Turn and Shoot with a Rebound
A striker receives with their back to goal, turns around a mannequin and shoots. A second server immediately plays a loose ball into the box to finish.
- Age
- U9–Senior
- Players
- 5–10
- Duration
- 12 min
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Intensity
- Medium
- Area
- 22 × 30 m
- Type
- Technical
- Approach
- Intermediate
- Format
- Circuit
- Objectives
- Technical: Finishing, Receiving / first touch
- Concepts worked on
- Technical:Directional first touchShooting
- Physical:Reaction speed
Training diagram
Legend
- Attacker
- Goalkeeper
- Pass
- Run without ball
- Dribble
- Shot
- Ball
- Cone
- Goal
- Mannequin
Strikers often receive with their back to goal and have a split second to turn and shoot. The second ball trains the reaction after the first shot — many goals are scored by the player who follows up. Two shots in a few seconds make this short, intense and very realistic.
Objective
Receive with back to goal, turn quickly to shoot, and react immediately to a second ball.
Organisation
- Full-size goal with goalkeeper. Mannequin 11 m from goal (a defender's position).
- Server 1 on the central cone 20 m out; server 2 on the side at the edge of the box.
- Strikers queue behind server 1.
How it works
- Server 1 passes into the striker, who is in front of the mannequin with back to goal.
- The striker turns around the mannequin with the first touch and shoots within two touches.
- Immediately after the shot, server 2 plays a pass into the box.
- The striker reacts and finishes the second ball first time.
- Striker becomes server 2, server 2 becomes server 1, server 1 joins the queue.
Coaching points
- Check your shoulder before the ball arrives to see the mannequin and goal.
- Open your body and turn with the first touch; don't stop the ball dead.
- Shoot early: low and hard across the goalkeeper.
- After the shot, don't watch — get ready for the second ball.
Progressions
- Replace the mannequin with a passive, then active defender.
- Second ball in the air (volley or header).
Regressions
- Striker starts facing sideways (half-turned).
- Remove the mannequin.
Variations
- Two strikers: one lays off to the other, who shoots; both attack the rebound.
Key principles
- Turn with the first touch.
- Shoot early.
- Follow every shot.
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