Soccer drills

• Make a square with pylons in which butter cheese and eggs can be played
• form two groups
• use 6 jackets, 3 yellow and 3 green
• Play butter cheese and eggs with the jackets 

In King Football, the players learn to pass well. 

• 2 teams
• Per team 1 King
• 1 ball per team. (variation 1 ball if a game is played)
• The teams move in the field in a square. 
• The intention is that the ball is played over 3 times within your own team and then shot to the King. 
• When the King takes it, there is a point for that team.
• First, they practise within the team and then they play against each other. 
• When the ball is taken away, it has to be counted again.

Field setup:

Set up 2 x 2 pawns per group of 2 players. Every 2 players get 1 ball.

Gameplay:

The ball is thrown up by one player and kicked back by the other. The following variants must be practised.

Variants:

• Head the ball back into the hands of the player.
• Head the ball over the player.
• Head the ball through the ground towards the player.
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Tips:

• Make sure you head from your neck and don't just let the ball bounce on your head.
• Always tighten your arm muscles and move your head towards the ball.

BRIDGE

Starting position

• Lie on your back.
• Bend your knees to 90 degrees and put both feet flat on the ground.
• Your arms lie along your body with your palms down.

Action

• Tighten your buttocks and belly.
• Lift your buttocks off the ground to form a straight line with your knees, hips and shoulders.

Difficulty

• To add a bit of weight to this exercise: stretch your right and left leg alternately, keeping your hips in position.

• Hold each others right arm en bend through the knees in a squat position
• Do the same with the left arm

• Each player stand at a pylon
• Playing by calling a name first
• The exercise is made more difficult by touching the ball with a maximum of 2 or 3 times.

• 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