Soccer drills for technique attack / offense
A 1 vs. 1 exercise in which the defending red team plays the ball in to the attacking blue team.
- When the attacking blue side has the ball, it looks for a 1 vs. 1 with the player from team red.
- If either team scores, both players switch sides so player red goes to blue and player blue goes to red.
- It may be that a red player takes the ball away. In that case, they may score on team blue's small goal.
- Team blue must score on a big goal that also has a goalkeeper.
- The players keep track of their own points and the three who finish last do 10 push ups.
Game rules:
- Ball out are 2 new players.
- If the goalkeeper catches the ball, it is play on so it is a 2 against 1 situation.
- Goal is also 2 new players.
Points of attention:
- Make sure the attackers dribble in at a high pace.
- Make sure the defenders defend forward.
- Make sure the defenders have a good stance.
- Players on 1 side of goal next to post.
- 1 handball player-the trainer-at the height of 16 meters.
- Player must pass in tightly around handball player sprint maximum and finish.
- Let the player get the ball himself.
Keeper is in the goal standing just outside the 16. This is to add some surprise. He does know if the ball is coming over the left or right. But either striker can be the one finishing.
- We start at the number 10 position A.
- The attack is "dead" there, so we get the ball out and play back to our 6 B.
- Our 6 now looks for the half player at C or D.
- If C, takes on with the right and turns open and, possibly through the number 10, looks for the other side.
- If D, takes on with the left and turns open and searches, possibly via the number 10, the other side.
- The half player then plays into the box near the strikers waiting at the corners of 5 meter area.
- One of the players works off and joins A, the other striker remains standing.
Passing is done alphabetically. Positions D and C are double for turnovers.
- Ball starts in circle.
- Triangle player makes running action to the circle in the same color.
- So two consecutive circles are two offers/run actions.
- Dotted line is running line.
- Tight line is pass line.
- Player A passes to B
- B takes ball with furthest foot
- Dribbles through gate and finishes
- A runs through the gate on the other side
- A and B do a 1 versus 1 match
Players Blue:
Match-oriented positions:
Match-oriented positions:
A = Left back
B = Central defensive midfielder
C = Left half
D = Striker 1
E = Striker 2
- Left back plays into the left half.
- Central midfielder gets free in the axis and is played on by the left half.
- Striker 1 sinks out a bit for the handball.
- Striker 1 drops ball to left half.
- Striker 1 turns away so that ball could possibly be stabbed to him.
- Left half leaves depth ball and plays Striker 2 tight in foot.
- The rebounds him half deep to the incoming Striker 1.
- Striker 1 works off.
Players Red:
A = Central defensive midfielder
B = Left back
C = Left half
D = Striker 1
E = Striker 2
- Central midfielder plays into left half.
- Left half drops to left back.
- Striker 1 drops out.
- Left back plays into striker 1.
- Striker 1 drops to pass-through central midfielder.
- Central midfielder looks for striker two.
- Striker 1 gets under the ball.
- Striker two drops to Striker 1.
- Striker 1 finishes.
Always pass alphabetically.
Variation opportunity in advanced situations:
-Add a number 10 -see white player- to the situation to create additional opportunities.
-Have the left half run action into the corner to receive and cross as an additional opportunity.
- Two mini goals outside the box.
- Play team against team.
Exercise:
- Start on the back line.
- On "yes" from trainer, teams play the ball in tight and come in for the ball rebound.
- Hit the ball in one pass at pace into the mini goal.
- Whoever scores first or only gets the ball from the player standing between the mini goals for a quick 2 vs. 2 in the 16 yards.
- Player 1 passes the ball to player 2.
- Player 1 runs through and player 2 lays the ball wide.
- Player 1 passes the ball to player 3.
- Player 2 meanwhile has run on to the goal.
- Player 3 passes a cross to player 2 and and then player 2 finishes.
- The first player plays the ball deep to the second player.
- This second player then passes the ball.
- The first player finishes.
- Starting in circle center line.
- Number 10 offers but chooses which side.
- Other players must therefore pay close attention. Depending on that choice, we assume left at green hat or right at orange hat.
- In this example the green hat is on the left.
- Number 10 offers and passes the ball to number 6. He immediately passes to the right sacked striker.
- At the moment the sagging striker is played in, the other striker begins his run.
- The striker again has a choice:
- Dropping on the returning number 10
- Immediately play into the flank.
Continued if choice 1:
- Number 10 pokes the flank midfielder away by a deep pass towards the corner.
- The other flank midfielder starts his run to eventually end up at point 16, about the time the cross is going to be delivered.
The crosser then has 3 choices:
- First post -> run-through 'cross' striker.
- Second post -> passed flanker
- Edge 16 -> runaway sagging striker
Continued if choice 2:
- The sagging striker plays the ball tightly into the feet of the midfielder trapped on the touchline. The midfielder is then left with two options:
- A stab pass to the crooked second striker who has run out behind the sagging striker.
- An early cross toward the far point 16, here the other midfielder connects and lays the ball wide to the striker.
Goal:
- Improve building from behind
Contents:
- Improve building from behind
Contents:
- A does for action and asks for the ball from B
- B plays ball to A
- A plays ball to C
- D starts to run forward
- C passes ball in the run to D
- D finishes on the small goalmouth
- A = 6
- B = 3
- C = 3-4
- D = 2
Coaching:
- Communicate with your players
- Keep moving continuously
- See where your fellow players are standing
- Run on time
CAUTION!!!
Exercise is done in two groups so there is no need to stand still for long periods of time!
- Communicate with your players
- Keep moving continuously
- See where your fellow players are standing
- Run on time
CAUTION!!!
Exercise is done in two groups so there is no need to stand still for long periods of time!
This Exercise can be performed on both sides:
- Good handball
- Tight pass after it
- Lay wide edge 16
- After this round off on goal.
