Soccer Drills

World Wide Soccer Drill #24
Here is an activity that works on individual attacking and defending. Start with four players and one ball. The playing area is 30 x 15 broken into thirds. One player is on the line separating the first two thirds and the second player is on the line between the second and third thirds and the third player is on the back line. The fourth player has the ball. See diagram below:

The attacking player starts with the ball and as soon as he enters the first zone the first defender can come forward. The attacking player tries to beat the defender with the dribble while the defender tries to slow down the attacker and if possible, win the ball. If the attacker beats the defender and gets into the second zone he then has to beat the second defender. If the attacker beats the second defender he then goes into the last third and tries to beat the third defender.

If a defender wins the ball, the attacker makes the transition to defender and the player who won the ball has to try to attack in the other direction. A defender can not leave the back line of the third they are defending until the attacker enters the third.

After a players has gone, the player who was the attacker becomes the third defender, the player who was the third defender becomes the second defender, the player who was the second defender becomes the first defender and the player who was the first defender becomes the attacker.

This activity works on individual attacking, moves, control, individual defending, transition, competitiveness and more.

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