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1 Vs. 1 Channelling

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.

Defending

Floor Is Lava

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

Agility

Speed Sidesteps

A great drill for working with several keepers. The first player side-steps along the first line of the L-shaped cones with their head up. When they reach the end of the first line the feeder passes the ball into their body for them to catch and throw back. They then side-step out and back along the next line of cones where when they reach the end the feeder plays a low and hard driven ball for them to dive and catch / stop.

Goalkeeping

Toe Taps - Fast feet control

Working with a ball each players must hop from one foot to the other, placing their foot on the ball with your toes raised slightly above your heel.

Technique video

Football: Toe Taps - Fast feet...

Working with a ball each players must hop from one foot to the other, placing their foot on the ball with your toes raised slightly above your heel.

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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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Hopscotch Agility - Football D...

Start with both feet inside one of the rungs and jump both feet outside the ladder (so the ladder is between both feet) then jump with both feet inside the next rung.

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Football: Drinks Stations! - D...

The coach calls out any of the four directions: Coke, 7 Up, Sprite or Pepsi. The players must dribble their ball in the direction that the coach has called. The coach can introduce other commands such as milkshake - kids do a forward roll, Sparkling water - All players link arms around the coach, Orange juice - all players hop on one leg.

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Football: Agility Circuit - Sp...

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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Footwork Combination Drill Goa...

Goalkeeper comes in from side goes to furthest near post receives a shot or throw into hands, returns ball to server and moves backward.Goalkeeper then works through cones set up in front of the goal with fast footwork and receives a shot from the front of the goal into hands and returns to Server 2.Goalkeeper then moves to the far Server around a cone placed between Server 3 and the goal, and receives a shot down low into dive.

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Floor Is Lava Co ordination - ...

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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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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Hopping Agility - Soccer Drill...

One leg hop in each rung

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1 Vs. 1 Channelling Defending ...

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.

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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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Quickfire Dribbling - Football...

2 players, with one ball per pair stand between two cones. Players face each other in the centre of an imaginary line between two cones 10 metres apart. On the coaches command "1-2-3 Quickfire", the players must perform a dragback or Cruijff turn and take the ball past the cone behind. If the player passes the cone before being tackled he/she wins a point.

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Keeping Triangle Goalkeeping -...

Standing on the first cone of the triangle the keeper catches the volleyed ball into their body and then throws it back out to the feeder. They then move around the next cone. After they've run around the second cone the second feeder passes the ball along the floor at the third cone. The keeper dives low to catch the ball and then returns it before getting to their feet to catch the third ball which has been passed to the first cone by the third feeder. Drill continues in this way.

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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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Rats and Rabbits Dribbling - F...

1 ball per player. Players should perform fast footwork drills - either with the inside of the foot to inside of foot or toe tapping on top of the ball. When the coach shouts out "Rats!", the players at the top of the diagram must attempt to chase the other players. The object of the game is for the player in pursuit to tag his opposing partner on the back of the shoulders before he reaches the end line. Players return to the middle discs after each attempt. Repeat and rotate directions. The team in pursuit attempts to strike their ball to hit the opposing player on or below the knee.

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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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Football: Dribble and turn 3 -...

Players with a ball each and have to dribble the ball around the area using both feet and any additional skills they have already learned. i.e. turns, step overs etc.

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Football: Dribble and turn 1 -...

With a ball each players dribble the ball around the area with their right foot only.

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Football: Step over drag turn ...

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.

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Turning with non kicking foot ...

Put the players in groups of 3. The players on the outside receive the ball and pass it back to the player in the middle. The player in the middle receives the ball and turns to pass the ball on to the player on the opposite side.

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Diagonal Toe taps & exterior D...

Set up as shown with cones evenly spaced out.The distance between the cones can be modified depending on your players abilities.Player(s) dribbles through the cones diagonally performing toe taps backwards to get through the cones and then pushing the ball back between the cones with the exterior of their feet.Players should aim to not touch the cones, neither with the ball nor their feet.

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Dribble and turn 2 - Left foot...

With a ball each players have to dribble the ball around the area with their left foot only.

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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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Football: Changing 4 v 2 - Spo...

3 teams of 2, with 2 teams combining to play against the 3rd team. If the 3rd team get the ball, the team that lost the ball becomes the defending team and the other two teams combine to try and keep possession.

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fast feet SESSIONS

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

Developing Fast Footwork for a better First Touch

If you're not careful with your first touch it might be your last. That's why this football plan teaches players to look up and use their first touch to push the ball into space

fast feet ANSWERS

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Pre-match warm up to prevent a slow starts to matches?

My Under 9 team keeps starting games slowly. Normally by half time they are just getting switched on and playing like they can. What's a good pre-match warm up to get them switched on and ready to go right from kick off?

Paul Cope Coach, England

Defending again fast breaks

I've got a team of young women (12-13 year old) several of whom only played last season for the first time.Our first season last year was pretty good given they're young inexperienced and we rarely had subs. One area that always gets us is fast strikers getting in and behind our defense from quite a way up the fieldâ75% of our goals are conceded that way.So any thoughts on training the team to not allow so many of these goals? TIA!

John Allsopp Coach, Australia

panicking when a opposition have the ball near the box

help I need to know some drills that I can do with my U10 on how to stay calm when defending

sean brooks Coach, United Kingdom

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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Pre-match warm up to prevent a...

My Under 9 team keeps starting games slowly. Normally by half time they are just getting switched on and playing like they can. What's a good pre-match warm up to get them switched on and ready to go right from kick off?

Paul Cope Coach, England

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