1v1 with your back to goal
The attacker receives with a defender tight behind them and must turn or hold up the ball and shoot. The striker's toughest 1v1, made into a repeatable game.
Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.
Set-up
- Attacker on the edge of the box facing away from goal, defender right behind.
- Server 15 metres away with balls; keeper in goal.
Equipment: Goal, cones, balls
How it works
- Server passes into the attacker's feet.
- Attacker uses body and touch to turn and shoot, or lays off back to the server for a return.
- Defender tries to win it and pass back to the server.
Coaching points
- Feel where the defender is before the ball arrives.
- Spin off them when they're tight, protect the ball when they're not.
- Defender: tight, but don't let them roll you.
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Make it easier
- Defender passive
- Lay-off and return allowed every time
Make it harder
- Must shoot within 5 seconds
- Add a second defender covering
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