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Ball Mastery (12)
Goalkeeper Practice (5)
Pass and Move (35)
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Finishing / Shooting (7)
Scanning (12)
Wing Play (5)
Defending (10)
Defensive Shape (1)
Pressing (14)
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1 v 1 (11)
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Cross and Finish (With Up Back Through)
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Follow Your Pass
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An X-Shaped setup, with a follow-your-pass format.
The passes alternate being around the outside of the setup, then ...
Pivot pass and move
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Players on 4 corners and 1 as a pivot in the middle. If the pass is played to the pivot in the middle, they lay off the ...
Simple 1 touch passing warmup
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Diamond passing warmup
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Receive the first pass on a pancake, split out wide to receive the second pass on the half turn and pass to your other f...
Pass and move pancakes
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2 teams line up on matching sets of pancakes. After each pass, the passing player must move to a new pancake. First to 2...
Cone bombs
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Two teams line up opposite each other in shooting zones. There are a line of cones in the middle. They have to pass at t...
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...
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 ...
1 v 1 Transition Box
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Two teams try and carry the ball in opposing directions. One team has possession and tries to carry the ball from one of...
Scanning shoulder (hold up cones)
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Main player stands in a square of cones.
Main player receives a ball. The player behind them holds up one of two colo...
Table Football / Foosball
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Allowed to take a 1m ish deviation from a line of pancake cones.
Play through the lines. Can also have one floating ...
Passing Race
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Full pitch - see how quickly a team of 7 can pass it keeper, defender, both mids, winger, winger, striker...
Have a mat...
Long Distance Passing Practice
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Pairs of kids. One in a box. The other kid has to pass to the one in the box. Each completed pass they take one step bac...
Pancake rondo for movement
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A pentagon of pancakes with 1 pancake in the middle too. 4 players passing and one presser.
You're only allowed to p...
Scanning shoulder / Half turn
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Three receivers in the middle. Two pressers. The receiver has to scan to see if they're getting pressed and if they are,...
3rd Man Runs
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Pairs of players start at each end of the pitch. There are two central players. The pairs at the end have to play to the...
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