Browse Soccer Drills for Under 13, Under 14, Under 15, and U16 Soccer Coaches.
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When coaching Under 13, Under 14, Under 15, Under 16, and High School level players, expect them to be able to perform a range of skills. Popularity and self-esteem coupled with early or late stages of puberty sometimes produce an "all-knowing" attitude. Because of these self-critical thoughts and physical changes, it's often on the coach to challenge, motivate, and involve players.
Training sessions should be between one and a half hour and two hours. Warm-up is critical at this age as muscle, ligament, and skeletal changes are occurring. Introduce competitive team activities of six to eight people to start focusing on the more extensive set of tactics. Work in these small-sided groups and keep the training sessions competitive, challenging, and everyone involved.
The soccer drills listed below are age specific soccer drills for Under 13 Soccer Drills(U13 U-13 Soccer Drills), Under 14 Soccer Drills(U14 U-14 Soccer Drills), Under 15 Soccer Drills(U15 U-15 Soccer Drills), Under 16 Soccer Drills(U16 U-16 Soccer Drills), Soccer Games and Soccer Training Sessions.
This game-like drill creates a high-tempo match situation to challenge both attackers and defenders. Attackers learn how to break through a compact defense to create finishing chances on the big goal. Defenders focus on applying pressure, staying compact in central spaces, and protecting the penalty area. When defenders win the ball, they must transition immediately to find the two mini goals or connect with the neutral target. The neutral player keeps the pace high and gives both teams an outlet to reset and switch the attack.
This goalkeeping drill will focus on footwork as well as handling the ball. This is a great goalkeeper warm-up or agility drill to do during keeper training.
This 1v1 soccer battle drill will focus on the attacker's change of direction, change of pace, and burst of speed to the goal all while working on the defender's ability to close down the attacker quickly, reaction time, speed of recovery, and angles of defense.