Under 9 Soccer Drills, Games, and Exercises

Circle Passing Combination Drill

The circle passing combination drill will focus on passing, communication, playing with speed, and playing to feet. This soccer passing drill is an excellent passing warm-up drill that can be a great start to a passing practice.

Shooting Warmup

This shooting warm-up drill will focus on long-range passing, accuracy, and finishing. It can also be used as a fitness exercise by manipulating the numbers.

2v1 Dribbling with Opposition

In this 2v1 Dribbling with Opposition dribbling drill, we put the players in a 2v1 situation forcing the players to decide whether they should dribble or pass.

Line Passing Overlap Warm-up

This passing and overlapping warm-up soccer drill will help perfect the introduction of overlapping runs, playing off the pass, as well as teamwork through communication.

Combination Shooting Drills

This shooting drill focuses on combination play and building up for a shot on goal. There are multiple combination ideas to make the shooting drill more difficult progressively.

Center Mid Passing Combination 1

This is a great combination passing drill that will help focus on combination play and playing diagonal balls.

Fun Soccer Dribbling Warm-up

This is a fun soccer dribbling warm-up game that is an excellent ice-breaker at the beginning of the season or the beginning of a camp to get the kids warmed up with a light, fun dribbling game. These exercises might are a bit advanced for the beginner soccer player.

5v2 Angle of Support Passing Drill

The purpose of this soccer passing drill is to focus on players angle of support, the weight of passes and the quality of 1st touch.

Shooting Agility Drill

This soccer shooting drill will focus on passing combination along with agility. This drill is an excellent pre-game warmup for passing and shooting.

Inside of the Foot Passing Warm-up

This passing warm-up drill will focus on accuracy when passing with the inside of the foot. 

Passing to Beat the Defender

This passing game focuses on passing to beat the defender. This 2v2 game works on passing, moving, and finding open space behind two defenders.

Instep Shooting Drill

This soccer shooting drill focuses on the instep drive. This shooting technique is an essential method of striking a ball when shooting. The instep drive hits the shot with the foot's shoelace with the toe pointed down and the ankle locked.