Rondos: going round in circles
A drill for futsal or football made fashionable by Barcelona. By Mary Pacitti MORE
Soccer drills and games
Explore our library of soccer drills and practices written by experienced coaches in the women’s game. New content is added every week and is available exclusively to subscribers.
Build, control and create – Small-Sided Game
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Build the play in a small-sided game. By Rangers U19 coach Niamh Russell MORE
Build, control and create – Practice 2
This second practice encourages players to use different patterns of play to bypass the press. By Rangers U19 assistant coach Niamh Russell MORE
Build, control and create – Practice 1
Train players to build through, around or over the press, with the emphasis on movement off the ball. By Rangers U19 assistant coach Niamh Russell MORE
Let’s all go to Animal Island!
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Dribbling, passing and teamwork in this fun foundation activity. By Linzi Hall MORE
Transition to attack – Small-Sided Game
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This three-part session develops players’ ability to react quickly when winning possession, countering and switching the point of attack. By KIM DeCESARE MORE
Transition to attack – Practice
This three-part session develops players’ ability to react quickly when winning possession, countering and switching the point of attack. By KIM DeCESARE MORE
Transition to attack – Warm Up
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This three-part session develops players’ ability to react quickly when winning possession, countering and switching the point of attack. By KIM DeCESARE MORE
Catch the foxes!
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Introduce running with the ball and looking for space. MORE
Overloads in wide areas – Small-Sided Game
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This three-part session develops players’ awareness and ability to identify and exploit space in wide areas through creating overloads. By CARLY DAVIES MORE
Overloads in wide areas – Warm Up
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This three-part session develops players’ awareness and ability to identify and exploit space in wide areas through creating overloads. By CARLY DAVIES MORE
Overloads in wide areas – Practice
This three-part session develops players’ awareness and ability to identify and exploit space in wide areas through creating overloads. By CARLY DAVIES MORE
Defend your castles!
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Test your youngsters’ decision-making with this fun practice. By GEMMA BELL MORE
Embracing chaos – Practice
This practice provides players with a loose structure but also presents opportunities for decision-making, overloads and 1v1s. By CARL WILD MORE
Pressing in middle third – Warm-Up
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This three-part session supports players individually and as a unit to press and win possession in the middle of the pitch. By KRISTI MURPHY MORE
Pressing in middle third – Practice
This three-part session supports players individually and as a unit to press and win possession in the middle of the pitch. By KRISTI MURPHY MORE
Pressing in middle third – Small-Sided Game
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This three-part session supports players individually and as a unit to press and win possession in the middle of the pitch. By KRISTI MURPHY MORE
Finding Nemo: the game
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‘Just keep winning’ - and develop youngsters’ agility and ability. By KATIE ADAMS MORE
Crosses and high shots drill
How to keep your goalkeepers on their toes. By NC State’s Justin Bryant MORE
Master the counter attack
Learn to hit teams on the break in this game-realistic session. By Matthew Mountford MORE
We’re all going on a safari!
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You’re the story teller as players morph into kangaroos, cheetahs, snakes, sloths and lions in this fun foundation phase activity. By Vicky Fisher MORE
Arrr, me hearties! It’s Treasure Island
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Become bounty-hunting buccaneers in this fun warm-up for foundation players, introducing ball manipulation, teamwork and communication. By Amy Page MORE
The Bournemouth supremacy
Marginal gains were vital to the Premier League underdogs and set pieces remain key to their Championship bid. Here’s one innovative routine you may want to rehearse... MORE
Learn to scan like a pro
This practice advances the previous warm-up session and places players into a more game-realistic, pressurised environment, with more decisions to make. MORE