Soccer drills
- Remark:
- 2 goalkeepers constantly alternate, every 5 balls.
- Finishing exercise.
- Reaching the goal through clean passing.
- Sequence:
- Pass.
- Turn up + pass.
- Turn up + pass.
- Handball.
- Pass.
- Finish.
- Logical turn-around, deflecting striker picks up the ball from the player who shot.
- The player who shoots immediately rejoins as a central handball player in the dot.
- Comment:
- 4 players from JO17-1 join position play JO19-1.
- That leaves 10 players. (incl. 2 goalkeepers)
- Passing exercise:
- Combination of short passing, handball, opening up, and shifting play.
- Double teaming at the pawns.
- Trainer may join in so that the exercise continues due to the number of players.
- Sequence:
- Pass - handball - check + cross ball - check + short pass - handball - tight low ball - dribble.
- Logical passing.
- Duration
- approx 15 min
- Distances:
- 5 mtr by 5 mtr
- Explanation:
- Playing around the ball or hitting it outside the lines is changing with the hunter.
- If the ball is played between the 2 hunters, they stay in the middle for 1 turn longer.
- Coach moment:
- 4 players must close between the lines where the ball is.
- When the ball is played in, pay attention to opening up immediately and keep calm.
- 2 large goals at 35 metres.
- 3 variants:
- Cross ball - check + cross - finish.
- Passing to striker - handball - finish.
- Passing to striker - short combination - finish.
- Make pairs.
- 1x circuit passing. (5m, 10m, 20m, 30m)
- Approach from 5m, stand still on 1 leg, rebound.
- Sideways movement, standing still + bouncing.
- Keeping high within 5m.
- Rondo set-up
- Exercises: (3x circuit)
- Push up (10)
- Plank (1 min)
- Side plank liver (10x/2)
- Flutter kicks (30 sec)
- Side twist (with ball)
- Elbow Lever (try)
- Duration:
- Residual.
- Width:
- 16 mtr area.
- Length:
- 30 mtr.
- At end of length 2 small goals.
- Teams:
- Defence plus midfielders with goalkeeper.
- Attack plus midfielders score big goal.
- Distance:
- Round up from 16 onwards and build up from there.
- All at 10 mtrs distance.
- Duration:
- 20 minutes.
- Elaboration:
- Same as pass form.
- A to B.
- B to C.
- C to D.
- D lays wide and C rounds off.
- Duration:
- After each exercise a series of 1x.
- Distance:
- 10mtr between each pylon.
- Explanation:
- Sprint to the pylon.
- After every pylon, move 1 pylon further.
- Coach moment:
- Make sure your arms are bent forward.
- Make sure they move along the body while running but arms remain bent.
- Duration
- Approx 15 min.
- Distances:
- 8 mtr by 8 mtr.
- Explanation:
- Playing around the ball or hitting it outside the lines is changing with the hunter.
- Coach moment:
- Four players must close between the lines where the ball is.
- When the ball is played in, it is important to open up immediately and keep calm.
- Place pylons as shown in the picture.
- Players on pylon 1, pylon 2 and pylon 3.
- Player 2 runs round the pylon, calls and offers. (practise running free from man).
- Player pylon 1 plays in and player pylon 2 rebounds.
- Player pylon 2 walks up to pos 1 2 or 3 to choose place to finish.
- Player pylon 1 passes to player pylon 3.
- Player pylon 3 sends a tailored cross to the chosen place of player pylon 2.
- Player pylon 2 takes over or finishes directly on the chosen spot.
Preparation:
- Make groups of 2 for this passing warm-up, with 1 ball per group of 2.
- The players with ball line up, on the sideline. The other players stand opposite to eachother, about 6 meters from the player with ball.
Exercise:
- Player A dribbles forward, while player B jogs backwards across the field.
- As the players jog across the field, player A passes the ball to B, who passes back to A, just until they reach the opposite sideline.
- The roles reverse when the players reach the other side of the field. Player A then runs backwards to the line where they started.
Variation possibilities:
- alternate from right foot to left foot.
- try to apply one hit
- focus on quality over speed, it's not a race.