Soccer drills
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 recapture their ball and run around the cone to the right of the goal, to the next one and rejoin there.
Variation:
- Players dribble up to the cone in the middle, hold ball still under foot and pull it under then turn around and finish in their departure goal themselves.
- They recapture their ball and run around the cone to the right of the goal, to the next one and reconnect there.
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.
Exercise revolves around keeping pace with the ball. Running through without the ball.
- Running through alphabetically (ABCDE).
- Exercise:
- A to E
- E drops to B (and E runs through outside)
- B to C
- C to D
- D in the run at E
- E finishes in (mini) goalmouth.
Both sides same exercise.
Conditional finishing in different match situations
Finishing form focused on finishing on goal.
The aim is to finish at a high tempo, while also addressing the conditional aspect.
Exercise:
Finishing form focused on finishing on goal.
The aim is to finish at a high tempo, while also addressing the conditional aspect.
Exercise:
- A dribbles to edge of 16 meters.
- A finishes.
- A sprints back to middle pylon and asks ball to B.
- B gives ball to A
- A rebounds to B.
- B works off.
- A sprints to 3rd pylon and asks ball to C.
- C rebounds ball to A.
- A gives deep ball to C.
- C sprints to side.
- C passes ball across the ground.
- A-B switch positions.
- A-B work off.
Coaching:
- Starting on time.
- Play the ball hard to the team-mate.
- Move on immediately.
- Goalkeeper in goal. All balls in starting zone.
- One player has free starting ball which is compulsorily played into Phase 1.
- After ball lands in Phase 1, starting player joins in box. This becomes 4v4.
- In the intermediate line is one player that the defending team is not allowed to enter. That is used to move the game from Phase 1 to Phase 2.
- The player in the intermediate line then joins in Phase 2 for a 3v3.
- If the defensive side takes the ball away then they set up the counter to the small goal.
- This remains 3v3 and 4v4, the boxes being the boundaries.
Does attacking take over the ball from defending then everyone recovers their position and we start again.
Goal:
Put intense pressure on the ball.
Conduct:
Put intense pressure on the ball.
Conduct:
- We play 4 against 4, rest of the players along the side
- 4 minutes of party play without rest
- ball out is asking players along the side
- players along the side also fetch the balls
Field size:
- 20 x 20
- 4 small goals
Coaching:
- ball out or goal, ask ball directly along side
- switch at ball loss
- direct pressure on the ball
Short form 1x hit and move on.
Exercise can be mirrored with large group. See green hats.
Exercise:
Exercise can be mirrored with large group. See green hats.
Exercise:
- A plays into B and moves through behind the 'V' past.
- B rebounds in the run back to A.
- B then makes running action behind C past.
- A plays to C
- C plays to D
- D passes to B
- B finishes in mini goal.
- D picks up the ball and connects with A
Conditional finishing with different match situations
Finishing form focused on finishing on goal.
The aim is to finish at a high tempo, while also addressing the conditional aspect
Exercise:
Finishing form focused on finishing on goal.
The aim is to finish at a high tempo, while also addressing the conditional aspect
Exercise:
- A dribbles to edge 16
- A finishes
- A sprints back to middle pylon and asks ball to B
- B gives ball to A
- A rebounds to B
- B Finishes
- A sprints to 3rd pylon and asks ball to C
- C rebounds ball to A
- A gives deep ball to C
- C sprints to the side
- C passes ball across the ground
- A-B change positions
- A-B work off
Coaching:
- start on time
- play hard on team-mate
- move on immediately
- Staircase 3 variants:
- Each step 1 step.
- Two feet in.
- Foot in foot out.
- Sprint pull up to pawn.
- Slalom around pawn with ball:
- 1x good foot.
- 1x alternate.
- 1x ball rolling under foot left and right.
- One-two with player.
- Dribble through and pass with scissors.
- Then round off.
The exercise goes as follows:
- 2 teams. One blue and one red.
- 1 player per team always dribbles around the caps and tries to score when they have been around the last cap.
- When successful, they may take a vest from their own team and run towards the square to put the vest down in 1 of the 9 squares.
- The team that has 3 in a row first wins.
- When the vests run out and no 3 in a row has been made, they must take a vest from the square and move it to another square.
Rules:
- No skipping caps.
- Only grab a vest when you have scored.
- 3 vests per team.
Variations:
- Make it a game after 7 minutes.
- Switch sides once.
- No skipping caps.
- Only grab a vest when you have scored.
- 3 vests per team.
Variations:
- Make it a game after 7 minutes.
- Switch sides once.
- Players divide among the cones
- Blue passes the ball to red and joins red
- Red passes the ball back to blue and jumps over the fences and then joins blue
Variation:
- Players pass the ball low
- Players pass the ball high
- K1 gets ball from trainer
- K2 puts pressure on K1
- K1 plays ball into 1 of 2 small goals
