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All (50) Games (2) Ball Mastery (8) Goalkeeper Practice (4) Pass and Move (27) Possession (3) Passing Accuracy (15) Finishing / Shooting (5) Scanning (12) Wing Play (2) Defending (10) Defensive Shape (1) Pressing (11) Tackling (9) 1 v 1 (10) 2 v 1 (1) 2 v 2 (1) 3 v 3 (4) Dribbling (9) Transitions (8) Warmups (13) Reset Filter

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Layoff Passing Warmup

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A simple passing warmup, with players moving up the pitch while passing to two stationary teammates.

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Pass and Move Warmups

Pivot pass and move

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Players on 4 corners and 1 as a pivot in the middle. If the pass is played to the pivot in the middle, they lay off the ...

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Pass and Move Passing Accuracy

Simple 1 touch passing warmup

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Simple 1 touch passing warmup, using both feet.

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Passing Accuracy Warmups

First touch eliminations with gates

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Players are fed a ball and choose which side they want to take their first touch to, for their first touch elimination. ...

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1 v 1 Dribbling

Diamond passing warmup

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Receive the first pass on a pancake, split out wide to receive the second pass on the half turn and pass to your other f...

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Pass and Move Passing Accuracy Warmups

3rd Man Runs - two ends

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A semi-uncontested run through of 3rd man runs / patterns of play.

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Pass and Move Wing Play

2 vs 1 finishing drill

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A simple 2 v 1 shooting drill. Player 1 passes to player 2. A third player then comes in as a defender to try and preven...

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Finishing / Shooting Defending Tackling

Y passing drill

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Y formation pass and move drill.

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Pass and Move

Tig gates

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Set up some cone gates. 1v1 player has to lose opponent and get through gates.

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Defending 1 v 1 Warmups

Pass and move pancakes

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2 teams line up on matching sets of pancakes. After each pass, the passing player must move to a new pancake. First to 2...

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Pass and Move Passing Accuracy Pressing

1-2 Jinking Shooting Drill

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Simple jink, 1-2 then shoot.

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Pass and Move Finishing / Shooting Warmups

Cone bombs

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Two teams line up opposite each other in shooting zones. There are a line of cones in the middle. They have to pass at t...

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Passing Accuracy Warmups

Endzone Game - 2 Directions Version

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Teams have to get the ball from one side to the other. Basically the endzone game but with two teams going in different ...

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Pass and Move Possession Scanning Defending Pressing Tackling 3 v 3 Transitions

Spanish Corners

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Similar to the 4 corners game but you can only score in the two attacking corners and there's a safety player who is alw...

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Pass and Move Passing Accuracy Scanning Pressing Tackling Transitions

4 Corners Game

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4 vs 4 or similar. Teams get a point by passing to a player in one of the 4 corners. Variations: - Only allowed to ...

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Pass and Move Passing Accuracy Scanning Pressing Tackling 3 v 3

4v4 quadrants with feeders

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Neutral feeders around the outside. 4 vs 4 in the middle. Teams try and maintain position by using the neutral players, ...

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Pass and Move Scanning Tackling Transitions

Touchdown football (endzones)

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Small sided game. 3 vs 3 (or similar numbers). Pass to a teammate in the endzone and touch down on the ball to score a p...

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Pass and Move Scanning Defending Tackling

Coloured cones calling warmup

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Basically a relay race. When the players reach a box with different coloured cones in, the coach calls out the colour of...

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Ball Mastery Scanning Warmups

4 vs 3 Endzone Game

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2 endzones with a player in each. Two teams of players in the middle - one team is the possession team and one is the pr...

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Pass and Move Possession Pressing Tackling Transitions

Stadium Game

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Two teams. Pair players up. 1 ball per pair. The goal of the game (for each individual players) is to finish the allotte...

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Tackling

Possession Clock

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Possession clock drill. Keep possession for 1 minute. Once a team has kept possession for 1 minute they can score in eit...

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Pass and Move Possession Pressing Transitions

1 vs 1 Shoot then Defend

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Dribble round cones. Player 1 has a shot then becomes the defender against player 2.

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Ball Mastery Goalkeeper Practice 1 v 1 Dribbling Transitions

Pressing Drill with Scoring Gate

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Two teams of 4 or 5. One pivot per team, who moves along the line of pancake cones. Team 1 tries to make 5 passes, b...

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Pass and Move Pressing Transitions

3 v 3 Game

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Small sided 3 v 3 game.

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3 v 3

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