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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

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

Coloured cones calling warmup

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Basically a relay race. When the players reach a box with different coloured cones in, the coach calls out the colour of...

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Ball Mastery Scanning Warmups

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...

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Passing Accuracy Scanning

Head Up Dribbling

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We do this with two different coloured cones rather than numbers of cones. Variation: Add in killer, if you hold up bo...

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Scanning Warmups

Rondo into Possession Drill

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Start with a rondo. 6 or 7 around the outside of 2 defenders. Defenders hold bib. Phase 2 Drill runs in front of a ...

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Pass and Move Scanning Pressing

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 ...

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Passing Accuracy Scanning Defensive Shape

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...

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Pass and Move Passing Accuracy Scanning

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,...

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Pass and Move Passing Accuracy Scanning Pressing 1 v 1 Dribbling

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