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Half-turn pairs: peek over your shoulder, open your body, receive on the back foot and face forward. Pairs count clean turns.
Half-Turn Receive
Look over your shoulder, open your body, and receive on the back foot so you face forward.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth soccer coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Stand 5 steps from a wall with a cone gate behind you to one side.
Core: Turn on the first touch. Beat your own best out of 10.
- Ages
- 11 and up
- Time
- 10 min
- Players
- Just you
- Space
- Yard or field
- Bring
- Soccer ball, wall, 2 cones
- Level · skill
- Developing · Passing & Receiving
The steps
How it works
- Stand 5 steps from a wall with a cone gate behind you to one side.
- Pass to the wall. Before the ball comes back, look over your shoulder at the gate.
- Open your hips and receive with the foot farther from the wall.
- Play forward through the gate. Do 4 sets of 6, then switch sides.
Coaching point
Look, open up, receive on the back foot.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a level: Less (stand still), Core (turn on the first touch), More (a partner calls the side). Beat your own best out of 10.
Story
You are opening a door with your body so you can see the whole room.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own best out of 10. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
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