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Agility Circuit

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.

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Christmas Fitness & Shooting

A Christmas themed fun football drill for players. Set up as shown in diagram with cones in the shape of a Christmas tree. Players line up in 2 lines. On the whistle, players must run in the direction show on the diagram. First one to the ball, earns the right to shoot at the keeper. Split into 2 teams and keep score. Try to match players with similar agility.

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Circle Throws

The keeper works their way around the circle and must react to three different types of feed which they must try to catch/stop and then return the feeder. The first feed is a simple chest-height catch. After this first stop the keeper then jogs around two cones before sharply changing direction and diving low to catch the second feed. After this the keeper quickly gets back to their feet and jogs around the next cone before then diving to catch the third feed.

Goalkeeping

Fast - get back on your line!

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.

Goalkeeping

Goalkeeper Turn

The goalkeeper starts by facing into the goal i.e. away from the ball. The coach throws the ball to anywhere in the goal just after he shouts to the goalkeeper to turn.

Goalkeeping

Long Shots- Stationary Ball

Three servers to stand outside the area. Servers take turns shooting at goal with stationary balls. Goalkeeper to save the shots.

Goalkeeping

Side Jumps

Jump sideways over a hurdle, while holding a ball. Touch the ball to the ground on each side.

Goalkeeping

Slalom with Ball

The player runs in and out of the sticks, touching the ball to the ground on each side.

Goalkeeping

The Christmas Tree

This is a fun drill for the festive period but it works on agility, speed, reactions and finishing under pressure. Both players stand behind the red cone, they must run to and touch the green cone, then run to and touch the orange cone before racing to the ball and shooting. A point is given to the team that scores first. No point if they miss the target!!!

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Suicides - Speed Endurance Agi...

Set up to the side, using the pitch markings as an indicator of where to place your cones (on the touchline, in line with the 6 yard box, penalty spot and baseline).On hearing your whistle players sprint as fast as they can to the first line and touch the ground with their hand before quickly changing direction and running back to the touchline.Repeat to the next line.Finish the suicide by running as fast as you can to the furthest cone, touch the line and run back to your original starting point.

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Slalom dribble Agility - Footb...

Players dribble the ball in and out of the sticks, running around the outer cones before turning sharply back in and dribbling through the next pair of sticks.

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Hopping Agility - Football Dri...

One leg hop in each rung

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Slalom Agility - Football Dril...

Weave in and out of the sticks toughing the cones to either side of the run.

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2 Steps Forward, One Step Back...

Player takes 2 footed calf springs along the ladder. He jumps forward two rungs, and then back one, all the way to the end

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Kareoke Shuffle Agility - Foot...

Stand side ways on the the ladder with right foot inside the 1st rung. The player should then step with their left foot steps across in front of the right foot to the next rung, then the right foot steps to the the next rung and the left foot behind, all the way to the end.

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Hurdle Zip Zag Agility - Footb...

Set hurdles out in a ziz zag pattern, and get players to do a two footed jump over each hurdle.

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Wide Slalom Run Agility - Foot...

Poles set far apart in a zig zag formation. Player runs from one to the next focussing on change of direction and pace.

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Hopping Zig Zag Agility - Foot...

Set out your hurdles in a zig zag formation. Players go one after another and have to hop over the hurdles.

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Agility Circuit Agility - Foot...

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.

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Pass Race Agility - Football D...

Set up with 3 gates spread out as shown. 1 ball in front of each gate.They race through the area (zig-zagging) passing their balls in between the cones (1 point for every successful pass).Upon completing the passes they take 1 of the balls at the end and dribble it back through the starting area, 1 player back gets the bonus point.

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Under The Bridge Agility - Foo...

Players dribble their ball up to the hurdles and then feed the ball under each one until they reach the end of the line. When players reach the end they should dribble the ball back to the end of their queue of players.

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Side skip hop Agility - Footba...

Put one foot in one of the rungs and the other outside. Start by bringing the outside foot towards the foot inside the rung and the inside foot to outside the ladder on the opposite side to the starting foot.

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Dribble, Pass, Run and Relay A...

Great for warm ups. Players dribble through the cones, pass to the waiting player at the end of the cones and then run back to touch the first red cone. They then turn and sprint back inside the red square where they play a quick one-two. After this they run back towards the start line, looking to run onto the weighted pass from the blue player. The next player then goes.

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Dynamic Activation Agility - F...

Initial pulse raiser to prepare players both physically and mentally for the session. Mark out a 30 x 20 area.Part 1:Players are spilt into 2 groups and begin by jogging in pairs to the far corner of each area and back down the sides to rejoin the group.Introduce dynamic flexibility movements such as (calf swings, straight leg jogging, hamstring volleys, thigh volleys, heel to buttocks, groin abductors / adductos, lunges.Part 2:Sprint to top cornerSprint to middle coneDiagonal to top coneReturn to back of queue

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The Christmas Tree Agility - F...

This is a fun drill for the festive period but it works on agility, speed, reactions and finishing under pressure. Both players stand behind the red cone, they must run to and touch the green cone, then run to and touch the orange cone before racing to the ball and shooting. A point is given to the team that scores first. No point if they miss the target!!!

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Floor Is Lava Agility - Footba...

Form a sqaure with players evenly split across the four cornersWorking diagnally players must look to dribble across, avoiding those also working across the squareThe more space they have the bigger toucher they can take

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Keep On Running Agility - Foot...

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.

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Christmas Fitness & Shooting A...

A Christmas themed fun football drill for players.Set up as shown in diagram with cones in the shape of a Christmas tree.Players line up in 2 lines.On the whistle, players must run in the direction show on the diagram.First one to the ball, earns the right to shoot at the keeper.Split into 2 teams and keep score. Try to match players with similar agility.

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Warm Up Grid Agility - Footbal...

Split your players into two groups. Half of the group runs around the outside of the square for one minute at 60% pace. At the same time the other half of your team are working inside the grid. Half of the players have a have a ball. Players must move and call for the pass when they do not have a ball. Players work in each area twice (2 runs around the outside and 2 times inside the area).

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Speed Square Co ordination - F...

There are 4 groups, in a square shape, with even numbers in each cornerStart of slow, getting your participants to walk through itYou can then make it harder by increasing the speed and decreasing the size of the square

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Running and Passing At Speed P...

Set up with as shown with eight cones. Four cones on the outside can be any colour, but ensure that two on the inside are one colour, and the other two are a different colour.Have half of your players with one colour of cones, and the other half at the other end; as shown in diagram, red players are with the red cones, and yellow players with yellow cones.Players pass to their team mate to the right before sprinting to the next cone of their colour (i.e. red player sprints to next available red cone).Players who are passing the ball to someone on the opposite colour take two touches, one to control, one to pass, while that person recieving will pass the ball to the next cone with just one touch.

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Goalkeeper Footwork Drills

The best keepers in the world use their feet to make saves and to always be in the right position. Their agility and bounce comes from the timing and accuracy of their footwork. Work your keepers with this session.

Clever Movement

To coach and encourage players to use specific clever movements in all areas of the pitch in order to create space for themselves and others.

Fitness Session: Footwork, Speed and Stamina

SAQ session! Get your players running, working on their fitness in this fast change of direction session

Goalkeeping Dealing with Cutbacks

Get your goalkeepers dealing with cutbacks by staying on their feet and anticipating the change of angle.

Fitness Football

Every position demands different attributes and levels of physicality, so why don?t you train your players differently to match!? Use this session to condition your players to suit their position.

Goalkeeper Low Dives Close to the Body

Create goalkeepers with the confidence to save low shots, close to the body and to think of the next save with this technical session.

Retreating Defence

If it breaks down in the middle, your players need to be thinking about recovering straight away. Make it a habit with this session.

Keeping Session: Dealing with Crosses and much more

6 rewarding shot-stopping practices to improve your keeper's reactions between the sticks - including reactions, confidence and agility.

Bayern Munich - High Tempo Possession

Like Bayern Munich, teach your players to break down their opponents by speeding the ball around the pitch with this fast-paced passing and moving session

Use of speed with the ball | F...

Improve players capability to run with the ball at pace, eliminating defenders and moving the whole team up the field. Make sure their decision making is up to scratch too.
agility ANSWERS
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Agility,co-ordination and balance are very important?

Agility,co-ordination and balance are very important in soccer.Any ideas to improve these in young kids?

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My team is progressing well, however we never do agility?

My team is progressing well, however we never do agility drills in training yet. They are under 8's. When is the right time to start agility drills for them.

Mike Lindsay Coach, Scotland

Positioning ( staying in positions)

I am wondering if there is any drills to help teach kids to stay in positions they are a young age group so its hard so I am wondering if anyone has any ideas

Nat taylor Coach, England

Drills to improve reaction times

are there any drills for faster reaction time? Our centre half is very fast but we need him to react quicker to situations, are there any drills to help us achieve this. I have a couple of ideas but would appreciate a little help!! thanks.

Lee Pritchett Coach, England

How am i able to improve my sprint speed?

I am fairly slow and often get outpaced. Any tips?

DDV10 Coach, England

Progression on shooting drill below

Can I add a defender for some added pressure

Rohan Coach, Saint Lucia

unable to view drills

I m checking on agility drills, but when I want to play the drills, it's not getting played

vikash singh chauhan Coach, India

Membershio

Hi there, I recently purchased a monthly subscription to enhance my knowledge of coaching skills. Yet after payment, I am still unable to view most drills! why is this?

Rhys Briggs Coach, England

Access Drills and Purchase a Sport

I am unable to purchase pickleball drills, the content will not load. I also cannot purchase agility drills, the content loads but when I click a locked drill, it loads and loads and never brings me to a purchase page. This is both online and in the app.

Josh Castillo Coach, United States of America

free access to agility and fitness

I was offered free access to agility and fitness library. but it says locked, upgrade.

Julie Lumb Coach, England

Subscription

Hello,Can you please explain what my current subscription entitles me to? I tried clicking on some of the agility plans, which are locked.RegardsPeter

Peter Coach, Australia

fitnes

what are some good fitness drills

ricardo mendez Coach, United States of America

variation and progression

what are the variation and progression

vishnu prathap Coach, India

Kids are very slow and lack re...

Hello all! My kids aged 9 and 7 are very slow when compared to their peers of the same age. They don't seem to fight for the ball and get and watch others play their game. They seem to lack the urgency (heart) needed for the game. (They LOVE football). How can make them move around and react faster. Any help you are able to provide is greatly appreciated. Thanks O

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Ideas for a session based on a...

Please could someone help me out here by providing a few bullet points in order for a session you'd run for under 9's for agility. The lads are of good ability.

Oliver Perkins Coach, England

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im 14 years old and I play in goal for two teams. Does anyone know of any free sport plans I could use that will help me with my fitness and my goalkeeping ability?

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