Football: Cruyff Cut Back

Keep your players sharp and recap their passing, turning and ball control with this multi-skills session - finishing with two fun conditioned games

Make every touch count - Improve everyone's first touch and passing awareness in this fun drills and game session!

Young players should master the passing and dribbling basics from a young age. Use the six fun drills and games in this plan to sharpen their basics today

Station four players in each grid, with one ball per practice.

The white team start with possession of the ball.

Player 1 on the white team passes the ball into the opposing area. The white team can then send two players into the opposing area to defend.

A goal is scored when the blue team makes 5 consecutive passes without an interception.

Repeat in the opposite direction.

Working with one ball between two players start on opposite cones. The first player dribbles the ball to the end cone whilst the other player jogs past them to the other cone.

On reaching the far cone the player with the ball turns and plays a flat, driven pass to the other player on the cone.

Work in pairs. Defender passes the ball to the player practicing the skill.

The skill in this practice is that the player taps the ball with the instep of one foot onto the instep of the other foot for the ball to be taken wide of the defender the attacker runs past the defender and continues to run to the opposite cone.

The middle player performs a step over turn before passing on the ball.

The player receives the ball with their kicking foot, steps over the ball with their other foot. It is with this step-over foot that the player drags the ball round to the other direction.