
This soccer coaching session is all about consolidating core skills. 4v4 small-sided games allow players to have fun and put dribbling, turning, passing, receiving, finishing, defending and goalkeeping skills to the test.


This soccer coaching session is all about consolidating core skills. 4v4 small-sided games allow players to have fun and put dribbling, turning, passing, receiving, finishing, defending and goalkeeping skills to the test.

This passing practice challenges players to put passing techniques and clever movement in to practice against full opposition pressure and in a constrained space. This practice pushes players’ skill to the limit and provides a highly intensive learning environment.

Give your players hundreds of passes and combination opportunities in a very focussed practice. This passing drill lets players pass and move amongst lots of interference and is a good primer for opposed skill practices.

This Small Sided Game encourages players to make incisive attacking dribbles around the edge of the penalty box and to develop dribbling, turning, passing, receiving and finishing skills.

This finishing small sided game is a great practice for your players, it allows them hundreds of touches and dozens of finishing opportunities in a session. Your players will love this game because everybody gets the chance to fill their boots.

You can help your junior team along by coaching a ‘defensive golden rule’; a key point that they can follow if they’re ever in doubt as to where they should be…

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Pavl Williams
is a professional soccer coach and author specialising in grassroots and youth development. He writes regular columns for The FA and FourFourTwo Performance and has been an expert contributor to a number of BBC and NSCAA coaching features.
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