Game version
Set-and-score duo: a partner passes, you set the ball with one touch and shoot into the small goal. Swap and keep one pair total.
Set It and Shoot
A striker’s first lesson: one touch to set the ball, then shoot into a corner.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth soccer coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Start 5 steps from a small goal.
Core: A step in. Beat your own best out of 10.
- Ages
- 7 to 10
- Time
- 8 min
- Players
- Just you
- Space
- Yard or field
- Bring
- Soccer ball, small goal or 2 cones
- Level · skill
- Beginner · Shooting
The steps
How it works
- Start 5 steps from a small goal.
- Take one touch out of your feet toward the goal.
- Pick a corner and pass it in with the inside of your foot.
- Do 5 with each foot and count your goals.
Coaching point
One touch to set, then aim.
Safety: Make sure nobody is standing near the goal, the wall or the target before you strike.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a level: Less (stand still), Core (a step in), More (a quick turn first). Beat your own best out of 10.
Story
You are a goal-scoring wizard: one touch to set the spell, one to cast it.
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
Print it now, or save it free
Free for families and teams
Save this drill to your child or team, free
Sign up and the free soccer week for this age opens in your child's planner, kept to healthy limits. A coach can send this drill to the whole team as homework, and parents see every session logged.
14 days free for a family, no card · Running a team is always free
Does your child's coach know about this?
An email from you to the coach, with the words ready. Nothing is tracked and nobody is rewarded.