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U17+ Soccer Drills and Games

These drills for U17 to adult players are extremely versatile and cover a range of coaching themes. You can use the filter below to select a theme for your next session and identify the best activities to meet your needs.

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The through pass

This activity encourages your team to play defence-splitting forward balls from the midfield into the attack.

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Warm-up: React to losing the ball

A session to help your players work on their reactions to losing possession. Use this session as a standalone activity, or combine it wit...

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Practice: React to losing the ball

A session to help your players work on their reactions to losing possession. Use this session as a standalone activity, or combine it wit...

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Small-sided game: React to losing the ball

A session to help your players work on their reactions to losing possession. Use this session as a standalone activity, or combine it wit...

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Clever out wide

Improve your wingers’ quality of delivery into the feet of attackers, who need to escape their markers and score.

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Practice 1: Receive to play forward

This session encourages players to collect the ball so they can use it in a progressive way. Use this session as a standalone activity, o...

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Practice 2: Receive to play forward

This session encourages players to collect the ball so they can use it in a progressive way. Use this session as a standalone activity, o...

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Small-sided game: Receive to play forward

This session encourages players to collect the ball so they can use it in a progressive way. Use this session as a standalone activity, o...

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Forcing the play

Use this activity to train your players to make opposition forwards go hungry by cutting off their supply lines.

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Small-sided game: Exploiting overloads

Develop players’ understanding of when and how to make the most of a numerical advantage.

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Practice 2: Exploiting overloads

Develop players’ understanding of when and how to make the most of a numerical advantage.

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Practice 1: Exploiting overloads

Develop players’ understanding of when and how to make the most of a numerical advantage.

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Passing to create

This unopposed practice helps players develop up-back-through passing patterns to create.

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Create midfield space

With quick passing and movement, your players can open up defences and carve out goal-scoring chances.

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Spot opening – shoot

This is a fast game of rapid one-twos, thinking quickly and, crucially, spotting the opportunity to score goals.

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Your number’s up

You can really challenge your players’ concentration and reaction skills in this fun and fast-paced activity.

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Practice: Through the thirds

Develop your players’ ability to play through a crowded midfield with this session.

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Small-sided game: Through the thirds

Develop your players’ ability to play through a crowded midfield with this three-part session.

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Small-sided game: Attack to defence

Your team has lost the ball – these practices will help sharpen their reactions to win it back.

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Practice 2: Attack to defence

Your team has lost the ball – these practices will help sharpen their reactions to win it back.

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Practice 1: Attack to defence

Your team has lost the ball – these practices will help sharpen their reactions to win it back.

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Breaking the lines

This possession practice allows players to work on multiple aspects in a game-realistic setting.

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Practice: Defending in our half

This session focuses on defensive principles and developing defensive techniques.

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Small-Sided Game: Defending in our half

This session focuses on defensive principles and developing defensive techniques.

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