By Matt Carroll
The infinity shooting circuit is a drill designed to create repetition in a game like setting for a longer period than you find in a normal shooting drill. Players receive from a variety of angles, in a variety of situations, and are forced to make quick decisions. The setup begins with three goals stacked back to back every 20 yards. The first goal should have no defenders arranged and one passer (a coach or player) to one side of the goal, and a goalie in the goal. The next should be the same with one defender prepared to one side of the goal, and the third the same but with two defenders. An attacker stands 20 yards away from the first goal and the line of other players stands behind him.
The drill starts with the coach/player with the passer playing a ball into in a way that is challenging to the attacking player. This may be a tossed or driven ball, or a hard pass, etc. and they should have limited touches. To increase the difficulty of this initial goal dummys or obstacles can be arranged and a touch restriction can be placed. After receiving, based on the rules in place for the first goal, the attacking player then tries to score a goal. After that players shoots the then move to the 2nd goal. The next attacker steps up and then attempts a shot. To create a tempo for players if the 2nd player can get set and score on the 2nd goal before the 1st player is able to complete a shot on target they are removed from the drill and go to the back of the line to try again.
The initial player then moves to the third circuit working in a 2v1 to get a shot off. After their final shot they return to the end of the line. This circuit continues until all players have completed the circuit the number of times required by the coach (3-4).
By Matt Carroll
