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Soccer drills

  • 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.

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.
drawing Dribbling skills
  • 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.

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.
drawing Dribbling skills
  • 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.
drawing Dribbling skills
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
drawing 1 vs.
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.

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
drawing Party game 4 against 4
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
drawing 2 vs.
1st exercise:
  • You start the first exercise by playing the ball in.
  • The player accepts and passes it to the next player.
  • The player also runs after the ball so that each time someone is in the right place.
  • When you notice that it is too easy, you switch to the second exercise and it goes like this.
2nd exercise:
  • Player 1 plays into player 2. He then drops the ball to player 1 who then passes it to player 3.
  • Player 3 then drops it to player 2 and then player 2 plays diagonally to player 4 and so on.
Points of attention:
  • Have the players coach each other.
  • See if they are keeping track.
  • If it is too easy, increase the pace.
  • In exercise 2, then have the player really get under the ball when they get the ball back.
  • The players must offer themselves.
  • The players should ask for the ball.
drawing Pass kick
The purpose of this exercise is to play out of overtime.
  1. The 2 defenders of team red play the ball diagonally to a player of team blue.
  2. Then it is a matter of scoring and making sure they play out the overtal.
The teams just stay put and you have them switch sides after 6 minutes.
If the red team takes the ball away, they can score on a little goaltending by team blue.

Rules of play.
  • Ball out is switch.
  • Keeper the ball is play on.
  • Scoring is switching.
Points of Attention
  • Have the defenders defend on a line.
  • Let the attackers make runs.
  • Play the ball around at a high pace.
  • If they can shoot, they should shoot.
drawing Playing off overtime
Lines run:
  • Start on the back line.
  • Sprint to hat 5 meter line.
  • Back to back line, then to hat 16 meter line, back to back line again.
  • Then to hat head circle and back to back line, then to center line and full sprint to back line.
  • Take a breath and then do everything the other way around again.
drawing Warming up
Set out a field for 4 v 4. For example 20 meters wide by 30 meters long.
Create a center line and a goal area with pawns.

A party game 4 v 4 / 5 v 5 or 6 v 6 is played.
You can deepen the game by giving different assignments such as:

1. Free play; no other assignments beyond the normal rules of the game.
2. No goal may be scored until everyone has crossed the center line.
3. A goal may only be scored inside the goal area after an end pass.
4. Hitting 3 times.
5. Crossing an x-number of times before scoring is allowed.
6. Combination of the above.
drawing 4-on-4 with center line and goal area
Distances: compartments 3 by 3 meters.

  • Everyone stays in their box.
  • Red is going to try to score by shooting the ball into one of the goals.
  • The defender opposite the player with the ball steps toward him then to put pressure on the ball.
  • The other defenders step in to shield the pass line.
Variants:
Harder: make boxes smaller than 3 x 3 meters.
Easier: make boxes larger than 3 x 3 meters.
drawing Zone defense