Youth SOCCER Drills Third Edition Jim Garland HUMAN KINETICS Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Garland, Jim, 1948- Youth soccer drills / Jim Garland. -- Third edition. pages cm 1. Soccer for children--Training. I. Title. GV944.2.G37 2014 796.334083--dc23 2013043566 ISBN-10: 1-4504-6823-3 (print) ISBN-13: 978-1-4504-6823-7 (print) Copyright © 2014, 2003, 1997 by Human Kinetics, Inc. All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invent- ed, including xerography, photocopying, and recording, and in any information storage and retrieval system, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher. 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Contents Drill Finder vi Acknowledgments x Introduction xi 1 Spatial Concepts and Movement Drills . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 2 Dribbling Drills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..33 3 Passing and Collecting Drills . . . . ..77 4 Heading Drills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..149 5 Shooting Drills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..171 6 Game Progressions. . . . . . . . . . . . ..221 7 Using Drills in Practice . . . . . . . . ..237 About the Author 249 v Drill Finder Drill Level of Number Time Page number Title defense of players (min) number Spatial Concepts and Movement Drills 1 Open Space Drill None 1 5 4 2 Closed Space Drill Subtle 2 5 6 3 Personal Space Drill None 10 + 10 8 4 General Space Drill None 10 + 10 10 5 Moving Vision Drill None 10 + 10 12 6 Volcano Drill None 4 + 5 14 7 Triangle Drill None 1 30 sec 16 8 Copycat Drill None 2 5 18 9 Monday Morning Traffic Drill None 6+ 5 20 10 Flag Tag Game Subtle 2 5 22 11 Team Exchange Drill None 12+ 5 24 12 Jackrabbit Drill None 3 + 10 26 13 Shirt Tag Game Gamelike 3 + 10 28 14 Number Tag Game Subtle 8 + 10 30 Dribbling Drills 15 Fancy Footwork Drill None 3 + 15 36 16 Follow-the-Leader Drill None 10+ 5 38 17 Freedom Drill None 10 + 10 40 18 Freeze Drill None 7 + 10 42 19 Is Anybody Home? Game None 6 + 10 44 20 Triangle Tag Game Subtle 7 + 10 46 21 Sprint Drill None * 6 + 10 48 22 Partner Tag Game Subtle 8 + 10 50 23 Intruders Game Subtle 8 + 10 52 24 Circle Dribble Tag Game Subtle 6 10 54 25 Shake-and-Take Drill None * 1 10 56 26 Sprint Challenge Drill Gamelike 3 + 10 58 27 Possession Drill Gamelike 2 5 60 vi Drill Level of Number Time Page number Title defense of players (min) number 28 Partner Dribble Game Gamelike 2 10 62 29 Dribble Chase Game Subtle 2 10 64 30 Change-of-Direction Game Gamelike 6 + 15 66 31 Two-Team Dribble Tag Game Subtle 6 + 10 68 32 Invasion Game Subtle 10 + 10 70 33 Four-Grid Scramble Game Subtle 16 10 72 34 Six-Goal Game Gamelike 10 + 10 74 Passing and Collecting Drills 35 Partner Passing Drill None 6 + 10 80 36 Knockout Game None 8+ 10 82 37 Thread-the-Needle Drill None 2 5 84 38 The Round-Up Game None 10+ 10 86 39 Good-Bye Drill None 3 5 88 40 Two-Team Passing Challenge None 8+ 15 90 Game 41 Circle Collection Drill None 9+ 10 92 42 Hello Drill None 3 5 94 43 Spaceman Drill None 2 5 96 44 Pendulum Drill None 3 10 98 45 Turning Drill None 7+ 10 100 46 Two-Cone Drill None 2 10 102 47 Line Drill None 3 5 104 48 Two-Touch Drill None 6+ 10 106 49 Return-to-Sender Drill None 6+ 10 108 50 Partner Thruway Drill None 8+ 10 110 51 Three-Player Passing Drill None 9 + 10 112 52 Four-Corner Passing Drill None 5+ 5 114 53 Pass-Dribble-Pass Drill None 2 5 116 54 First-Touch Drill None 6+ 5 118 55 Three-Team Passing Drill None 12 10 120 56 Invisible Man Drill Subtle 3 5 122 57 Star Drill Subtle 6 5 124 58 Monkey-in-the-Middle Drill Subtle 4 10 126 59 Long Ball Drill Subtle 10+ 15 128 (continued) vii Drill Level of Number Time Page number Title defense of players (min) number Passing and Collecting Drills (continued) 60 Keep-Away Drill Subtle 3 10 130 61 Three-Team Keep-Away Game Subtle 9 10 132 62 Cone Drill Gamelike 6 10 134 63 Check Out–Check In Drill Gamelike 6 10 136 64 1v1 Drill Gamelike 4 10 138 65 2v2 Keep-Away Drill Gamelike 4 10 140 66 Two-Teammate Passing Game Gamelike 12 20 142 67 3v2 Line Game Gamelike 6 10 144 68 Two-Team Keep-Away Game Gamelike 8 10 146 Heading Drills 69 Toss-to-Self Heading Drill None 10+ 5 152 70 Partner Heading Drill None 6+ 5 154 71 Sliding Heading Drill None 2 5 156 72 Short and Long Heading Drill None 3 5 158 73 Two-Team Heading Drill None 8 10 160 74 Star Heading Drill None * 5+ 5 162 75 Three-Corner Heading Drill None * 3+ 5 164 76 Jack-in-the-Box Drill Subtle 3 5 166 77 Show-for-Me Drill Gamelike 3 5 168 Shooting Drills 78 Partner Stationary None 2 10 174 Shooting Drill 79 Three-Player Shooting Drill None 3 10 176 80 Run-and-Shoot Drill None 4 10 178 81 Reverse Serving None 5 15 180 Shooting Drill 82 Pass-and-Shoot Drill None 4 15 182 83 Alternating Shooting Drill None 4 10 184 84 Spin-Turn Shooting Drill None 2 10 186 85 Bombardment Game Subtle 6 10 188 86 3v1 Shooting Drill Subtle * 4+ 10 190 87 Cat-and-Mouse Shooting Drill Subtle 2 10 192 88 Come-and-Get-Me Subtle 3 10 194 Shooting Drill viii