Soccer drills
Rules:
- Game begins with attackers.
- Red attacks, blue defends.
- Blue scores on 6 passes.
- Blue compulsorily plays after 3 times or scores in one of the 2 small goals.
- Defenders press 100% 1v1.
- Attackers may only interrupt passes.
- Ball back on fouls.
- Players dribble through the square with ball on foot for 3 minutes.
- Active rest of 2 minutes.
- Players dribble through the square with ball on foot for 3 minutes.
During 1 and 3, different sub-tasks can be given on a whistle:
- stop & go
- sit on ball
- put ball in the air
- ball back and forth between feet
Size of square can be adjusted according to level of group: the higher level, the smaller the space.
- Players Red and Blue leave together from starting point with ball on foot to inside cones.
- At first cone ball on outside hand -on side of cone-.
- They walk shoulder to shoulder through the cones.
- They try to keep their ball on the hand without it falling.
- Speed does not play a role, coordination and body control do.
- After last cone walk back with ball on foot.
- Rejoin your row.
Field 15 x 15 meters.
Goal 5 x 2 with 5 cones: outer 2 = 5 pt, next to them = 3 pt, middle = 1 pt
Goal 5 x 2 with 5 cones: outer 2 = 5 pt, next to them = 3 pt, middle = 1 pt
- Player A starts next to own goal and dribbles ball in through gate.
- Diagonal pass to player B.
- Player B takes on plays through to player C.
- Player C turns left or right away from defender or cone in his back.
- Player C shoots at goal and tries to score as high as possible.
Whoever gets the most points after several rounds of this exercise wins!
Passing through: A to B, B to C, C takes ball and joins on other side of goal. There the same exercise in mirror version.
Passing through: A to B, B to C, C takes ball and joins on other side of goal. There the same exercise in mirror version.
Skills: dribbling, passing, taking on and passing, turning away from defender, targeted kicking, finding corners.
- 5v5
- Players face each other next to pots of A.
- Distances 5 meters between A and B, 8 meters between both B's.
Exercise:
Player blue and red leave simultaneously with ball on foot from A to B, stop ball there, walk to opposite B and take ball from colleague there with foot to pots A.
Player blue and red leave simultaneously with ball on foot from A to B, stop ball there, walk to opposite B and take ball from colleague there with foot to pots A.
Variant 1:
- Player blue leaves with ball on foot, at the same time player red leaves without ball.
- At potty B blue passes to red who accepts and passes back to blue.
- Blue pulls ball under him, turns around and dribbles back to A.
- Player red turns around from B and runs to A.
- Then same, but player red with ball and player blue without. Alternate each time.
Variation 2:
- Both players dribble with ball on foot to each other, cut each other off and run on to opposite A.
- Change feet each time, so first e.g. pass on left and next time on right, etc.
- 5v5
- Players face each other next to pots of A.
- Distances 5 meters between A and B, 8 meters between both B's.
Exercise:
Player blue and red leave simultaneously with ball on foot from A to B, stop ball there, walk to opposite B and take ball from colleague there with foot to pots A.
Player blue and red leave simultaneously with ball on foot from A to B, stop ball there, walk to opposite B and take ball from colleague there with foot to pots A.
Variant 1:
- Player blue leaves with ball on foot, at the same time player red leaves without ball.
- At potty B blue passes to red who accepts and passes back to blue.
- Blue pulls ball under him, turns around and dribbles back to A.
- Player red turns around from B and runs to A.
- Then same, but player red with ball and player blue without. Alternate each time.
Variation 2:
- Both players dribble with ball on foot to each other, cut each other off and run on to opposite A.
- Change feet each time, so first e.g. pass on left and next time on right, etc.
- Goals at 8 meters from center -cone-.
- Players start simultaneously from the 4 goals, ball at foot to about 2 to 3 meters from the opposite goal and then finish.
- They recover their ball and run around the cone to the right of the goal, to the next one and rejoin there.
Variation 1:
- Players dribble up to the cone in the middle, hold ball still under foot and pull it under then turn and finish themselves into their departure goal.
- They recover their ball and run around the cone to the right of the goal, to the next one and reconnect there.
Variation 2:
- From goals 1 and 3 the main exercise and from 2 and 4 the variant 1.
- Ball recovery and passing as previous variants.
It is a 1 against 1 exercise where the defending blue side plays the ball in to the attacking red side and the latter thus looks for a 1 against 1. Blue has the task of defending 2 goals.
Rules
- When you have gone, you switch sides
- Score over the center line
- If the defender has the ball or shoots, it is finished
Points of attention
- Let the attacker pace and use body movements
- Let the defender defend forward
A game of 4 against 4 in which you have to play at high speed.
You may be short a player, add a chameleon or make it 3 against 3. The loser does 10 push ups.
You may be short a player, add a chameleon or make it 3 against 3. The loser does 10 push ups.
Points of attention:
- Make sure they play at a high tempo
- Explain the best way for them to run free. Put the game on hold for a while.
- Make sure they put high pressure
2 vs. 1 played at high tempo. The defender blue plays into the attackers red and so the 2 v 1 begins.
Points of attention:
- Attackers moving around a lot
- Defenders in good position
- Attackers make speed
See video
- Players face each other next to pots A.
- Distances 5 meters between A and B.
- 8 meters between both B's.
Exercise:
- Player blue and red leave at the same time with ball on foot from A to B.
- Lay off the ball there.
- Walk to opposite B and there take ball with foot from other player.
- Then they take the ball to pot A.
Variation:
- Player blue leaves with ball on foot, at the same time player red leaves without ball.
- At potty B, blue passes to red who accepts and passes back to blue.
- Blue pulls ball under him, turns around and dribbles back to A.
- Player red turns around from B and runs to A.
- Then the same, but player red with ball and player blue without. Alternate each time.
