Soccer Drills

World Wide Soccer Drill #13
Today’s activity is a fun warm up game that works on passing, receiving, vision and communication.

The size of the grid will vary depending upon the numbers involved as well as the level of the players but for now we will use a 25 x 25 grid with 14 players.

Start with two players each holding a bib. These two players are “it” in a simple game of tag. If either of the two “it” players tags another player, the player who was tagged gets the bib and becomes it. This should get all of the players moving a bit to start.

Next we add two balls into the grid. Any player, who has possession of a ball, can’t be tagged. The “it” players don’t try to steal the ball but rather they try to tag a player who doesn’t have a ball. This is where the passing, receiving, vision and communication come into play. If a player is being chased and is about to be tagged, a teammate with the ball should pass her the ball in order to give her safety. This will require the players with the ball looking to see who is in danger of being tagged. It will also require the players without the ball who are being chased to be running while looking for a ball and calling for it (just like they should be doing in a game).

With younger players or less experienced players you might want to start with them holding the balls and they can throw and catch using their hands and then progress up to using soccer skills.

While this is a very simple game and one that the players usually find quite enjoyable, it also allows the players to start off working on some extremely valuable skills at the same time.

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