Youth soccer drills library
A free library of youth soccer drills for coaches and parents, organized by category and age range, with setup instructions, coaching points, and equipment needs for every drill.
Warm-ups
- Dynamic Warm-Up with Ball — U6-U19, 8 min
- Ball Tag — U6-U12, 8 min
- Handball — U6-U12, 8 min
- Partner Tag Warm-Up — U6-U12, 6 min
- Traffic Lights — U6-U8, 8 min
- Hospital Tag — U6-U10, 6 min
Dribbling
- Sharks and Minnows — U6-U10, 10 min
- 1v1 Through the Gates — U8-U14, 12 min
- Cone Slalom Relay — U6-U12, 8 min
- Turns and Moves — U8-U14, 10 min
Passing
- 4v1 Rondo — U9-U19, 12 min
- 5v2 Rondo — U10-U19, 15 min
- Passing Diamond — U10-U16, 12 min
- Wall Pass Combinations — U10-U16, 12 min
- Long Passing Progression — U12-U19, 15 min
Shooting
- Shooting Lanes — U9-U16, 15 min
- Finishing from Crosses — U11-U19, 20 min
- Turn and Shoot — U10-U16, 12 min
- Cross and Finish Combination — U12-U19, 20 min
First touch
- Juggling Progression — U8-U19, 8 min
- Toss and Trap — U8-U14, 10 min
- Receive and Turn — U10-U16, 12 min
Defending
- 1v1 Defending — U9-U16, 15 min
- Shadow Defending — U10-U16, 10 min
- Press and Recover — U11-U16, 15 min
Small-sided games
- World Cup (Small-Sided) — U8-U14, 20 min
- 4v4 Possession Game — U10-U16, 20 min
- End-Zone Game — U9-U14, 20 min
- 3v2 to 2v3 Transition — U11-U16, 20 min
- 3-Team Possession — U11-U16, 20 min
- 2v1 to Goal — U10-U16, 15 min
Goalkeeper
- Goalkeeper Handling Progression — U9-U16, 15 min
- Goalkeeper Shot Stopping — U10-U16, 15 min
- Goalkeeper Distribution — U11-U16, 12 min
- Goalkeeper Diving — U11-U16, 15 min
No equipment
- Footwork Ladder (No Ladder) — U8-U16, 8 min
- Wall Work — U7-U16, 15 min
- Home Juggling Challenge — U8-U19, 10 min
Fitness / cool down
- Cool Down and Stretch — U6-U19, 5 min
- Fitness Shuttles with Ball — U11-U19, 10 min