Shooting on the Turn
Dribble at your cone, slip the ball past the inside, sprint around the outside — and hit the shot first time, no extra touch.
Turning quickly toward the goal is what earns the shot — square the hips fast and strike with the correct foot for your side.
Starting at Core — your team is set to mixed.
20 min tonight · Two lines
- Ages 9+
- Two lines
- 20 min as the drill is written
- Cones, balls, full-size goal
Grab Cones and a ball for every player.
Build Set two cones about 20 yards from the goal, about 10 yards apart.
Place A keeper in the full-size goal; the team split into two groups, one starting at each corner flag, every player with a ball.
- 1
Organize the players
Split the team into two groups, one at each corner flag, with a ball each. Point each line at the cone on its side.
“Two lines, ball each. See your cone? That's where the shot happens.”
- 2
Show the jobs
Walk one rep — dribble toward your cone; about 5 yards out, pass the ball to the inside of the cone and run around the outside; then shoot without taking another touch. The right-side line shoots left-footed, the left-side line right-footed.
“Dribble in. Five yards out — ball inside the cone, you go outside. Then hit it. No extra touch!”
- 3
Play
Alternate the lines — the first player in the other group starts the moment the shot is taken. Watch the prep pass around the cone, remind shooters to follow their shot, and keep the keeper honest on positioning.
“Around and hit it — then follow your shot! Next!”
Look for Hips squared to the goal quickly — the shooter coming around the cone already turned to face the target.
- 4
Switch and repeat
Switch the sides so everyone shoots with both feet — and make it a competition by keeping score of the goals.
“Swap lines — other foot now. And we're counting goals!”
If nobody can find the target, walk the cones in a few yards for a shorter shot, then move them back out as the strikes clean up.
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Why it works
The pass inside the cone and the run around the outside split the player from the ball for a step, so every rep asks for the real skill — arrive, square the hips to the goal quickly, and strike first time with the correct foot for your side.
What they learn
Shooting on the turn — a good prep pass, squaring the hips up fast, striking with the correct foot, and following the shot.
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.