Quality age-appropriate soccer drills for kids in the U11, Under 11, 11 and Under age group.
Under 11 Soccer DrillsGamesand Exercises
Soccer drills for 11-year-olds focus on advancing technical skills and tactical understanding of the game. This page offers drills that improve ball control, passing, and positioning while fostering teamwork and strategic thinking.
The soccer end zone game is a great soccer drill that will help coaches focus on all aspects of attacking and defending in soccer. With incorporating end zones into the game, it gives players a chance to learn to attack space behind the defense and allows defenders to learn how to deny space behind them.
10+ yrs. 8+ players 20 mins. HALF FIELD yds. GK: no
The power and finesse shooting and finishing soccer drill focuses on being comfortable while striking long shots as well as close range shots, volleys, and headers.
This drill is designed to get players to play balls wide when playing from the back, the defensive third of the field. Players recognize that they find more time and space on the outsides of the field and they are relieving the center of the pitch from dangerous play.
This 1v1 soccer drill is an excellent drill for focusing on teaching players attacking skills such as taking on their opponent or learning to attack space. Defensively it will teach players the responsibility of man-marking.
This 3v1 soccer drill focuses on supporting the player with the ball, early support, moving without the ball, proper supporting angle, and good distance of support.
This 4v4 finishing drill is one of my favorite soccer finishing drills as it works on every aspect of finishing inside the 18-yard box. This drill focuses on soccer finishing skills such as chipping, crossing, heading, finishing and composure in the 18.
This drill is designed to focus on all aspects of the game in a 3v2 situation. Mainly runs of attackers, angle of support, passing vs. shooting decisions, defensive shape, and recovery runs, along with working on mental attentiveness.