SOCCER DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Themed game: 3 v 3 with end zones
Goal:
Equipment
- Markers
- 4 cones
- 3 vests
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing Area: 25x20 meters / 27x22 yd
- Players: 6
- Duration: 15 minutes
- Series: 2 series of 6 minutes each with 1'30'' of recovery inbetween
Summary
Youth Academy game 3 v 3 with the objective of driving the ball to the end zone
Organization
Youth Academy game 3 v 3 with the objective of driving the ball to the end zone
Description
From 1 v 1 to 4 v 4
Goal:
Equipment
- 5 vests
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing area: 20x40 meters / 22x44 yds
- Players: 10 + 2 goalkeepers
- Duration: 20 minutes
- Series: 4 of 4 minutes each with 1 minute of passive recovery inbetween
Summary
Exercise focused on quick and unpredictable shooting, quick decision-making, and peripheral vision.
2 v 2 with support players
Goal:
Equipment
- Markers
- 4 vests (3 of one color, 1 of a different one)
- 4 mini-goals
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing Area: 12-15x18-20 meters / 13-16x20-22 yards
- Players: 7
- Duration: 15 minutes
- Series: 1
Summary
Small-sided game for young players that trains rapid action development through unmarking movements in support and in depth.
Organization
Small-sided game for young players that trains rapid action development through unmarking movements in support and in depth.
Description
Exercise for pressing and transitions
Goal:
Equipment
- Markers
- 2 goals
- 2 mini-goals
- 5 vests
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing Area: 20x45 meters / 22x49 yds
- Players: 10 + 2 goalkeepers
- Duration: 20 minutes
- Series: 2 of 9 minutes each with 1 minute of recovery
Summary
Small-sided game to train pressing and reaggression phases
Oriented control towards the adequate side and 1 v 1
Goal:
Equipment
- 4 markers (2 yellow and 2 blue in the picture)
- 2 goals
- 8 vests
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing area: 50x50 meters / 55x55 yd
- Players: 16 + 2 goalkeepers
- Duration: 20 minutes
- Series: 4 attacking actions for each player
Summary
1 vs 1 situation useful to train oriented control, dribbling and finishing
Managing numerical inferiority during 2 v 2
Goal:
Equipment
- Markers
- 1 goal (or 2 mini-goals)
- 4 cones
- 6 vests
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing area: 40x25 meters / 44x27 yards
- Players: 12 + 1 goalkeeper
- Duration: 14 minutes
- Series: 2 of 6 minutes each with 2 minutes of recovery inbetween
Summary
Defensive individual tactics drill for 2 v 2 with shot at goal
Defensive line: negative transition
Goal:
Lineup
- 2 poles
- 1 goal
- 5 vests
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing area: half field
- Players: 11 + 1 goalkeeper
- Duration: 12 minutes
- Series: 2 of 5 minutes each with 1 minute of passive recovery in between
Summary
How to train the defensive line to negative transition in outnumbered situations
Defensive tactics principles
Goal:
Equipment
- Markers
- Balls
- Vests
Preparation
- Playing Area: 20x30 meters / 22x33 yds
- Players: at least 6 (3 attackers, 3 defenders); Ideally, form 3-4 groups of 3 people each, who take turns working so that they can have optimal recovery times
- Duration: 20-25 minutes, including breaks for explanations and corrections
Summary
Individual and collective defensive tactics, ball attack, defensive diagonals, positioning, and man-marking
Transition rondo
Goal:
Equipment
- Markers
- 10 vests (7 of one color, 3 of another one)
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing Area: 45x40 meters / 49x44 yds
- Players: 17
- Duration: 25 minutes
- Series: 2 of 12 minutes each with 1 minute of recovery
Summary
Positioning game to practice ball possession
Organization
Positioning game to practice ball possession
Description
Three-station technical warm-up
Goal:
Equipment
- 1 goal
- 10 poles
- 1 tape
- 3 cones
- 11 markers
- Balls
Preparation
- Playing Area: 30x30 meters / 33x33 yards
- Players: 9+
- Duration: 15 minutes
- Series: 3 of 5 minutes each
Summary
Technical activation in dribbling or running with the ball with precision shot
Organization
Technical activation in dribbling or running with the ball with precision shot





























































