Cut inside and shoot
Wide players dribble at a cone defender, cut inside onto their stronger foot and shoot across the keeper. A favourite for wingers and inside forwards.
Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.
Set-up
- Queues on both wings, 25 metres from goal, with a cone defender at the corner of the box.
- Keeper in goal.
Equipment: Goal, cones, mannequin or cone defender, balls
How it works
- Dribble at the cone defender at speed.
- Cut inside with the outside or inside of the foot just before the cone.
- Shoot early across the keeper towards the far post.
Coaching points
- Attack the defender with pace, then change direction sharply.
- Set the ball out of your feet for the shot.
- Aim for the far post: rebounds fall for teammates.
Formations this drill suits
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Make it easier
- Shoot without the cut
- Closer cone
Make it harder
- Real defender
- Finish with a curled side-foot
- Option to go outside and cross instead
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