Practice Plans
Technical Plans
Soccer practice plans that teacher players how to perform the skills they need to compete (Passing, receiving, shooting, dribbling, etc.)
Crossing 1
Crossing 2
Crossing 3
Defending 1
Defending 2
Defending 3
Defending 6
Defending 7
Defending 11
Defending 12
Defending 13 - Pressure from behind
Dribbling
Dribbling in tight spaces
Dribbling and shielding
Dribbling and turning 1
Dribbling and turning 2
Dribbling and turning 3
Dribbling and turning 4
Dribbling to beat a defender 1
Dribbling to beat a defender 2
Dribbling to beat a defender 3
Dribbling to beat a defender 4
Dribbling to beat a defender 5
Dribbling to beat a defender 6
Dribbling to beat a defender 7
Dribbling to beat a defender 8
Dribbling to beat a defender 9
Dribbling to beat a defender 10
Long Passing
Passing - Spatial Awareness (Sam Snow)
Passing 1
Passing 2
Passing 3
Passing 4
Passing 5
Passing 6
Passing 7
Passing 8
Passing 9 (Vision)
Passing 10 (Vision)
Passing 11 (Support)
Passing 12 (Support)
Receiving and turning 1
Receiving and turning 2
Receiving and turning 3
Receiving and turning 4
Receiving balls out of the air
Receiving - 1st touch
Receiving - 1st touch 2
Receiving 3
Receiving 4
Receiving 5
Shooting 1
Shooting 2
Shooting 3
Shooting 4
Shooting 5
Shooting 6
Shooting 7
Shooting 8
Tactical Plans
Soccer practice plans that teach players how to make decisions when they have the ball and when they do not have the ball. Tactical plans focus on individual decisions or small group decisions.
1st Attacker - Dribble or pass
1st Attacker - Dribble or pass 2
1st Attacker - Dribble or pass 3
Combination play 1
Combination play 2 - wall pass
Combination play 3
Combination play 4
Combination play 5
Combination play 6
Combination play 7
Combination play 8
Cover defending 1
Cover defending 2
Cover defending 3
Defending - Balance defenders
Defending - Immediate chase
Defending - Pressure, cover, balance
Possession to penetrate 1
Possession to penetrate 2
Possession to penetrate 3
Possession to penetrate 4 (Waldrum)
Possession to penetrate 5
Possession - when to 1 touch
Possession 2
Possession 3
Possession 4
Possession 5
Possession 6
Possession 7
Possession 8
Possession 9
Possession 10 (Descombes)
Possession 11
Possession 12
Possession 13
Possession 14
Possession 15
Possession 16
Possession 17
Possession 18
Possession 19
Possession 20
Support play
Support play 2 (Sam Snow)
Support play 3
Support play 4
Switching the point of attack 1
Switching the point of attack 2
Switching the point of attack 3
Switching the point of attack 4 (on dribble)
Switching the point of attack 5
Youth Plans
Soccer practice plans that are developmentally appropriate for U6 and U8 soccer players. These practice plans take into account the abilities of youth players with an emphasis on creating a fun learning environment.
U6 1
U6 2
U6 3
U6 4
U6 5
U6 6
U6 7
U6 8
U6 9
U6 10
U6 11
U6 12
U8 1
U8 2
U8 3
U8 4
U8 5
U8 6
U8 7
U8 8
U8 9
U8 10
U8 11
U8 12
U8 13
Dribbling1 (Vince Ganzberg)
**U10 is a bridge between youth type practices and select type practices. Many of the warm-ups are fun youth type games and then some more traditional training activities are introduced as well. The U10 practices each have a theme.
U10 1 Dribbling
U10 2 Dribbling to Keep Possession
U10 3 Passing
U10 4 Shooting
U10 5 Dribbling Moves
U10 6 Passing
U10 7 Defending
U10 8 Receiving & Support Play
U10 9 Dribbling for possession
U10 10 Passing
U10 11 Shooting
U10 12 Dribbling Moves
U10 13 Defending
U10 14 Passing
U10 15 Receiving
U10 16 Dribbling Moves
Functional Plans
Soccer practice plans that teach players how to play a position/role or how a group of players can work together.
Defending 4 - the back 4
Defending 5 - zonal defending
Flank midfielders
Modern holding mid (Dunshee)
Improve wide attacking
Midfield defending
Defending with 3 center mids
Penetration (John Bluem)
Penetration 2
Penetration 3
Phase play - Penetration
Playing into the final 1/3
Playing from the middle to the attacking 1/3
Playing from the middle to the attacking 1/3 2
Playing to a target forward 1
Playing to a target forward 2