Soccer drills

• Positional defending needs to be very good
• Forcing opponent to play wide
• Take away ball
• Keep seeing the ball
• Without fouls preventing the scoring of the opponent
• Keeping an overview, seeing more than just direct opponent (covering your back)
• Working together (creating small spaces) to hold up the other party
• Start dribbling immediately
• Act fast, try to pass directly

• Both teams can score on a small goal
• When the ball is out, dribble in
• Dribble in at a back ball or corner kick

• 2 groups
• Both groups are on one side next to the goal. 
• 1 player plays the ball high/low (depending on level), to player 2 who is in a square at the edge of the penalty area. 
• Player 2 must check the ball in square and shoot. 
• Retrieves his own ball and connects at the row next to the goal. Player of the other team was waiting behind square, now moves up. 
• Must be done at high speed, otherwise it will be too static. 
• The team with the most goals wins. 

• Positional defending needs to be very good
• Forcing opponent to play wide
• Take away the ball
• Defend close to each other / mutual distances
• Recognize the right moment to attack the ball
• Active defense
• Game can move under pressure of the defenders

• Player 1 and Player 2 start dribbling at the same time. 
• At the end they pass through pawns to the other side. 
• The next player receives the ball and starts dribbling.

• Attackers can score in a big goal
• Defenders must intercept the ball ( prevention of goals)
• The middle player of the attackers starts with the ball and plays the ball to one side
• On the side, the outside player plays one-on-one with the defender, a cross follows with the center attacker and the outside player from the other side closing in on the goal.
• If the defenders get rid of the ball, the attackers turn and a new attacker plays the ball to the other side.
• When the defenders have intercepted the ball three times, the defenders switch between them

• Player 1 passes the ball to player 2. 
• Player 2 dribbles along the pylons, passes at the end to player 3. 
• Player 3 bounces the ball back to player 2, player 2 finishes. 
• Player 3 fetches the ball, 
• Runs over to stand on the spot of Player 1
• Player 1 to Player 2, 
• Player 2 to Player 3. 

• Player 1 does exercises on the ladder
• At the end of the ladder is a ball
• With the ball he dribbles along pylons that are wide spread (conditioning)
• At the last pylon he shoots at a small goal
• Get your own ball, shoot back to the end of the ladder
• If player 1 is at the end of the ladder, player 2 can begin 

• Scoring by dribbling across the goal line
• Playing out the situation through positional play
• Ball handling in position play
• Act fast, look for a pass directly
• Overview of the situations for moving the game and choosing the moment and direction of the passing action
• Cutting off the opponent's pass and shielding the ball
• Coaching defenders to cut off the line of the pass
• Defenders coach on giving back coverage (standing diagonally behind each other)

• Player 1 starts dribbling along 5 hats
• Then plays player 2 who waits by hat
• Player 2 bounces the ball back on player 1
• Player 1 finishes. 
• Player 2 fetches ball and joins the back of the line
• Player 1 runs to the pylon to bounce the ball back

• Dribble in large square
• Make small squares on the outside corners
• Name the small squares
• When calling the name, everyone must dribble to that square
• Eventually you can work with a knockout system, so that the last 2 get eliminated. 

2 teams

• The players have to play football 4 against 2 and must have replayed at least 3 times in the attack and a maximum of 10 times before scoring.
• When a ball is taken off/ touched/ crosses the line or a score is scored, there must be a switch between attacking and defending.  
• When there is no overplay, no scoring is allowed.