Soccer First touch Drills

Shielding the ball - 1 v 1 situations

Passing - Exercise by Diego Pablo Simeone: sequence of passes with combinations between several players

Transition - Small-sided game to train power play: training transitions and playing speed

Possession - Mikel Arteta’s drill to train players to seek numerical superiority during ball possession

Ball possession - 6 v 6 or 7 v 7 thematic match with play developed in width to search for depth

Possession - 7 v 3 rondo with 6 players + 1 inside player to train mobility during ball possession

Depth - Introductory exercise for searching for depth through player insertions

Warm up - Exercise to be done during pre-match warm-up to increase players’ focus, useful for dealing with subsequent activities

Shooting - Thematic match to improve shooting accuracy and speed in finding the goal

Creating space - Train how to lose the marker in relation to ball possession and the search for space