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Explore our library of soccer drills, games and activities written by experienced coaches in the women’s game. New content is added with every new issue to build a growing library of girls' soccer drills.

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Practice: Up, back and through to progress

In this practice, players understand the movements and technical elements required to successfully use the up-back-through move.

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Small-sided game: Up, back and through to progress

This small-sided game allows players to practice, in game, up-back-through and third-man runs.

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Warm-up: Up, back and through to progress

This warm up is a tweaked rondo, which allows for multiple repetitions of the up-back-through, allowing players to get used to the move.

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Up, back and through to progress

A three-part session which develops players’ awareness for third-man forward runs to progress play, with multiple game-realistic scenario...

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Overloads in wide areas

A three-part session which develops players’ awareness and ability to identify and exploit space in wide areas through creating overloads...

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Dominate in 1v1s

A three-part session which encourages players to create space to receive when under pressure from a defender. Session structure: Warm-up,...

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When to pass

A three-part session to develop your players’ decision-making around releasing the ball. Session structure: warm-up, practice 1, practice 2

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Practice 2: Combination play to break lines

Encourages players to adjust to formation changes, use tempo changes to break lines and rotations between lines.

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Practice 1: Combination play to break lines

Develops combination play, forcing players to adapt to inside/outside roles and introduces tempo variation

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Warm-up: Combination play to break lines

Prepares players technically and mentally and introduces positional interchange and scanning under pressure.

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Combination play to break lines

A three-part session which works on using tempo changes and rotations to break lines. Session structure: Practice 1, Practice 2, Small-...

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Small-sided game: Pressing triggers

Challenge players to win the ball back in specific areas of the pitch, and reward them for their success

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Practice 2: Pressing triggers

Encourage defenders to coordinate their pressing and screening/sliding efforts

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Practice 1: Pressing triggers

Get players to start reading triggers about when to press the player in possession

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Pressing triggers

A three-part session which develops players’ awareness around out-of-possession pressing triggers. Session structure: Practice 1, Practice 2...

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Creating and converting

A three-part session which encourages quick combination play and goalscoring opportunities. Session structure: Warm-up, Practice 1, ...

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Steph is a football coach originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, in north-east England, but now working in London. She is Level 1 qualified ...

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Currently Man City’s Foundation Phase Lead and is also a programme leader at UCFB for the BA (Hons) in Football Coaching and Management. ...

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Sam has a US Soccer National "A" License, US Soccer National Instructor’s License, US Soccer National Goalkeeping License and Premier ...

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Small-sided game: Playing it out

Reward effective play through the thirds

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Practice 2: Playing it out

Get repetitions of playing out from the back, with reward available on transition

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Practice 1: Playing it out

Introduce players to the concept of building through the thirds

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Down the chimney

A Christmas-themed game working on running with the ball and 1v1 skills.

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Jungle adventure

A fun warm-up game for players to practise dribbling in a busy area

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Doctor doctor

Help your players practise dribbling and running with the ball

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Practice 2: Switching play using width

Give the attacking team an overload to support them to achieve success in switching play

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Practice 1: Switching play using width

Give players a structure for switching play with this passing pattern

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Soccer Drills & Games

Practice: Up, back and through to progress

Small-sided game: Up, back and through to progress

Warm-up: Up, back and through to progress

Up, back and through to progress

Overloads in wide areas

Dominate in 1v1s

When to pass

Practice 2: Combination play to break lines

Practice 1: Combination play to break lines

Warm-up: Combination play to break lines

Combination play to break lines

Small-sided game: Pressing triggers

Practice 2: Pressing triggers

Practice 1: Pressing triggers

Pressing triggers

Creating and converting

Featured Coaches

Hannah Duncan

Steph Fairbairn

Carl Wild

Samantha Snow

Small-sided game: Playing it out

Practice 2: Playing it out

Practice 1: Playing it out

Down the chimney

Jungle adventure

Doctor doctor

Practice 2: Switching play using width

Practice 1: Switching play using width

Popular Activities

Discover the simple way to become a more effective, more successful soccer coach

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