U13 soccer drills
Ages 12 and 13, 11v11

The first rondo. Three attackers on three sides of a small square, one defender inside, two touches and five passes for a point.

A 4v1 rondo where the receiver has to call a number shown by a helper before the first touch.

Four attackers on the sides of a 10x10, two defenders inside working as a pair.

Four attackers around a 12x12 with two defenders standing as a gate in the middle, three yards apart.

Three lines of cones split a 15x12 into thirds. Four attackers on the ends, one in the middle third with three defenders.

Three zones and two neutrals. You can only score by going through the middle.

A 4v1 rondo with one rule that changes everything: after you pass, you must move to a different side of the square before you can receive again.

Three attackers with one ball travel down a 10x30 channel against a defender who may only walk, keeping a triangle around the defender the whole way.

Nobody may receive in a corner, or in a straight line with a defender.

A long, narrow rondo. Two attackers on each short end of a 16x8, two defenders inside.

Two attackers on each side line of a 20x14, two in the middle, three defenders.

Two goals to attack, and a goal after a switch counts double.

Two servers twelve yards apart, a receiver in the middle with a shadow defender behind.

A rondo that rotates: leave a space so a teammate can arrive in it.

One way, then the other. You can’t receive until you’ve made a double move.

A passer and a runner on a 20x15 with a mini goal.

Pass into the target, run on the pass, finish the lay-off.

After four passes, one attacker breaks out toward goal.

The simplest build-up picture: a goal, a keeper and two backs on the edge of the box against one presser, with two gates on the far line.

Keeper, two backs and a center mid in a diamond against two pressers, with three gates across the far line.

Half a field. Keeper, two backs and two wide mids build against three pressers, and a striker waits in an end zone past halfway.

Two attackers against one defender in a 15x10 channel, ten seconds to dribble over the end line.

Three attackers against two defenders on a 20x15 with two mini goals on the far line and twelve seconds to score.

4v2 on one side, 2v2 on the other. Move a player across and make it 3v2.

A 4v2 rondo with one extra rule: when the defenders win it, they try to keep it in the square and the four have five seconds, counted out loud, to win it back.

Several 12x12 boxes with a 2v2 in each. Five passes is a point, and if you lose the ball you have five seconds to win it back for two.

When you lose it, the nearest two press the very next pass.

3v3 on a 20x15 with a mini goal at each end.

Win the ball in the rondo and break out 4v4 to goal.

Six seconds after you win it, a goal counts double.