Youth soccer drills

266 Pages·2014·8.454 MB·English

by  Jim Garland

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)
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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
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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)
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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