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Soccer drills, games, and exercises to improve your teams skills and techniques. Perfect for all levels, find drills for dribbling, passing, shooting, and more.

Soccer Drills, Games, and Exercises

Elevate your team’s game with soccer drills that enhance skills, speed, and teamwork. Focus on small-sided games for real match scenarios, technical drills for precision, and conditioning for endurance. Keep players engaged with our high-intensity, game-like soccer drills!

Latest Soccer Drills

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

Dribblers vs. Defenders Challenge

Dribblers vs. Defenders Challenge

This drill develops dribbling under pressure, defensive tackling skills, and quick decision-making. Dribblers learn to protect the ball while defenders work on pressing and winning possession.


Age: 4-8 Field: 20X15
Players: 6+ Focus: DRIBBLING
Difficulty: EASY Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 1,530
Published: 2/16/2025 Author: Chris Johnson
Follow the Leader Dribbling

Follow the Leader Dribbling

In this drill, players follow a leader who dribbles the ball around the field, performing various movements and turns. The followers must mimic the leader's actions, encouraging them to pay close attention and react quickly. Use this drill to help enhance dribbling skills and agility and to develop the ability to imitate and react to different movements and techniques.


Age: 4-8 Field: 20x20
Players: 2+ Focus: Dribbling
Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 min.
Goalkeeper: No Team
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 6,252
Published: 12/31/2023 Author: Chris Johnson
Combination Play Through the Central Midfielders

Combination Play Through the Central Midfielders

This soccer passing and combination drill focus on passing combination play through the central midfielder players.


Age: 9+ Field: 20X30
Players: 8+ Focus: PASSING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 22,099
Published: 1/23/2021 Author: Chris Johnson
4v4+4 Continuous Transition Rondo

4v4+4 Continuous Transition Rondo

This drill enhances quick decision-making, possession retention, and defensive pressing. Players develop composure under pressure, transition speed, and teamwork through a continuous cycle of possession and defending.


Age: 13+ Field: 10X20
Players: 12+ Focus: Game-like
Difficulty: Hard Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 2,354
Published: 2/13/2025 Author: Chris Johnson
4v4 + Keeper to Full-Size Goals

4v4 + Keeper to Full-Size Goals

This drill simulates real match conditions by developing players' ability to attack, defend, and transition in small-sided play. It encourages quick decision-making, team communication, and finishing with the added challenge of goalkeepers.


Age: 9+ Field: 40X30
Players: 10+ Focus: Game-like
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: YES Team
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 4,502
Published: 3/21/2025 Author: Chris Johnson
1v1 with 4 Small Goals  Funino

1v1 with 4 Small Goals Funino

This drill improves 1v1 attacking skills, defensive positioning, and finishing under pressure. Players learn to recognize attacking opportunities while also being responsible for defending their assigned goals.


Age: 4+ Field: 20X30
Players: 4+ Focus: 1V1
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 1,606
Published: 2/16/2025 Author: Chris Johnson
Stop and Turn Dribbling Relay Race

Stop and Turn Dribbling Relay Race

Introduce a competitive element with the Stop and Turn Soccer Dribbling Relay Race, emphasizing stopping, turning, and directional changes. This drill reinforces quick transitions and sharpens players' ability to control the ball during directional shifts. The objective is to improve precision and speed in executing turns under pressure.


Age: 4-8 Field: 10x30
Players: 10+ Focus: Dribble/Turn
Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 min.
Goalkeeper: No Team
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 5,777
Published: 8/29/2024 Author: Chris Johnson
Simple Obstacle Course

Simple Obstacle Course

This simple obstacle course is fun for young players and focuses on agility, dribbling, and scoring goals. This simple, fun obstacle course develops young players' agility, dribbling, and goal-scoring abilities. This drill sharpens dribbling technique and enhances coordination while navigating through obstacles. The focus is on building control and precision under dynamic conditions.


Age: 4-8 Field: 10x20
Players: 10+ Focus: Agility
Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 min.
Goalkeeper: No Team
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 11,740
Published: 8/23/2024 Author: Chris Johnson
1v1 Elimination Challenge

1v1 Elimination Challenge

This drill sharpens 1v1 attacking, defending, and finishing under pressure. Players must react quickly after scoring, transition between attack and defense, and stay composed in high-pressure situations.


Age: 7+ Field: 20X30
Players: 4+ Focus: Game-like
Difficulty: EASY Time: 20 MINS.
Goalkeeper: NO Team
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 7,748
Published: 2/14/2025 Author: Chris Johnson
Dribbling and Turning with Pressure on the Back

Dribbling and Turning with Pressure on the Back

This drill teaches players how to turn effectively when under defensive pressure. It improves awareness, body positioning, and ball protection while developing confidence in 1v1 situations.


Age: 6-13 Field: 20X15
Players: 2+ Focus: TURNING
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 15 mins.
Goalkeeper: NO INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 5,955
Published: 2/16/2025 Author: Chris Johnson
Goalkeeper Footwork Exercise - Shuffle Dives

Goalkeeper Footwork Exercise - Shuffle Dives

This goalkeeping footwork drill focuses on the goalkeeper's footwork while shuffling to the side and diving forward towards the ball.


Age: 9+ Field: 10X20
Players: 1+ Focus: GOALKEEPER
Difficulty: MEDIUM Time: 10 MINS.
Goalkeeper: YES INDIVIDUAL
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 15,674
Published: 1/18/2021 Author: Chris Johnson
Obstacle Course Dribble Drill

Obstacle Course Dribble Drill

The Obstacle Course dribbling drill is a fun way for young players to practice dribbling in a more dynamic and challenging environment. This drill involves an obstacle course with cones through which players dribble their soccer balls. It's designed to mimic game situations where players must navigate opponents or tight spaces. It helps develop their ability to control the ball under various conditions, an essential skill for soccer players of all levels. This drill helps to improve dribbling skills and agility and enhances coordination and control while maneuvering the ball around obstacles.


Age: 8-12 Field: 20x20
Players: 2+ Focus: Dribbling
Difficulty: Medium Time: 10 min.
Goalkeeper: No Individual
Rating: 0 / 5 Views: 19,971
Published: 12/31/2023 Author: Chris Johnson

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