Soccer drills for 10 players
32 free, with video

One attacking line and one defending line, each starting between two small goals.

Teams of five, each a country with its own box. Four attackers stay home and one goes to defend in another country’s box.

Two fields side by side, each split into two grids with a goal at the end.

Seven or eight three-yard gates around the island.

Everyone dribbles on the island; on KNOCKOUT, protect your own ball while trying to kick everyone else’s off.

Two small 1v1 fields side by side with pug or cone goals, one line attacking and one defending on each, with the coach standing between them.

Turtle, dog, cheetah. Players dribble around while you call out speeds, switching often.

Everyone dribbles. Call a speed, then a body part, and players stop the ball with it: foot, knee, elbow, head.

Cones in two colors scattered around the grid.

The coach is the Cone Monster and carries a cone.

Players dribble at you, drag the ball back with the sole just before they reach you, shout “See ya later, Coach!” and speed away into space.

The coach starts as the shark in the middle.

Everyone dribbles inside the island while the sharks wait in the water outside the cones to steal any ball that floats away.

Players dribble anywhere in the grid and freeze with a foot on the ball when you shout.

Pairs face each other across a line neither can cross, a cone at each end.

Cones laid out in your team shape on half a field, one player per cone.

4v4 to mini goals on a 35x30 with a five-yard channel down each side. One attacker at a time may be in a channel and nobody may tackle them there.

4v4 on a 35x30 with a target player on each end line and three gates across the middle: a wide center gate and two wide ones.

A 10x10 with one attacker on each side line and one defender inside. Attackers may slide along their own line but not leave it.

Build against four pressers. Two points if the ball went from back to back first.

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

Keep it, break the line, then follow your pass to make it 3v2.

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

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

Nobody can receive in the pocket unless a teammate just left it.

Run behind the line on the pass, never before. Offside is called strictly.

Every forward pass past a defender scores. Going back is free.

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

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

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

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