Soccer drills

  • Player A begins slalom with ball between hats.
  • At 2nd hat, player B begins slalom without ball through hats.
  • Player C begins running motion around cones.
  • Players A and B attack.
  • Player C and the goalkeeper defend.
  • Finishing on goal.
Passing: A becomes C, B becomes K, K becomes A and C becomes B.

Duration: 8 minutes, while waiting their turn juggling the ball.

drawing Warming up
  • Player A begins slalom with ball between hats.
  • At 2nd hat, player B begins slalom without ball through hats.
  • Player C begins running motion around cones.
  • Players A and B attack.
  • Player C and the goalkeeper defend.
  • Finishing on goal.
Passing: A becomes C, B becomes K, K becomes A and C becomes B.

Duration: 8 minutes, while waiting their turn juggling the ball.

drawing Warming up
  • 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.

drawing Warm-up 5v5
  • 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.
drawing Body Control
Field 15 x 15 meters.
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.

Skills: dribbling, passing, taking on and passing, turning away from defender, targeted kicking, finding corners.
drawing Intermediate form 5v5
Players pass the ball diagonally and follow the ball.
drawing Fit obliquely
  • S1 gives pass to S2.
  • S2 dribbles to cones, makes 1x sharp angle, gives pass to S3.
  • S3 runs free, gets ball and finishes on goal.

  • With fixed goalkeeper then it stays, without goalkeeper then trapper takes the place of goalkeeper.
  • Goalkeeper goes rebound and handler takes ball and slides on, S1 goes dribbling.
  • Exercise can be done in two directions.
drawing Taking on, dribbling, cowering, pass, free running, taking on and kicking
  • S1 dribbles to cones. Makes 2x sharp angle and finishes on goal.
  • With fixed goalkeeper it stays, without goalkeeper trapper takes the place of goalkeeper.
  • Exercise can be done by free choice from 2 sides.
drawing Dribbling, cutting and finishing
  • At trainer's signal, both players start sprinting.
  • Blue must run around first pawn and Red runs straight through to tap Blue.
  • Red becomes Blue and flips over.
drawing Chase 1
Players pass the ball and and put it in front of the goal where the other player tries to finish at once.
drawing Passing, crosses and finishing.
Players start in 2 groups each at a diagonally opposite corner.
On signal they start the exercise.
  • As fast as possible over the hurdles, around the cone and duel 1v1. Trainer kicks ball into the field, sometimes with advantage or not.
  • Maximum of 20 seconds per duel.
drawing 1V1 frontal
  • The team stands ready in 2 groups behind a pawn. 
  • They are given an exercise by the trainer and do it 1x.  On the way back they run back and close behind. 
  • 2 players run at the same time. The next one leaves when the pair has passed the first hat. 
  • Exercises:

    1. Jogging 

    2. Knee-up

    3. Heel-to-belly

    4. Sideways left 

    5. Sideways right 

    6. Arms swing front

    7. Arms swing back

    8. Jump over caps with 2 feet at the same time

    9. Sprint to cap and back 

    10. Shoulder thrust and sprint