Match: Goals Only from Outside the Box
5v5 with goalkeepers where only shots from outside the marked box count. Only the goalkeeper may stay in the box, except to follow up a saved shot.
- Age
- U11–Senior
- Players
- 10–14
- Duration
- 20 min
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Intensity
- High
- Area
- 40 × 30 m
- Type
- Integrated
- Approach
- Global
- Format
- Match
- Objectives
- Technical: Finishing
- Tactical: Decision making, Combination play
- Concepts worked on
- Technical:ShootingInterception
- Tactical:One-twoFinding free spaceCompactness
Training diagram
Legend
- Attacker
- Defender
- Goalkeeper
- Pass
- Run without ball
- Shot
- Ball
- Cone
- Goal
With the box closed to outfield players, the team has to create shooting chances from distance: move the defenders with quick passes, use one-twos to open a shooting lane and shoot with the first or second touch. Defenders learn to protect the edge of the box as a compact unit and block shots without diving in.
Objective
Create and take shooting chances from outside the box, and follow every shot for the rebound.
Organisation
- 40 × 30 m pitch with a goal and goalkeeper at each end.
- An 8 × 16 m box marked with cones in front of each goal.
- Two teams of four to six plus goalkeepers; plenty of spare balls in each goal.
How it works
- Normal match, but only the goalkeepers may enter the boxes.
- A goal only counts if the shot is taken from outside the box.
- After a save or a shot off the post, one attacker may enter the box to follow up; a rebound goal counts double.
- If a defender enters their own box, the attacking team gets a free shot from the edge.
- 4 × 4 minutes.
Coaching points
- Shoot as soon as you see a gap: first or second touch, low and hard.
- Set up the shot with the first touch out of your feet, towards the goal.
- Use a one-two or a quick switch to move the defenders and open a shooting lane.
- Always have a player ready to follow up the shot.
- Defenders: stay close together at the edge of the box and block the shot on your feet.
Progressions
- Two-touch limit.
- Only first-time shots count.
Regressions
- Bigger goals or smaller boxes.
- A neutral who plays with the team in possession.
Variations
- A goal from your own half counts triple.
Key principles
- See the goal, shoot.
- Open the shooting lane.
- Follow every shot.
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