Passing

Keeping possession is the key to winning and these soccer passing drills will help your team achieve that. The best passing teams dictate the play, conserve energy, make the best of their resources and score more goals. Passing is about technique, judgement and vision.These passing drills give you some great advice on how to coach these attributes to your players. Long passing, short passing, side foot passing and crossing are all dealt with. We also have great passing games to really sharpen your players’ passing skills.

Make use of the wings

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Encourage your players to link up and support out wide in three different ways. By JOHN WILLIAMS MORE

Through the thirds – Small-Sided Game

in Passing, Small Sided Games

Develop your players' ability to play through a crowded midfield with this three-part session. By ROBERT FLEMING MORE

Through the thirds – Practice

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Develop your players' ability to play through a crowded midfield with this three-part session. By ROBERT FLEMING MORE

Through the thirds – Warm Up

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Develop your players' ability to play through a crowded midfield with this three-part session. By ROBERT FLEMING MORE

Moving off the ball

in Other, Passing

This works on players’ movement to receive away from a defender to create combinations. By YASAR LATIF MORE

Passing to create

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This unopposed practice helps players develop up-back- through passing patterns to create. By TONY ROBERTS MORE

When to dribble or pass

in Ball Control and Footwork, Passing

This foundation-phase game allows players to develop both passing and dribbling skills. By MARK SNELL MORE

Passing and receiving

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This possession-based practice allows players to develop passing, receiving and movement skills. By KEVIN MARTIN MORE

Mastering the flanks – Practice

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Develop your players’ ability to create goal-scoring opportunities from wide areas. By STEVE GREENWOOD MORE

Play out from the back – Practice

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This rondo game develops players’ movement and passing when playing out from defence. By LEE GARLICK MORE

Play through the thirds – Practice 2

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This session develops awareness and movement to build through defence and midfield. By Sean Fraser MORE

Play through the thirds – Practice 1

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This session develops awareness and movement to build through defence and midfield. By Sean Fraser MORE

Keeping hold of the ball

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A foundation-phase practice designed to teach staying in possession when under pressure. By ROB ATKIN MORE

Movements to lose a defender

in Core Skills, Passing, Practice plans

This session is designed to improve movement off the ball in order to lose a defender and receive a pass. MORE

Fast with the pass

in Attacking, Passing

Fast passing games help teams to keep the ball when they play in matches. This unopposed game helps develop first touch, movement and accuracy. Great session to get teams passing the ball with speed. MORE

Reverse pass

in Core Skills, Passing, Practice plans

The reverse pass is a great attacking weapon because it uses disguise to surprise and unlock well-drilled defences. MORE

First touch warm up

in Passing, Warm Ups

Great activity to use before a game or training to warm players up with a simple passing exercise MORE

Close attacking passes

in Attacking, Passing

Often in crowded areas of the pitch teams lose the ball by trying to hold on to it or with misplaced passes. Short passing in areas like the penalty area is key to keeping the ball and creating space for the goal scorers. MORE

Long pass to switch play

in Attacking, Passing

This gets players to understand the importance of playing a long ball after keeping possession. It comes in handy in a match situation when your team is attacking and switching play from one side to the other or when hitting a long ball to the strikers to start an attack. MORE

Developing a number 10

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Players who are creative are match winners... of that there is no doubt. I love to see a player dancing around with the ball slipping a pass through or taking on a challenge to whip the ball into dangerous areas of the opposition box. It's why they are so much in demand in the top teams around the world. MORE

No tackle zones

in Attacking, Passing

Young players need to have success in training or they will not know what to do in matches – this session gives them time to think about exploiting the final third MORE

Move in possession

in Passing, Tactics

Possession is key with players tactically keeping position in the midfield focal point of the pitch. Movement is key to keeping the ball and fast breaks will result. MORE

Be creative around the penalty area

in Passing, Shooting

This will help your team make killer passes into the final third, with clever play releasing players so they beat the offside trap and go 1v1 on the keeper. It is a great session for attackers to show off timing and technique. MORE

Are you coaching the right things?

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This week I spoke to Alf Galustian the co-founder of Coerver Coaching about coaching the individual in a team. He makes some great points that are vital to think about when you are coaching your players. Is each individual developing to be the best they can be? It's not an easy question to answer. MORE