What are some good soccer drills?

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I need help! Any good tips and drills? Please answer with full detail!

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Answer 1

Ok, here it is. I coach a U14 select boys team. I have tons of drills for speed, endurance, agility, footwork and shooting. i will give you a few basics to start and then some websites that are really good as well.

Speed - this is just regular running. Purchase a $30 speed ladder at local sport store. Spend time running through this. Booklet should come with 4-5 drills. You can also purchase a speed parachute. Basically a parachute you run with.

Endurance - this will help with speed as well. It's all about variation, levels of difficulty and variation. Some things to do, run 2-3 miles in the morning. Not sure of your age and weight, but my team runs about 16 minutes for 2 miles while my better players run 11-12 minutes for 2 miles. Next morning, run sprints. Run 200meters, rest a few minutes, then 400 meters, rest, then 800 meters, then 200m, 800m, 200m. Next morning, run stairs at a football stadium or an office building.

Agility - the speed ladder will help here as well. You can also set up a basic course where you run through a speed ladder one way, then sprint to a cross bar that you roll under, jump up, sprint back to the speed ladder, run through it with a different drill. Also, set up cones do a "shuttle run". This is where you run line to 30 yds, touch ground, back to line, touch ground, to 18yd, touch ground, sprint back, then to the 6 yd, toudh ground then sprint through. You can also make little squares or purchase small hoops. put them in a diamond shape and hop to top, then hop left, hop right, then to the back hoop.

Footwork - to practice receiving, stand 10yds from wall, kick ball against wall, receive ball out in front of you and send back. Do in 3 touch, do this 10 times, then move to 5 yards and repeat, then move to 3-4 yards and repeat (again 3 touch and 10 times). Now go back to 10 yrds, and do 2 touch, repeat 10 times, then 5 yrds, 2 touch, 10x, then 3 yards, 2 touch 10times. now go back to 10 yards, do 1 touch, 10x, 5 yrds, 1 touch 10 x, 3 yards, 1 touch, 10 times. When working the next foot drills, again, work them for about 10 minutes. Here are a ton: http://www.dprsports.com/drills/moves.htm

For more soccer drills, see http://www.dprsports.com/drills.htm


Lastly, shooting. I bought 8 hula hoops. 4 large and 4 small.
Put 1 large hoop in each of the corner. Shoot 10 shots at upper left, then 10 at upper right, then 10 lower left, then 10 lower right. I would do this at 6-10 different locations. Some easy, some more difficult. Start from the PK spot. PK's are actually one of the most overlooked skill but when you get to U14 and/or select division or state playoffs, these become critical. Then, do the same 40 shots from 8-10 yards out, to the left, then to the right, 40 shots from top of 18 yrd, then to the left, then to the right. Now same 40 shots from 25-30 yards left, center, right. This is a great game, if you can get other players. It's like playing "horse" in basketball. Pick location, pick one of the 90's, make you shot. If other player misses, they get "H". repeat until someone misses 5 shots and have spelled "H-O-R-S-E". Do this a few times, then replace the large hula hoops with smaller hula hoops.

Another excellent shooting drill - open net, no goalie, no hula hoops. Shoot from the 18 yd line. See how many in a row you can shoot that hit the back of the net without bouncing. This should be nice solid line drive kicks. Do 10 kicks from left, center then right.

Another is the post challenge. You should be able to hit the cross post from about 18yds at age 14. If older, try from about 25 yards. You can catch the pros trying it from mid-field.

Answer 2

Set up cones a couple feet apart, and have two lines. One person goes and jumps on one foot over. Then two feet, then karaoke style, and I forgot other types.

Suicides. Those are very useful in agility and speed. Have a time set to get the whole team to race towards.

Make a circle. And have 5 people on the outside and 5 people on the inside. For a minute or two, have them volley, then head the ball, then trap and pass, and the final trap turn around, and pass to a different player.

But for yourself, have a ball and hit it between your feet. Do it a LOT. Then put your feet on top of the ball a LOT. Then you can start adding some extra steps. (Kick out the ball a feet, bring it back with the other foot.)

Or pass with a wall, or kick it and trap and stuff.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

For yourself, and not a whole team, I'd say that two useful ones I'll call the riverdance and footie golf.

The riverdance is simply setting a ball in front of you, putting a foot on it, and then switching feet so that you are standing on the foot that used to be on the ball, and now the foot you are standing on is on top of the ball. Just keep switching feet as fast as you can--it helps your feel and touch incredibly.

For footie golf, get some frisbees or other objects that are visible in grass, and scatter them over a field. Then practice making a good pass to that spot. Unlike real golf, you aren't concerned with the roll of the ball--you want to get a good, crisp pass to the frisbee. Then move on to the next one.

Answer 5

One simple one is have 2 lines at the half way line facing the goalie. Roll the ball out in between the two people and tell them to go. The person who first touches it becomes offense and has to score and the second person becomes defense and has to clear the ball. This can be done with any age group I believe.

Answer 6

what age level are you coaching ?