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Soccer fitness and conditioning drills to ensure your players are match-fit.

Soccer Fitness Drills

Soccer fitness is crucial for maintaining high performance throughout the game by improving endurance, speed, and agility. This page offers a variety of drills designed to build strength, stamina, and quickness to help players stay sharp on the field.

3v1 Rotating Defenders

3v1 Rotating Defenders

This 3v1 game will focus on keeping possession in a tight space. Work on passing, decision making, movement on and off the ball as well as improve communication.


Age: 9+ Field: 10X10
Players: 6+ Focus: POSSESSION
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.78 / 5 Views: 424,374
Published: 7/18/2012 Author: Chris Johnson
Soccer Fitness; Improving Reaction and Acceleration

Soccer Fitness; Improving Reaction and Acceleration

This soccer fitness exercise focuses on improving player's reaction time and acceleration.


Age: 9+ Field: 30X30
Players: 8+ Focus: FITNESS
Difficulty: EASY Time: 10 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.77 / 5 Views: 189,825
Published: 2/28/2011 Author: Chris Johnson
Line Passing Combination Warm-up

Line Passing Combination Warm-up

This combination passing drill is designed to work on combination play while advancing up the field. This passing drill focuses on the timing of passes, runs, combination play, and will be a great warm-up to passing practices.


Age: 8-12 Field: HALF FIELD
Players: 4+ Focus: PASSING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 10 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.76 / 5 Views: 219,186
Published: 7/20/2012 Author: Chris Johnson
Three Goal Shooting Drill

Three Goal Shooting Drill

This soccer shooting fitness exercise is a great finishing drill for getting rapid shots on multiple goals and is also great for fitness.


Age: 9+ Field: HALF FIELD
Players: 6+ Focus: SHOOTING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 3.74 / 5 Views: 113,336
Published: 2/21/2011 Author: Chris Johnson
2v2 Quick Attacking Soccer Drill

2v2 Quick Attacking Soccer Drill

This 2v2 soccer drill is a great game to work on quick attacking and defending skills. It is a very fast-paced and dynamic soccer game that the kids will love.


Age: 9+ Field: 25X40
Players: 8+ Focus: ATTACKING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.72 / 5 Views: 408,589
Published: 3/4/2012 Author: Chris Johnson
Attacking from the Back

Attacking from the Back

This soccer drill focuses on building an attack from the back starting with the keeper’s distribution. When performed on a full field this drill demands a great deal of fitness as it should be executed at top speed in a continuous fashion.


Age: 12+ Field: HALF FIELD
Players: 8+ Focus: ATTACKING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 3.72 / 5 Views: 80,327
Published: 12/9/2005 Author: Chris Johnson
3-Minute Shooting Drill

3-Minute Shooting Drill

This soccer drill allows the coach to focus on shooting, goalkeeping and clearing balls from the back. This drill is an excellent warmup to a shooting or clearing practice.


Age: 9+ Field: HALF FIELD
Players: 6+ Focus: SHOOTING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: YES INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 3.68 / 5 Views: 146,718
Published: 11/16/2006 Author: Chris Johnson
2v1 and 1v1 Possession Game

2v1 and 1v1 Possession Game

This soccer drill focuses on both possession and penetration. It helps to teach communication and switching the point of attack to keep possession and penetrate the defense.


Age: 9+ Field: 20X20
Players: 5+ Focus: POSSESSION
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 10 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.65 / 5 Views: 86,906
Published: 12/26/2005 Author: Chris Johnson
Handling Flighted Balls

Handling Flighted Balls

This receiving soccer drill focuses on passing and receiving flighted balls during warm-up.


Age: 9+ Field: 20X20
Players: 8+ Focus: RECEIVING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 3.64 / 5 Views: 85,805
Published: 11/26/2005 Author: Chris Johnson
Dribbling to Beat Defenders, Take on Defenders

Dribbling to Beat Defenders, Take on Defenders

The Dribbling to Beat Defenders, Take on Defenders drill is a great soccer drill to teach players to dribble at and beat defenders. It also focuses on other aspects of the game such as passing, receiving, and support. Teaches players to take on defenders.


Age: 9+ Field: 30X45
Players: 12 Focus: DRIBBLING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.64 / 5 Views: 84,028
Published: 10/20/2008 Author: Chris Johnson
Circle Passing Combination Drill

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.


Age: 9+ Field: 20X20
Players: 8+ Focus: PASSING
Difficulty: EASY Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 3.62 / 5 Views: 147,088
Published: 7/16/2012 Author: Chris Johnson
Shooting Warmup

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.


Age: 8+ Field: 20X40
Players: 3+ Focus: SHOOTING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 3.62 / 5 Views: 102,205
Published: 12/29/2005 Author: Chris Johnson

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