Soccer Drills for Soccer Coaches. These are specifically Under 17 Soccer drills. U17, U18, U19 Soccer Drills, Soccer Practices, Soccer Training Sessions.
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The soccer drills listed below are age specific soccer drills for Under 17 Soccer Drills(U17 U-17 Soccer Drills), Under 18 Soccer Drills(U18 U-18 Soccer Drills),
and Under 19 Soccer Drills(U19 U-19 Soccer Drills), High School Soccer Drills,
Soccer Games and Soccer Training Sessions.
This drill builds the courage to dribble forward and the vision to combine once you get there. Most young players learn to keep the ball. Fewer learn when to carry it into space on purpose. Here, attackers hold a 4v2 advantage in one grid until a gap opens. Then one player has to make a bold read: drive the ball across open space into a second group and keep the play alive. It is a great tool for coaches who want players who dribble with a purpose, not just to beat a defender for the sake of it. Along the way, players practice supporting angles, scanning before the ball arrives, and staying patient in tight numbers-up possession. Add pass or touch restrictions once players get comfortable, and this drill turns into a real tactical test of speed of play and decision-making under pressure.
This drill develops players' vision and awareness by forcing them to constantly scan and recognize which goals are open for attack. The requirement to pass through the center poles before scoring teaches patience in possession and rewards teams that can control the ball and pick the right moment to penetrate. Players learn to open up their body position to see the entire field, including teammates making backside runs away from pressure. The four goals create constant decision-making about which direction to attack based on where defenders are positioned. Quick transitions become essential because once a team completes the pass through the center, they must immediately identify and attack an open goal before defenders can recover. This setup mimics games in which teams must recognize when to keep possession and when to strike quickly, and it rewards players who can switch the point of attack rapidly.
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.
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.
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