Defensive recovery, dribbling and shooting

Goal

Equipment

5 markers
2 cones (1 red, 1 yellow)
Enough balls
1 regulatory goal
12 vests (6 blue, 6 reds)

Preparation

Playing area: 40x35 meters
Players: 12 + 1 goalkeeper
Duration: 15 minutes
Series: 4 series of 3 minutes interspersed with 1 minute of passive recovery

Summary	Secondary Objectives
Exercise to train dribbling, defensive recovery runs and shooting	Dribbling, Shooting, 1v1 attacking, 1v1 Defending, Body shape, Feints and tricks, Shooting, 1 versus 1

Organization

Inside the playing area place a starting marker 35 meters from the goal. 10 meters from the marker, place 4 markers creating a 35x10 rectangle perpendicular to the goal. Place 2 cones about 15 meters away from the starting marker. Split the players into 2 teams using the vests. The players (eg. blues) stay at the starting marker with a ball each. The players (eg. reds) stay behind the side cones. The goalkeeper stays in goals

Description

On the coach call, either RED or YELLOW, the player in blue starts dribbling the ball towards the goal, while the first player in red in the line of the colour called by the coach starts a recovery run to stop the dribbler
The player in red has to reach the player in blue before he crosses into the outlined (with the markers) area
If the player in red reaches the blue player inside the area they start a 1 vs 1 game with the blue player attempting to beat the red defender and then shoot at goal

After the exercise the blue player, takes the ball and goes to the back of the line
In every series the 2 teams invert their roles

Rules

If the player in red doesn't reach the player in blue, the attacking player can shoot at goal once he's inside the box
If the player in red reaches the player in blue before he gets in the box, the round is over and the blue player goes back to the end of their line
The team with the greatest number of goals wins

Variations