Soccer drills for 8 players
34 free, with video

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

A short field with a goal and keeper at each end and teams of four at most.

4v4 with two mini goals at each end, so each team attacks two goals. If one goal is crowded, turn and go to the other.

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.

3v3 or 4v4 on a field with an end zone at each end.

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.

Groups of four in 8x8 grids with spare balls at every grid.

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

Half a field with a goal. Keeper, two backs and a center mid build against two pressers, with three cone gates on the halfway line.

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.

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

Waves of 3v2 to goal, and a one-two doubles the score.

Two wide players and a striker against three defenders and a keeper on a 30x25.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.