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Under 10 Soccer Drills, Games, and Exercises

Quality age-appropriate soccer drills for kids in the U10, Under 10, 10 and Under age group.

Under 10 Soccer Drills, Games, and Exercises

Soccer drills for kids ages 10 and under focus on refining fundamental skills and introducing tactical awareness. This page features drills that enhance dribbling, passing, and shooting while encouraging teamwork and decision-making on the field.

UNDER 10 SOCCER DRILLS, GAMES, AND EXERCISES

Check-in Passing Warm-up

Check-in Passing Warm-up

This passing and receiving warm-up drill is a great soccer drill to help with timing and striking a ball while checking in to a pass.


Age: 9+ Field: 15X30
Players: 4+ Focus: PASSING
Difficulty: EASY Time: 10 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.92 / 5 Views: 110,986
Published: 5/31/2011 Author: Chris Johnson
Diagonal Soccer Shooting Drill

Diagonal Soccer Shooting Drill

This simple soccer shooting drill is great for warm-up to a shooting practice or warm-up before a game.


Age: 9+ Field: 30X30
Players: 5+ Focus: SHOOTING
Difficulty: EASY Time: 10 mins.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 3.91 / 5 Views: 322,916
Published: 5/18/2011 Author: Chris Johnson
Reaction, Acceleration, and Winning the Ball

Reaction, Acceleration, and Winning the Ball

This soccer drill focuses on reaction, acceleration, and winning 50-50 balls. This is a great warm-up drill when focusing on fitness, reaction time, or winning 50-50 balls.


Age: 7+ Field: 20X20
Players: 3+ Focus: WARM-UP
Difficulty: EASY Time: 10 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 3.9 / 5 Views: 148,682
Published: 3/7/2010 Author: Chris Johnson
2v2+4 Passing, Possession, Combination

2v2+4 Passing, Possession, Combination

This 2v2+4 soccer drill will focus on passing, possession, and combination play. This is a great small-sided soccer game when you want to perfect the composure of players in tight spaces.


Age: 9+ Field: 20X20
Players: 8+ Focus: PASSING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.89 / 5 Views: 203,457
Published: 2/29/2012 Author: Chris Johnson
Shooting Combo, 1v1 Shooting Drill

Shooting Combo, 1v1 Shooting Drill

This is a great shooting drill that focuses on making a move before shooting, making a 1-2 combination play before shooting, then taking on a defender 1v1 before shooting.


Age: 9+ Field: HALF FIELD
Players: 8+ Focus: ATTACKING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 3.89 / 5 Views: 160,790
Published: 9/17/2011 Author: Chris Johnson
Improving Combination Play

Improving Combination Play

The Improving Combination Play drill will help improve combination play as well as switching the point of attack. Use this soccer drill when you are organizing a soccer practice around passing and moving.


Age: 9+ Field: 40X40
Players: 6-16 Focus: POSSESSION
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.89 / 5 Views: 130,047
Published: 7/12/2008 Author: Chris Johnson
Knock Out

Knock Out

This drill is a great warm-up drill for dribbling sessions as it focuses on dribbling and ball control, keeping the head up, change of direction and change of pace.


Age: 4-12 Field: 20X20
Players: 6+ Focus: DRIBBLING
Difficulty: EASY Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 3.89 / 5 Views: 119,282
Published: 5/27/2006 Author: Chris Johnson
Team Reaction Dribbling Drill

Team Reaction Dribbling Drill

The team reaction dribbling drill is a fun soccer dribbling drill that focuses on dribbling and reacting to teammates.


Age: 4-12 Field: 30X30
Players: 4+ Focus: DRIBBLING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 10 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 3.87 / 5 Views: 212,479
Published: 2/26/2010 Author: Chris Johnson
4v2 Angle of Support

4v2 Angle of Support

This 4v2 soccer game will help perfect early support, movement without the ball, and good angle and support distance.


Age: 9+ Field: 18X36
Players: 8 Focus: POSSESSION
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.87 / 5 Views: 120,569
Published: 6/22/2011 Author: Chris Johnson
Diagonal 1v1 Soccer Drill

Diagonal 1v1 Soccer Drill

This 1v1 soccer drill is great to focus on 1v1 play whether it is on the offensive or the defensive side. On the offensive side, you can get attackers to attack the defenders with speed, quick change of pace with an explosive touch to get away, and getting behind the defensive players. On the defensive side, you can focus on closing down quickly, forcing the attacker to the side and closing down the attack.


Age: 4+ Field: 20X20
Players: 8+ Focus: 1v1
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.87 / 5 Views: 90,015
Published: 9/28/2006 Author: Chris Johnson
Across-Field Warm-Up

Across-Field Warm-Up

This soccer drill is mainly focused on technical skills during warm up. This is a great drill to do at the beginning of each game.


Age: 8+ Field: 35X40
Players: 2+ Focus: WARM-UP
Difficulty: EASY Time: 10 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 3.85 / 5 Views: 246,331
Published: 11/26/2005 Author: Chris Johnson
Dribbling with Speed

Dribbling with Speed

This dribbling exercise that works on speed dribbling and getting the ball under control while dribbling with speed.


Age: 8+ Field: 20X40
Players: 5+ Focus: FITNESS
Difficulty: EASY Time: 10 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 3.85 / 5 Views: 86,252
Published: 12/29/2005 Author: Chris Johnson

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