A football drill library built for coaches: every drill comes with an animated diagram, the set-up, step-by-step development, coaching points and variations to adapt it to your team. Filter by age, level, players, duration and equipment.
141 drills
The most widely used rehearsed corner in the modern game: driven inswinging delivery to the near post, a legal block on the zonal marker, a glancing flick-on and the far-post runners arriving to finish.
The six running exercises of the FIFA 11+ injury-prevention programme: straight ahead, hip out, hip in, circling partner, jumping with shoulder contact and quick forwards-and-backwards in a cone course.
Horst Wein's small-sided game that inspired the DFB and FIFA 3v3 formats: 3v3 without keepers on 25x25 yards, each team defending two 3-yard goals set apart on its end line and attacking the two opposite ones. Players learn to look up and switch the point of attack.
The most famous grassroots game: minnows dribble across the grid while two sharks without a ball try to kick their ball out. Lose your ball and you become a shark; the last minnow wins.
Classic form of the Dutch (KNVB) 4v4 method: in 25x20 m you score by dribbling the ball under control and stopping it anywhere on the opposition end line, which forces the defence to protect the full width of the pitch.
2v2 game in a 20x20 m square with mini goals where the defending pair learns the roles of first defender (pressure) and second defender (cover), and how to swap them with every pass.
Full-pitch 11v11 with normal rules but no stoppages: the moment the ball goes out a coach feeds another one in instantly from the touchline and the players must press and transition without rest. The Wednesday exercise of Bielsa's Leeds.
Two facing 6v2 rondos with mini goals on the sides: the defenders score the instant they win the ball, the player who loses it must counter-press immediately and, if a goal is conceded, sprint to defend the other grid. The Klopp-style counter-pressing rondo.
Four stations around the box linked at match tempo: skill move at the mannequin and shot, one-two around the mannequin and shot, dribble to the byline with a pull-back, and pass-overlap-cross attacked by three players.
A line of mannequins acts as the defence: the central player combines with a winger and threads the pass for the opposite winger, who runs diagonally in behind the line and finishes.
Four-station circuit Pep Guardiola ran in his first pre-season at Bayern: wall pass after getting beyond the mannequin, long switch, first-time lay-off, through ball and finish. Every player rotates to the next station.
The classic Dutch square from the Ajax academy: pass to the next corner, wall pass back and a through ball for the teammate already running to the next line. Continuous tempo with one and two touches.
Positional game recorded at a Luis Enrique FC Barcelona training session in 2015: 30x10 m divided into three zones, two players per team in each zone and a neutral player in the central zone. It is all about finding the free man and playing between the lines.
The foundational rondo of the Ajax-Cruyff school: four possession players on the sides of a 10x10 m square against one defender inside. Slide along your own side, pass with the far foot, and whoever loses the ball goes in the middle.
Schalke 04 U19 session: the keeper claims two high balls in the six-yard box surrounded by six mannequins, breaks forward and rolls or throws to the mannequin whose colour the coach calls; the accuracy decides how many shots follow.
Seven balls spread around the edge of the D: the striker attacks with one after another and the keeper must come out, smother and get back to touch the goal line before the next attack.
FIFA progression for learning to dive high: from the centre of the goal, one or two cross steps, a two-footed push-off and a one-handed parry with a firm, open palm of a ball thrown into the top corner.
Classic low-diving progression: the keeper learns the collapse mechanics from the ground (sitting and kneeling), repeats it from a squat and finishes standing, always with alternating service to both sides.
Possession in 25x25 m with two teams of four and three neutrals (two on opposite sidelines and one inside). The team in possession plays 7v4; the team that wins the ball takes over. Structure, support and counter-pressing.
Y-shaped passing sequence: support, lay-off to the third man and a pass into space to finish against the keeper. A pre-season classic for passing, movement and timing.
Progressive 12-minute routine in goalkeeper pairs: hand passes, mid-height catches on the move, lateral footwork between cones and gentle volleys. Prepares hands, shoulders and legs before the specific work.
Activation rondo in 8x8 m squares: four keepers of the ball against one presser who swaps out every time they touch the ball. Ideal to start the session with the ball and rhythm.
Classic four-versus-two rondo in an 8x8 m square with a maximum of two touches. Works circulation speed, constant support and the coordinated pressing of the two defenders.
Wave finishing drill: the attacker plays a wall pass with a target player at the edge of the box and finishes first time past the goalkeeper. Accuracy, timing and finishing.
The library is organised into goalkeeping, technique (passing, control, dribbling, finishing, heading), tactics (possession, rondos, pressing, transitions, small-sided games), fitness (speed, coordination, agility, warm-up), psychology and general drills.
Use the age, level and number-of-players filters to see only drills that fit your group. Each page lists the equipment and space needed and offers progressions and regressions to raise or lower the difficulty.
Yes. Every drill has a print view and a public link you can share with your coaching staff. You can also add it to a training session.