Soccer Drills

Soccer drills are an essential piece in producing top-tiered youth soccer players and teams. Soccer drills, excercises, and games allow you to create a fun and competitive soccer practice to prepare your athletes for match competition. These soccer drills & practice ideas will excite, challenge, and encourage players when executed effectively. Through the repetition of drills, player’s skills will continue to refine and perfect.

Soccer Coaching Drills

You can browse the last 10 soccer drills published below or use the navigation links at the top of this page to browse our exercises by age or skill focus. Take a deeper dive and use our soccer drill search to help you filter through the database of training excercises, games, and drills.

Browse Soccer Drills

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Latest Soccer Drills

Below you will find a few of the latest soccer drills posted to SoccerXpert.

4v4, Thirds of the Field, Shape and Positioning

Chris Johnson 4,717 Views Rating 0 (0 Reviews)

This 4v4 thirds of the field drill is great for improving shape and positioning.

1v1 Speed and Reaction Game

Chris Johnson 34,190 Views Rating 0 (0 Reviews)

1v1 Speed and Reaction Game is a fun addition to any practice that focuses on quick reaction and speed, ending with a 1v1 to small goals.

Soccer Tic-Tac-Toe Warm-up

Chris Johnson 52,984 Views Rating 0 (0 Reviews)

Soccer Tic-Tac-Toe is a fun warmup drill that focuses on making good decisions while under pressure.

2v2 with Target Players to Small Goals

Chris Johnson 20,173 Views Rating 0 (0 Reviews)

2v2 drill focusing on penetrating passes to a target player to stretch the field and finish on goal.

1v1 Attacking to a Full-Size Goal

Chris Johnson 18,355 Views Rating 0 (0 Reviews)

1v1 attacking drill that focuses on beating the defender in a 1v1 situation and finishing on a full-size goal.

1v1 Three Grid Attacking Drill

Chris Johnson 18,715 Views Rating 0 (0 Reviews)

1v1 Attacking Drill focuses on dribbling to beat defenders.

Passing Warm-up Drill

Chris Johnson 51,490 Views Rating 0 (0 Reviews)

This is a passing warm-up drill that is a great start to every practice and before a game.

4v1 Rondo

Chris Johnson 18,606 Views Rating 0 (0 Reviews)

This rondo variation is geared for younger player or players you are just introducing to the rondo training.

Defensive Clearances- Up and Out

Chris Johnson 25,757 Views Rating 0 (0 Reviews)

This defensive soccer drill focuses on clearing balls from the back third of the field. Defenders are taught to handle difficult balls while clearing them high and wide.

Two-Goal Soccer Shooting Training Session

Chris Johnson 16,434 Views Rating 0 (0 Reviews)

This soccer shooting training session focuses on receiving a ground pass and shooting followed up with receiving a long ball and shooting on target.