Football: Move to the ball

The red player (1) stands between the cones closest to the blue player.

When red player 1 is ready to receive the ball they move towards their marker before checking off the player and making a run to either the left, centre or right gate.

The blue player then plays the ball towards red player 1 who receives the ball and plays a one touch pass back.

The red players change roles when the defender intercepts the ball from the attacking player.

• Players work in pairs, with one ball per pair.
• The first player makes a square pass across the grid to their partner before running onto the cone ahead.
• Their partner then plays a pass diagonally across the grid back to their partner who is looking to run onto the ball.
• The player who started the drill then plays square across the grid again to their partner running onto the ball.
• The players work their way up to the top of the grid.

Place 5 discs with soccer balls on them on each endline. Play 6 v 6 in the area. When the ball rolls out of bounds, it should be rolled in underhand by a player. The object of the game is to score by knocking down one of the balls off a disc on your teams attacking endline. If a player knocks a ball off, he scores 5 points. If he passes through the middle of the balls on the ground, he scores 3 points.

Place 4 goals at the corners of the fields.
3 players per side.
Players must one-two combine, before putting the ball through the goal.
No more than 2 touches before passing through the goal.