{"id":306,"date":"2008-08-19T20:53:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T01:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/19\/soccer-drills\/"},"modified":"2008-10-09T13:24:17","modified_gmt":"2008-10-09T18:24:17","slug":"soccer-drills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2008\/soccer-drills\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Drills"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m going to try to keep a list of soccer drills that have worked well for the girls’ teams. I was the only coach in town for both Reiley and Wren’s teams this week, so I had to bone up! I have crummy old websites for Reiley’s Sirens<\/a> team and Wren’s Waves<\/a> team, both now defunct – I’m falling behind! Reiley is on the Courage U12 team, and Wren is on the Spirit U10 team.<\/p>\n

It’s good to have a solid list of drills, but bad to use too many unfamiliar ones too rapidly (like I did during Reiley’s last practice – I smartened up for Wren’s). Balance, grasshopper.<\/p>\n

The drills (sorted from most advanced to simplest)…<\/p>\n

Mini Tourney<\/strong>
\nSet up a couple small fields for 2v2 and 3v3 play, to fit the number of players
\nFor example…
\n 8 players: set up two 2v2
\n 10 players: set up one 2v2 and one 3v3
\n 12 players: set up two 3v3
\nLine up the players and have them count off, so everyone has a number
\nUsing a notepad with a list of the numbers, call out random assignments
\n(“player 1, yellow penny on field 2 – player 2, green penny on field 1 –
\nplayer 3, no penny on field 1…” etc.)
\nEveryone goes to their field and plays a little scrimmage
\nAfter about 4 minutes, call them all in and go through the numbers
\nThey yell out their scores – 1 point for a goal, one point for an assist
\nThen you have a second, third, round…
\nAt the end you can tally up the scores and give a shout out to the top three.<\/p>\n

2 vs 7<\/strong>
\nSet up a big box
\n7 offense keep away from 2 defenders
\nOffense possess for 10 seconds (7 touches?) to score a point
\nDefense scores if they knock the ball out
\nVariation: provide 4 perimeter goals for defenders to score
\nVariation: if defense wins, the offensive player that lost possession goes to defense<\/p>\n

Relay Race<\/strong>
\nTwo lines of players, spaced about 8-10 paces apart (each player at a cone)
\nStart at one end, pass a ball down the line and back
\nFirst back to the start of the line wins
\nPlay to 3 or so
\nLosing team runs a lap? (by request of the girls!)<\/p>\n

3 v 3 v 3<\/strong>
\nSet up a large box
\nThree teams of 3
\nOne team is defense, other two keep away
\nIf defense wins, team that made mistake becomes defense<\/p>\n

Go To Goal<\/strong>
\nOne goalie, 2-5 defenders
\nGoalie throws ball to one defender, who becomes offense
\nIf the offensive player scores, they become goalie<\/p>\n

Crash The Net<\/strong>
\nUse a goalie
\nPlayers approach the goal from center circle
\nCoach gives a hard pass from the side, player dribbles once, shoots
\nCoach throws in a second ball to be kicked on a bounce or headed in
\nIf player scores both balls, they can get back in line – otherwise collect missed shots<\/p>\n

Mac Daddy<\/strong>
\nOne line of defenders at end of small goal box
\nOne line of offense at other end of small goal box
\nOne cone in front of offense
\nCoach at midfield, throws ball down center toward goal
\nOffense must circle cone, defense must go behind net
\nRace to score\/defend!<\/p>\n

Quick Challenge<\/strong>
\nSet up a big square with goals at opposite ends
\nSplit the group into two teams
\nCount off assigning each team player a number
\nStand at the midpoint of a sideline, with each team on opposite sides of the sideline
\nCall out numbers and toss out a ball to start the challenge
\nStart off with one number
\nMix it up – call out two numbers, call a second number after a while, call out “everybody”, etc.
\nYou can keep team scores<\/p>\n

Down and Back<\/strong>
\nSet up a big square
\nDivide players into two teams
\nEach team lines up with a ball on two adjacent edges of the square
\nOn go, each team races to the other side of the box and returns
\nPlayers have to watch and control their own ball, and avoid collisions
\nWinner scores a point, play until the first player scores 3 points<\/p>\n

Ouch!<\/strong>
\nEach player has a ball in a large square
\nTry to hit the coach with your ball to score a point
\nAlways keep the same ball
\nFirst to get 5 points wins<\/p>\n

Eliminator<\/strong>
\nEveryone has a ball, except for the eliminator. When coach yells “Eliminate!”, the eliminator tries to kick out the balls.
\nAs there are fewer and fewer balls, players should pass to keep away from the eliminator.
\nEveryone gets a turn as the eliminator!<\/p>\n

Freeze Tag<\/strong>
\nOnce frozen, hold your ball over your head and your feet apart.
\nKick the ball through the feet of frozen players to unfreeze them.
\nThe player with the most unfreezes wins!<\/p>\n

Sharks and Minnows<\/strong>
\nSet up a long box.
\nPlayers (minnows) try to go from one endline of the box to the other side with a ball.
\nBut one player is the shark, kicking any stray balls out of bounds
\nAfter each attempt, anyone who didn’t make it becomes a shark.
\nLast minnow player wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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