Soccer Heading Drills
The header in soccer is useful to hit higher balls. It's usually combined with elevation and allows the soccer player to quickly push away high balls. To perform a header you need timing, coordination, balance and jumping skills.
Players can use headers even without jumping: in this case it's called a “bunt”, that is a short pass performed with the head, changing the trajectory fo the ball towards a teammate.
Soccer Heading Drills Requires
- The US Soccer Orginization recommends that only players 11 and older can head without restrictions.
- 10-year-old or younger player may not head the ball regardless of the age group in which the he or she participates.
Browse all the soccer heading drills here
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Soccer Tactics
Defensive movement on a long throw from the side - Club Atlético de Madrid
Intercepting - Defensive situation with the defender coming out in anticipation of the attackers on a long throw from the side -
Soccer Tactics
Finishing from cross and 2 v 2
2v2 - Train finishing from cross with a 2 v 2 situation -
Soccer Technique
Finishing from a cross pass
Shooting - Three drills to train forwards to finish from cross passes -
Soccer Tactics
Corner kick with three-player combination
Corner kick - Corner kick to free a player for the conclusion in the penalty area -
Athletic Training
Functional strength on different work stations
Explosive Strength - Conditional circuit to increase strength through specific functional exercises to be performed on the field -
Soccer Technique
Different headers: shoot, pass and clear
Heading - An exercise to train heading with different commands -
Athletic Training
Specific integrated strength
Strength - Technical circuit for strength, stability and equilibrium -
Soccer Technique
Challenge to score with a header being marked one-to-one
Heading - Training the header and its individual tactics: training marking, training unmurking -
Soccer Tactics
Collective defensive tactics: Goal defense
Defending Principles - Train the defensive phase according to the finishing play: cross, lofted pass, ground pass, throw