Youth soccer drills for teenage players that focus on training activities needed for this U16 age group. Players in their teenage years and secondary school/high school soccer drills. Training focus now shifts to move advanced technical skills and higher level tactical understanding on the game. Fitness and conditioning is now integrated more as the physicality of the game starts to increase. Progress from U16 soccer drills to College Soccer Drills.
SAQ soccer drill that develops agility in soccer. Develop reaction time, motors skills for balance, co-ordination, programmed agility & random agility. ...
11-04-2018 Hits:88198 Agility Drills 
Darren Pitfield
This passing and midfield exercise involves developing play out from the defending unit through into the midfield.
18-05-2017 Hits:70763 Passing and Control Darren Pitfield
Warm-up with dynamic exercises to be used prior to training or games. Increase internal body temperature and decrease the risk of injury. Also used for mental preparation & focus prior...
29-12-2015 Hits:139040 Warm Up Drills Darren Pitfield
Develop Playing Out the Back in zones with transition built into the exercise. Coach shape and movements necessary to build out fro the back and circulate the football through the...
27-12-2015 Hits:87919 Playing Out from the Back SSGs Darren Pitfield
Transitional rondo exercise used to develop various aspects of play in tandem. Primarily possession skills with transition to attacking and also defending. Exercise should be used positionally to develop appropriate...
23-12-2015 Hits:128266 Transition Darren Pitfield
Possession activity designed to develop rotations and intelligent movement of midfielders to create supporting angles when in possession.
11-12-2015 Hits:132358 Positional Rotations Darren Pitfield
Develop possession skills in a transitional rondo 5vs2. Possession skills and angles of support are coached as well as quick transitions between the attacking and defending phase of the game.
09-12-2015 Hits:126593 Possession Drills Darren Pitfield
Quick possession activity with position functionality in two small possession grids. Soccer rondo exercise for developing quick play.
08-12-2015 Hits:73673 Possession Drills Darren Pitfield
Coach Playing out from the Back and building possession through the 3rds. Based on a possession style of football. Passing into the midfield. This exercise has several progressions that develop...
19-02-2015 Hits:95412 Playing Out from the Back SSGs Darren Pitfield
Positional rondo exercise in a 433 shape. Could be modified for other formations. Coach possession specifically in a 4-3-3 with transitions and playing tight spaces. Could be used as a...
18-01-2015 Hits:172036 Possession SSG's Darren Pitfield
Attacking functional exercise where teams attempt to create effective attacking patterns. Develop wide attacking play and also central combination play in order to disorganize and disorientate the defending line.
17-01-2015 Hits:128048 Attacking Functional Drills Darren Pitfield
Coach team how to compact the field and prevent opportunities to penetrate. Reduce the space between lines as an 11 man unit and learn how to slide and shift to...
13-03-2014 Hits:78712 Defending 11vs11 Darren Pitfield
Coach how to shift the defending block and how to compact the field. Coach defending deep and being hard to penetrate by maintaining spacing and co-ordinating as a unit effectively...
05-03-2014 Hits:94752 Defending Functional Drills Darren Pitfield
Attacking and finishing in front of goal with conditional fitness built in. Coach how finish from crosses and quick combination play with crossing. Also quick transition on missed efforts that...
21-02-2014 Hits:51138 Technical Finishing Drills Darren Pitfield
433 possession small sided game where we coach how to maintain possession in a 4-3-3. Coach combination play in the central midfield in a 4-3-3. ...
20-02-2014 Hits:71043 Possession SSG's Darren Pitfield
Coach understanding when to counter-attack on a large scale small sided game. Coach how to counter-attack in different ways and also how to regain possession in your own half. Strategies...
10-02-2014 Hits:76626 Compact Defending Games 
Alexander Trukan
Defending priorities and roles for central defenders in dealing with wide served balls. Coach how to deal with attackers in the final third and the details of the defending movements of...
05-12-2013 Hits:62158 Defending Functional Drills Alexander Trukan
Coach how to create space in wide areas and to exploit space in these areas. Coach how develop 1vs1 attacking scenarios wide and flank play along with attempt to unbalance...
12-11-2013 Hits:73105 Attacking Functional Drills Alexander Trukan
Coach how to regain possession in the final third and how to prevent the opposition playing forwards. Ideally attempting to regain possession of the football in 6 secs if possible...
21-10-2013 Hits:89622 Defending Phases of Play Alexander Trukan
Role of players when playing out the back. Role of midfield players when central defender is in possession. Role of central defenders when midfield player is in possession. Develop players understandings...
14-10-2013 Hits:94343 Attacking Phases of Play Alexander Trukan
Coach a team to control the tempo of possession and adopt a shape necessary to maintain possession. Players in central areas learn to connect the field and provide switches of...
23-07-2013 Hits:55944 Non-Directional Possession SSG's Darren Pitfield
Learn how to make an effective run to create space/cross/shoot. Learn how to recognize the right moment to overlap and exploit in wide flank areas. Learn also how to make...
17-07-2013 Hits:69564 Attacking Phases of Play Alexander Trukan
Develop passing and receiving soccer skills and how to create space as an individual and he strategies needed. Understanding also when there is need to work hard to move to...
16-07-2013 Hits:50894 Creating Space Ray Power
Develop wide player's ability to beat opponents 1vs1 and deliver a cross. Incorporates finishing and crossing technique as fundamental for the activity. Small sided game format with two competing teams...
20-03-2013 Hits:75657 Crossing and Wide Play SSGs 
TonyDeers
Defending recovery runs small sided game with sectioned area to determine clear defending runs for players. Coach where to make recovery runs for various positions (In particular Midfield players) and make...
29-11-2012 Hits:64448 Compact Defending Games Darren Pitfield
Small sided game focusing on developing Aerobic Fitness (High Intensity) and immediate transition on attack. Finishing is also trained in high reps as the defending unit is frequently outnumbered. ...
30-03-2012 Hits:83828 Aerobic SSG's Darren Pitfield
Fitness and conditioning activity used to develop aerobic capacity and also threshold capacity. Exercise integrates technical training at repeated stations whilst training aerobic energy systems. ...
12-02-2012 Hits:78922 Aerobic Fitness Drills Darren Pitfield
Finishing exercise involving stations and combining various finishing techniques from servers around the 18yrd area. Finishing from different angles with SAQ activities integrated into the session. ...
10-02-2012 Hits:67446 Multi-Station Finishing Drills Darren Pitfield
Coaching attacking runs in a functional exercise. To develop a teams ability to make supporting forward runs and develop a teams ability to play penetrating passes. ...
15-12-2011 Hits:77121 Attacking Functional Drills Darren Pitfield
Developing a team’s ability to prevent forward play. Develop full team defending technique and also individual defending technique. ...
14-12-2011 Hits:57431 Defending 11vs11 
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