Attacking from the Midfield
This attacking soccer drill focuses on building an attack from the midfield and focuses on the midfield players getting forward into the attacking third.
Browse Soccer Drills for Under 13, Under 14, Under 15, and U16 Soccer Coaches.
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 attacking soccer drill focuses on building an attack from the midfield and focuses on the midfield players getting forward into the attacking third.
This soccer trapping drill focus on trapping and control with the addition of a passive defender. The defender causes the receiving player to be more aware of their surroundings.
The Attack vs. Defence Shooting and Defending drill is one that the kids love. The players will get to work on both attacking (shooting) and defending skills and if ran correctly, very fast paced.
This soccer ball control drill aims to work on trapping and control with the foot, thigh, and chest while facing an opponent.
The One-Touch Diamond Passing Combination drill focuses on a number of quick one-touch combination passes and movement off the ball.
The World Cup Soccer Drill is a great shooting game for kids of all ages. The World Cup Soccer game is a great drill to work on game-like situations while numbers down.
The Angle of Support Soccer Possession Drill is a soccer passing drill for teaching young players angle of support and spacing.
This 5v2 drill will focus on keeping possession by making good passes as well as good passing decisions, moving to open space, and good communication.
This soccer drill is designed to improve the speed of play, decision making, and passing accuracy under pressure.
This is a great drill for teaching the basics of shielding as it focuses on positioning your body between the ball and the defender to protect the ball.
The Defensive Overlapping Drill is a great drill to teach fullbacks to overlap midfielders and getting the defenders into the attack. This is a great starting point to teaching defensive overlaps.
This soccer drill is a great warm-up drill that allows players to work on touching the ball with all parts of the foot. If you want to improve players footwork and dribbling skills, this is an excellent start to each practice.