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Soccer drills

  • 2 large goals at 35 metres.
  • 3 variants:
    • Cross ball - check + cross - finish.
    • Passing to striker - handball - finish.
    • Passing to striker - short combination - finish.
drawing Finishing
  • Make pairs.
  • 1x circuit passing. (5m, 10m, 20m, 30m)
  • Approach from 5m, stand still on 1 leg, rebound.
  • Sideways movement, standing still + bouncing.
  • Keeping high within 5m.
  • Rondo set-up
  • Exercises: (3x circuit)
    • Push up (10)
    • Plank (1 min)
    • Side plank liver (10x/2)
    • Flutter kicks (30 sec)
    • Side twist (with ball)
    • Elbow Lever (try)
  • Duration: 
    • Residual.
  • Width: 
    • 16 mtr area.
  • Length: 
    • 30 mtr.
    • At end of length 2 small goals.
  • Teams: 
    • Defence plus midfielders with goalkeeper.
    • Attack plus midfielders score big goal.




drawing build up exercise 1
  • Distance: 
    • Round up from 16 onwards and build up from there. 
    • All at 10 mtrs distance.
  • Duration: 
    • 20 minutes.
  • Elaboration: 
    • Same as pass form. 
    • A to B. 
    • B to C.
    • C to D.
    • D lays wide and C rounds off. 
drawing Finishing 1
  • Duration: 
    • After each exercise a series of 1x. 
  • Distance: 
    • 10mtr between each pylon.
  • Explanation: 
    • Sprint to the pylon. 
    • After every pylon, move 1 pylon further.
  • Coach moment: 
    • Make sure your arms are bent forward.
    • Make sure they move along the body while running but arms remain bent.  
drawing sprint 50mtr solo
  • Duration 
    • Approx 15 min.
  • Distances: 
    • 8 mtr by 8 mtr.
  • Explanation: 
    • Playing around the ball or hitting it outside the lines is changing with the hunter.
  • Coach moment: 
    • Four players must close between the lines where the ball is. 
    • When the ball is played in, it is important to open up immediately and keep calm.

       

drawing 4:1 4:2
  • Place pylons as shown in the picture.
  • Players on pylon 1, pylon 2 and pylon 3.
  • Player 2 runs round the pylon, calls and offers. (practise running free from man).
  • Player pylon 1 plays in and player pylon 2 rebounds.
  • Player pylon 2 walks up to pos 1 2 or 3 to choose place to finish.
  • Player pylon 1 passes to player pylon 3.
  • Player pylon 3 sends a tailored cross to the chosen place of player pylon 2.
  • Player pylon 2 takes over or finishes directly on the chosen spot.


drawing finishing exercise, running in spaces and choosing a way to finish from 3 possible spots

Preparation:

  • Make groups of 2 for this passing warm-up, with 1 ball per group of 2.
  • The players with ball line up, on the sideline. The other players stand opposite to eachother, about 6 meters from the player with ball.

 

Exercise:

  • Player A dribbles forward, while player B jogs backwards across the field.
  • As the players jog across the field, player A passes the ball to B, who passes back to A, just until they reach the opposite sideline.
  • The roles reverse when the players reach the other side of the field. Player A then runs backwards to the line where they started.

passing-exercise-jogging-backwards


Variation possibilities:

  • alternate from right foot to left foot.
  • try to apply one hit
  • focus on quality over speed, it's not a race.
  • 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

  • The players form 3 groups
  • 2 players stand by 1 pilon and the other opposite.
  • The first of the two players receives the balls and plays the player across from her right in the feet. Then this one sprints to the player and stands by the pilon. 
  • The other takes the ball and plays the ball to the one opposite.  
  • This repeats itself.
  • Because they work in 3 pairs, they are nice and active. 
  • Variation:
  • There is dribbling with the ball at the foot.
  • Pawns as on picture
  • Chase the ball
  • 2 variants
    • With handball after running in
    • With turning and passing
  • Note two roles for 1 player: handball and passer and then playable again for attack.


drawing Position pass exercise with rounding 2 variants