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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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 recapture their ball and run around the cone to the right of the goal, to the next one and rejoin there.
Variation:
- Players dribble up to the cone in the middle, hold ball still under foot and pull it under then turn around and finish in their departure goal themselves.
- They recapture their ball and run around the cone to the right of the goal, to the next one and reconnect there.
- There will be 4 rows of hats, each spaced 10 meters apart. As many lanes as you have pairs.
- Each lane has a 2-pair with 1 ball.
- Players line up at the first 2 rows of hats.
- The ball is at blue's sideline. This passes across the ground to red. This passes back across the ground and runs backwards to the next hats.
- Now blue passes with a firmer pass to red. This one passes back firmly and runs backwards to the last row of hats.
- Then blue passes to red with a high ball and runs himself to the row of hats closest to red.
- Now red stays on the back line and blue runs backwards to the next row of hats after each pass.
Pay attention to good kicking technique and good ball-taking.
