Fun
Soccer Drills - Quality Drills
Your Team Will Love
By Ry Van Buuren
I
have been coaching soccer drills
for various age groups for about
4 years now. Along the way I have
watched over other training sessions
of other age groups, and while
watching a few, I found that a
minority of the coaches did not
seem to have any fun soccer drills.
This was particularly noticeable
with the more unexperienced coaches.
Some
coaches go from training U16's
to training U10's, and this is
a whole new ball game. Teenagers,
who are serious about soccer,
are more professional, and you
can bond with them... While on
the other hand kids just want
to have play and have fun, therefore
the need to implement fun soccer
drills in important.
My
point is that coaches need to
assess the age group they are
training, and plan their fun soccer
drills according to the age group.
With adults or teenagers you can
have serious fun, while with kids,
you have to have playful fun.
The point of soccer drills is
to teach your players a situation
that may arise in a match. Below
is some fun soccer drills you
can use at your next practice.
Dribbling
Drill Race
Put
2 sets of 10 cones in a row, about
5 feet apart. Divide your team
into 2 groups (If you have 20
players you will have 10 players
in a group each). The groups must
stand behind the set of cones
each. The first person from each
group will dribble the ball in
between the cones to the last
cone and back. Once the player
is back to where he started, he
or she will tag the second player,
and the second player will dribble
the ball in between the cones
there and back, and so on. The
team where all players have dribbled
the there and back, are the winners.
Below is a basic diagram of setting
the cones up.
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Group 1
0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Group 2
Soccer
Volleyball
This
is easy to setup and the players
love it. Take cones and set up
the basic outline of a volleyball
court. Make a few courts depending
on how many players you have.
Make teams of 3 players. The server
starts by heading the ball to
the other team. The other team
has 3 touches (one per player)
to get the ball on to the other
side of the court, with letting
the ball touch the ground, and
vice versa. If the ball goes out
of bounds or touches the ground,
the other team gains 1 point.
Fun
soccer drills will have your players
coming back to training, and loving
it. Most of soccer players lives
are spent practising so make it
fun. You will end up having fun
as well. Fun
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