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SOCCER ATTACKING DRILLS AND PRACTICES TO IMPROVE SOCCER ATTACKING SKILLS

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Soccer Attacking Drills

Attacking in soccer is all about creativity, speed, and precision to break through defenses and score goals. This page offers drills to enhance players' ability to build attacks, make decisive runs, and finish with confidence.

Winger Taking on Outside Fullback

Winger Taking on Outside Fullback

This dribbling game focuses on the winger players taking on the outside fullbacks in the offensive third of the field.


Age: 9+ Field: HALF FIELD
Players: 14+ Focus: ATTACKING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 4.08 / 5 Views: 175,931
Published: 1/31/2011 Author: Chris Johnson
Flighted Balls in the 18

Flighted Balls in the 18

This soccer drill is designed to focus on chipping, trapping and shooting inside the 18. If you need your team to feel more comfortable inside the penalty box, you have to practice there.


Age: 9+ Field: 20X40
Players: 6+ Focus: ATTACKING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 4.08 / 5 Views: 160,733
Published: 9/28/2006 Author: Chris Johnson
Cross - Finish Under Pressure

Cross - Finish Under Pressure

This crossing and finishing drill is excellent for focusing on crossing and finishing under pressure. It is also a great drill to improve the player's fitness level.


Age: 9+ Field: HALF FIELD
Players: 6+ Focus: CROSSING
Difficulty: EASY Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 4.07 / 5 Views: 206,959
Published: 3/14/2011 Author: Chris Johnson
Receiving the Ball with Back to Goal

Receiving the Ball with Back to Goal

This soccer receiving drill will focus on chest, thigh, and fast traps and control. This receiving exercise teaches players to turn, shield, or play the way they face when their back is to the goal.


Age: 9+ Field: 20X30
Players: 4+ Focus: RECEIVING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 4.07 / 5 Views: 127,892
Published: 8/9/2010 Author: Chris Johnson
2v2 Challenge

2v2 Challenge

This 2v2 soccer drill focuses on putting players in 2 vs. 2 situations while attacking the goal. The dynamics of the games works on transitioning, and fitness demands on the players can be intense at times.


Age: 9+ Field: 25X30
Players: 8+ Focus: ATTACKING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 mins.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 4.06 / 5 Views: 167,454
Published: 5/2/2006 Author: Chris Johnson
1v1 Transition Drill

1v1 Transition Drill

This dynamic game will allow you to focus on the transition from offense to defense. This soccer transitional drill is designed to be played at a quick pace. 


Age: 9+ Field: 15X20
Players: 6+ Focus: 1v1
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 4.06 / 5 Views: 138,247
Published: 11/16/2006 Author: Chris Johnson
Dribbling with Speed,Recognizing When to Dribble

Dribbling with Speed,Recognizing When to Dribble

This dribbling soccer drill will help players recognize when to make runs and get comfortable making those runs with speed.


Age: 9+ Field: 20X50
Players: 12 Focus: DRIBBLING
Difficulty: Hard Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 4.06 / 5 Views: 73,171
Published: 10/20/2008 Author: Chris Johnson
Soccer End Zone Game

Soccer End Zone Game

The soccer end zone game is a great soccer drill that will help coaches focus on all aspects of attacking and defending in soccer. With incorporating end zones into the game, it gives players a chance to learn to attack space behind the defense and allows defenders to learn how to deny space behind them.


Age: 10+ Field: HALF FIELD
Players: 8+ Focus: ATTACKING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 4.05 / 5 Views: 145,412
Published: 10/13/2007 Author: Chris Johnson
4v4 Playing Wide Out of the Back

4v4 Playing Wide Out of the Back

This drill is designed to get players to play balls wide when playing from the back, the defensive third of the field. Players recognize that they find more time and space on the outsides of the field and they are relieving the center of the pitch from dangerous play.


Age: 9+ Field: 40X25
Players: 8 Focus: Game-like
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 4.04 / 5 Views: 196,431
Published: 3/2/2006 Author: Chris Johnson
Team Tactics Dribbling in the Attacking Third

Team Tactics Dribbling in the Attacking Third

This soccer attacking drill is a great team tactic dribbling drill that focuses on when and where to dribble in the attacking third.


Age: 9+ Field: HALF FIELD
Players: 14 Focus: ATTACKING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 4.04 / 5 Views: 82,996
Published: 2/14/2011 Author: Chris Johnson
1v1 to Multiple Goals (Dribbling)

1v1 to Multiple Goals (Dribbling)

This 1v1 soccer drill is an excellent drill for focusing on teaching players attacking skills such as taking on their opponent or learning to attack space. Defensively it will teach players the responsibility of man-marking.


Age: 4+ Field: 30X30
Players: 6+ Focus: DRIBBLING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 4.04 / 5 Views: 120,888
Published: 9/30/2006 Author: Chris Johnson
2v2+1 (2 vs. 2 plus target attacker)

2v2+1 (2 vs. 2 plus target attacker)

This 2v2+1 soccer drill is a great situational game that focuses on numbers up attacking situations or numbers down defending situations.


Age: 9+ Field: 30X40
Players: 8+ Focus: ATTACKING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 4.03 / 5 Views: 123,420
Published: 9/28/2009 Author: Chris Johnson

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