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All (65) Games (6) Ball Mastery (12) Goalkeeper Practice (5) Pass and Move (35) Possession (5) Passing Accuracy (17) Finishing / Shooting (7) Scanning (12) Wing Play (5) Defending (10) Defensive Shape (1) Pressing (14) Tackling (12) 1 v 1 (11) 2 v 1 (1) 2 v 2 (1) 3 v 3 (4) Dribbling (13) Transitions (8) Warmups (22) Reset Filter

Futsal Drill #1

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Simple futsal soccer training drill. Player A passes to player B. Those players then dribble / sprint around cones an...

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Ball Mastery Tackling 1 v 1 Dribbling

2 Box Rondo

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Set up two boxes; one large one, then a smaller box inside it. A team of 3 try to keep possession in the smaller box...

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Pass and Move Possession Pressing Tackling Warmups

Rondo

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A standard rondo. Check out the video for an intro to the drill.

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Pass and Move Possession Pressing Tackling Warmups

2 vs 1 finishing drill

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A simple 2 v 1 shooting drill. Player 1 passes to player 2. A third player then comes in as a defender to try and preven...

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Finishing / Shooting Defending Tackling

Endzone Game - 2 Directions Version

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Teams have to get the ball from one side to the other. Basically the endzone game but with two teams going in different ...

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Pass and Move Possession Scanning Defending Pressing Tackling 3 v 3 Transitions

Spanish Corners

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Similar to the 4 corners game but you can only score in the two attacking corners and there's a safety player who is alw...

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Pass and Move Passing Accuracy Scanning Pressing Tackling Transitions

4 Corners Game

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4 vs 4 or similar. Teams get a point by passing to a player in one of the 4 corners. Variations: - Only allowed to ...

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Pass and Move Passing Accuracy Scanning Pressing Tackling 3 v 3

4v4 quadrants with feeders

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Neutral feeders around the outside. 4 vs 4 in the middle. Teams try and maintain position by using the neutral players, ...

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Pass and Move Scanning Tackling Transitions

Touchdown football (endzones)

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Small sided game. 3 vs 3 (or similar numbers). Pass to a teammate in the endzone and touch down on the ball to score a p...

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Pass and Move Scanning Defending Tackling

4 vs 3 Endzone Game

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2 endzones with a player in each. Two teams of players in the middle - one team is the possession team and one is the pr...

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Pass and Move Possession Pressing Tackling Transitions

Stadium Game

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Two teams. Pair players up. 1 ball per pair. The goal of the game (for each individual players) is to finish the allotte...

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Tackling

Gauntlet

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A pair of two players try and get to the end of the gauntlet (a la Gladiators). Where one player in each section tries t...

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Ball Mastery Tackling 1 v 1 Dribbling

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