Soccer Drills

World Wide Soccer Drill #7
Here is an activity that works on offensively looking for the shot and defensively, closing the player down quickly to get the attacking players head down.

The diagram below will use a 5 v 5 as an example but it could be as few as 6 players or as many as 20. 

Start with an area that is 40 x 50 with a goal on the end line and a 15 yard area closest to the goal. The 10 players are in the main part of the grid. See diagram below for set up.

The rules are that the X's need to get 3 passes before they can go to goal. Once they have their thee passes, they can go to goal. No one is allowed in the 15 yard area closest to the goal. All the X's have to do is get open enough to get a shot hit and since there is no keeper, if they can do this, they will most likely score. The defense is working on putting immediate pressure on the ball which will force the attacking player to put the head down making it more difficult to get a shot hit. If the O's win the ball, they need 3 passes in order to go to goal.

This game is great at emphasizing the important of getting the early pressure on the ball and also on providing a second defender for coverage. It also works on getting midfielders and forwards to look for early shots from a distance.

The next step is to add a second goal. Everything stays the same except one team goes toward one goal and the other team goes toward the other goal. See diagram below.

This works on the same things as the previous activity but now simply adds a direction to make it more soccer related.

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