ball
It's impressive when you see footballers receive the ball with their backs to goal and in a quick movement, turn with the ball to either shoot or run at the defence. But you can get your team practising these skills with the help of this football drill.
How to run football drill
- Using the diagram above, the striker receives the ball, turns to his left (particularly if he is right footed) and moves to the first cone and sprints with the ball to the second cone.
- You need to get players A and B serving the ball in so he gets used to the ball coming from different angles.
- A and B – 10 yards apart – serve to the striker.
- He comes forward collects and turns to his left.
- Then sprints between two cones – five yards away.
- The two cones should be no more than three yards apart.
How to advance the drill
Keep the dimensions the same, but tell your striker to turn to his right, using either the outside of his right foot, or even better his left foot – usually his weaker foot – to control turn and sprint through the two cones.
Key football coaching tips
What you want to see is a tight turn so players are under pressure to take good control of the ball. Make sure the players get the ball out of their feet as they turn – it should only take two touches of the ball to turn, then shoot, pass or run with it.
Click the link to see football coaching tips for passing and receiving skills.