Indoor Shooting
Two lines work opposite walls at once — one wall-passing around a row of cones into a shot, the other slaloming through cones into a give-and-go with you and a shot.
One indoor lap touches everything — dribbling, passing, playing off the walls — and both lines finish the way every attack wants to, with a shot on goal.
10 min tonight · Two groups, plus goalkeepers
- Ages 4+
- Two groups, plus goalkeepers
- 10 min as the drill is written
- Cones, balls
Grab Cones — four for the wall-pass row, 6 to 8 for the slalom — and a ball for every player.
Build Along one side, set four cones about 4 to 5 feet off the wall and about 5 yards apart, stretching about three-quarters of the field. On the opposite side, set 6 to 8 cones in a line to dribble through.
Place Two even groups on opposite corners of the field, everyone with a ball, and goalkeepers in the goals.
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Organize the players
Split the team into two even groups on opposite corners of the field, everyone with a ball. Put the goalkeepers in the goals, and take your spot where the slalom ends — the dribblers' pass comes to you.
“Two lines, opposite corners, ball each. This side works the wall, that side works the cones — and I'm your wall over here.”
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Show the jobs
Walk both jobs — on the wall-pass side, dribble toward the first cone, knock the ball off the wall around it, collect it on the run, and continue cone by cone until the last one is wall-passed; then take one touch toward the goal and shoot on target. On the slalom side, start at the same time as the wall-passer, dribble in and out of the cones to the end, pass to the coach, take the return, and shoot on goal. Both players switch lines after their shot.
“Wall side — bank it around every cone, then one touch and finish. Cone side — weave through, hit me, take it back, and shoot. Then trade lines.”
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Play
Send players down both sides at once and keep the rhythm going. Watch for good control through the slalom, good pace on the ball off the wall, and a quick touch into a shot on target at the end.
“Firm off the wall — soft on the catch! Quick touch — on target!”
Look for The finish — a quick touch and a shot on target at the end of every run, no winding up and no waiting.
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Switch and repeat
Keep everyone alternating lines shot after shot so both jobs get worked. If you only have half of the field, run the wall passes on the sides and the slalom across the middle, finishing with a shot.
“Swap sides every time — wall, then weave. Everybody does both.”
If the wall passes keep running away, fix the pace into the wall — firm enough to come back, soft enough to collect on the run — and slow the line until it clicks.
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Why it works
The walls turn the whole floor into a passing partner — every rep strings dribbling, wall passes, and a finish together — and running both lines at once means nobody stands around waiting to shoot.
What they learn
Dribbling through cones with control, wall passes with good pace, and finishing — a quick touch and a shot on target.
Where does this come from?
SoccerXpert — their published drill library.
A published drill library. Useful and widely used, but not a governing body — so it fills gaps rather than leading.