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Can You Do This?

Drill Quick Glance
Age: 4-8 Field: 20X20
Players: 4+ Focus: WARM-UP
Difficulty: EASY Time: 10 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 3.86 / 5 Views: 98,621
Published: 11/26/2008 Author: Chris Johnson
Drill Objective

The Can You Do This? soccer drill focuses on players under 6 years old. It is designed to work on simple body movement, coordination, and balance.

This is a soccer drill is designed to work on simple body movement, coordination and balance.
Drill setup
  1. In an unmarked area gather your players without their soccer ball (you can introduce this later in this drill).
  2. The coach should come up with a short list of activities such as skipping, one-legged hops, star jumps, log rolls, summer salts, push-ups, etc.
Drill Instructions
  1. The coach should start by asking the players "I can do [activity] can you?"
  2. The coach should then demonstrate to the players the activity and have the children do the same.
Drill Variations

Introduce the soccer ball and change activities to include the soccer ball such as:

  • dribbling
  • passing and kicking
  • throw-ins
  • punting
Soccer Drill Titled: Can You Do This?
Tagged:
  • SOCCER BODY MOVEMENT
  • COORDINATION
  • AND BALANCE
Published by: Chris Johnson

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