Why You Need To Do This Soccer Drill To Improve Your Passing, Dribbling & Fitness

Their are an unlimited amount of drills you can perform in soccer! What many coaches find hard is incorporating drills that will improve many attributes of a player.

If you're coaching a practice and want to run an effective soccer drill with your entire group of players, then this is the drill for you. It will improve player passing, dribbling and fitness.

How to Set Up?

The amount of players you have doesn't matter. All you need to do is split the players in two groups, half with the ball and the other half without the ball. Then have the players with the balls set up slightly ahead of one another on a diagonal. After this have the players without any soccer balls, line up in a straight line behind a cone. This will be the starting  point for the drill.

Instructions

The first player in line with out a ball should sprint to the first player with a ball. Once this player is within 2 metres of the person with the ball, they should receive a pass. Once received the pass they should pass the ball back within one touch and go to the next player. This process should be repeated for the players without the ball, until they reach the last player with the ball. Once they have reached the last player, they should sprint back to the end of the line. Players in line should be going before the player in front of them finishes their sequence.

Coaching Tips

• Players with a ball should always be on their toes.
• Players with and without a ball should be focusing on delivering a good pass.
• If players cannot do one touch, playing the ball back within two touches is fine.
• This drill should always be running in a constant flow of players, that way players feel the fitness aspect.

You're probably wondering, how does this drill improve dribbling? Well, you have to have the groups switch soccer balls, so lets take a look!

Variation

The players in line should now have a ball, and the players lined up on a diagonal shouldn't. The players in line should now dribble as fast as they can to the player without the ball. They should then past the ball to the players without a soccer ball. The players without a ball should give a one touch pass back to the players, so they can repeat the sequence.

Note: Players in this variation WITHOUT a soccer ball should always be on their toes.

As you can see this drill incorporates, dribbling, passing and fitness. You don't need to do 3 different drills to improve players. You can use this all in one drill and save time! With the extra time, you can focus on weaker areas of your team that need improvement.