Football Drills

Players on the wing run with the ball down the side of the pitch before crossing for an attacker who has ran into the area, usually at the far post. Attackers begin further back than the wingers and in line with the corner of the penalty area. Once the coach blows his whistle, the attacker must sprint at full speed to reach the area and get on the end of the cross.

*AUDIO DESCRIPTION ON* All the balls are placed in central service point Two servers either side on the angle Ball is played into one of the server on the outside NOTES: The servers on the outside need to be fairly close to the goal to give the goalkeeper the opportunity to get into a blocking position Servers on the outside should ideally hit the ball first time Don't make the angle to wide or the servers will miss the goal near post more often

Two players line up on opposite sides of a square. The attacking player dribbles the ball towards the centre before then attempting to stop the ball between one of the goals. The goal nearest to the defender's starting point is worth 10 points as it is the hardest goal to stop the ball in. The middle goal is worth 5 and the top goal only 1 point.

Players carry out the commands from the coach. The commands are as follows: Turn Dive left Dive right They must react as quickly as possible.

Players sprint around discs to get into position. One is a goalkeeper and one is an outfield player who is to shoot. Red player rolls a ball down between the discs when players have begun to run. Swap lines after one repetition.

Starting on the middle cone the keeper moves out to their right to catch the first feed. After getting back to their feet and rolling the ball back out they side-step back towards the middle cone, ready to dive and catch the next rolled ball from the second feeder.

GK advances and receives a volley into hands from Server 1. GK then places this ball in a wide positioned cone with nearest hand and then receives a shot from Server 2. Meanwhile Server 1 makes their way round to inital ball that has been placed and shoots for a third shot. Can put attackers in position of server 1 to practice volleying and finishing on the angle.

*AUDIO DESCRIPTION ON* Goalkeeper steps away from cone comes through the gate receives a ball into hands Returns to server then gets a low shot into dive close to body Get into set position initially then step forward into low dive to save before cones in advance of initial gate Notes: Get the step in if required If serve close too the body collapse legs and get hands to the ball in front of the body Dive forward this called 'Attacking the dive'  

Players start on the baseline and run one at a time. The next player starts once the player in front of them has run around the first cone. Players sprint around the outside of the 18 yard box and then run around the cone near the D. Players then slow down to a 50% jog and use quick feet to place both feet in each rung of the ladder. After running through the ladder players run around the next cone and slalom in and out of the cones/poles, facing forward at all times and using quick shuffle feet. Finally players jog back around the cones back to the start point.

Stand next to the middle cone. Sprint forwards 10 metres to the first cone, turning sharply as you reach it, before sprinting 20 metres to the far cone. Sprint back 20 metres to the second cone and finish by running past the start cone. Players should cover 60 metres in total. Complete 10 full shuttles, with 30 seconds rest between each run.

Set up as shown. Player 1 starts with the ball in the middle of the field and plays a 1-2 pass with player 2 before passing out wide to player 3. At this point, players 1 and 2 run towards the penalty area, ready to receive a cross, while one of the defenders goes out wide to put pressure on the crosser. Player 3 will cross the ball into the box where players 1 and 2 will try to beat the defender to it and score.

Player throws ball high in the air and wait for ball to drop before catching the ball on the laces to control it.

Defensive header relay. 3 players with one ball. Front player of the 2 players throws up the ball to the heading player, after the player throws the ball he has to try and close down the heading player. The player heading the ball has to head the ball over the approaching player to the 3rd player waiting to catch the ball.

Try to bounce the ball with the sole of your foot

One feeder throws the ball up for the other player to try and head, back between the feeder's legs. The feeder needs to stand with their feet apart and react quickly to the return header. The heading player should keep their feet moving, being ready at all times to head the ball back with power.

Two teams line up side by side behind their cones. When the player with the ball sets off to run around the cone the drill is live. The player with the ball must run around the cone and then try to score a goal in the defender's side goal by dribbling the ball across the line. This will score them a point. The defenders have to try and force the player to run across their own goal line or tackle them and run the ball over the line themselves. The winner is the first team to 3 goals. After this you can swap the roles around, with the attackers now defending and vice versa.