Volleys from a hand-feed
A partner tosses the ball up and the shooter volleys at goal. A simple, safe way to practise clean contact on volleys and half-volleys.
Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.
Set-up
- Shooter 10 to 12 metres from goal; feeder a few metres to the side with balls in hand.
- Keeper in goal (or target zones if no keeper).
Equipment: Goal, balls
How it works
- Feeder lobs the ball softly at knee height.
- Shooter volleys first time at goal, aiming low.
- Swap after five; then try half-volleys (let it bounce once).
Coaching points
- Eyes on the ball, head over it.
- Point your toe down and lock the ankle.
- Small backswing: timing beats power.
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Make it easier
- Catch-and-drop half-volleys first
- Closer to goal
Make it harder
- Side-on volleys from a wide feed
- Feed from a throw-in
- Weak foot
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