Instructional Activities

Dribbling briefly explain

o
why you must dribble under control
o
different parts of the foot
o
demonstrate bad and good dribbling

Passing briefly explain

o
pace of passes
o
accuracy
o
importance of both feet
o
different parts of the foot (you should probably only focus on the inside of
the foot, adjust to skill level)
o
on the ground/in the air
o
step through the pass

Shooting briefly explain

o
parts of the foot
o
both feet
o
pace (power vs accuracy)

Controlling/First touch
o
Control the ball w/o stopping it
o
Body parts

Inside of the foot

Thigh (not knee)

Chest (maybe for higher

Heading
o
Start with gentle heading
o
Explain the different uses

Passing

Scoring

Clearing

skill/older kids)

for heading

Defending

Soccer Footwork Drills

(footwork drills are for each level just increase the number of reps according to level of campers)
RUNNING
a. field jog
b. jog around the field or farther
object
c. high knees
d. butt kickers
e. karaoke
f. long strides

CONTINUATION
j. low hurdles (3-5 ft apart, as they improve scoot closer)
k. hop over a line from side to side (2 ft, 1 ft, etc)
m. Suicides (but we dont call them that at camp!)
n. compass drill (face coach turn and run in
N,NE,E,SE,S,SW,W,NW)
o. drop and go (drop down, get up, and sprint)
p. jump rope (fake the rope if dont any)

g. sprint
h. tag (make a square for
boundaries)
i. jumping one foot

DRIBBLING
a. introduction to
dribbling
b. rt ft/lf ft dribbling
c. dribbling around
cones
d. dribbling relays
e. anatomy dribbling
f. inside/outside foot
dribbling
g. dribble 1 on 1
h. dribble to cone &
back
i. eyes up while
dribbling
j. driving school
k. dribble invisible ball
l. trapping
m. shadow dribbling
n. use smaller ball
(tennis,bochie ball)

q. quick foot ladder (step every square,every other, one foot, zigzag,etc)
r. somersault into a sprint

PASSING
a. introduction to
passing
b. rt/lft foot passing
c. outside of foot
passing
d. hot potato (partner
passing)
e. freeze tag using
ball
f. pass in a triangle
g. man in middle
(keep away)
h. short passes/long
passes
i. leading the
receiver
j. one touch passing
w/out trap
k. man in middle
(spoke and wheel)
l. tunnel
m. cone knock down
passing
n. star wars

SHOOTING
a. intro to shooting

BALL CONTROL/DEFENSE
a. intro to ball control

b. hit the coach

c. 1 v 1 v 1 and a
goalie
d. 4 goals,teams,any
goal
e. shoot between
cones
f. pass and strike (2
lines)
g. shoot straight on

b. intro to defense
c. trapping

h. shoot from lft side

h. shielding ball (you between

ball and oppont)
i. juggling (keeping ball up,
knees, head, etc.)
j. group keep away

i. shoot from rt side

j. long shot
k. decrease size of
goal
l. curving ball
m. quick shot
n. cone knock down
o. aim at different
areas of goal
p. slam

d. continue down the line

e. use smaller ball (tennis,
bochie ball, etc.)
f. control long and high
passes
g. short tosses

k. 2 offense vs 1 def (def tries

to stop ball)
l. first out defensive drill
m. talk about being goalie and
goal tending
n. slid tackle
o. stay in front of ball

anatomy dribblingmake a box large enough for all camper to dribble in. Let them dribble freely and then
call out body parts and have them stop the ball w/that body part.
driving schooleach camper gets a ball and the coach says commands such as GO (start dribbling)
STOP (stop ball w/bottom of foot) SLOW (dribble slow) SPEED UP (dribble faster) TURN RT (use outside rt
foot to turn ball and dribble in that direction TURN LFT (same things opposite direction)
hit the coachon go the coach and counselor run slowly away from camper while the campers dribble the
ball after and shoot to hit them. Points are awarded for each hit.
freeze tag1 group of camper have balls, 1 group doesnt. The ones that have ball pass to hit the ones
that dont and if it hits them they have to freeze and wait for teammate to go under their legs to unfreeze
them.

tunneldivide group into to 2 groups and have them line up about 15 yds apart facing each other. 1st
person in line A passes to 1st player in line B and then runs to back of line B. Player in line B passes to1st in
line A and then runs behind line A and so on.
shoot between conesline up about 6 cones 3-5 yds apart. Partner up, one on each side, partner 1
shoots through the cones and other partner passes ball back through keep going down through the line of
cones.
quick shot3 players and 2 cones. Make a goal w/2 cones, have 1 goalie and remaining 2 are on
opposite sides facing each other. They take turns shooting the ball through the cones while the goalie tries
to stop it. Keep goal smaller.
cone knock downline cones up in groups of 5 and separate group into teams. Have teams facing cones
and have them shoot one at a time to knock down the cones. Whoever knocks them all down first wins.
continue down the line--Divide team members into groups of four players with one ball to a group. Select
one player to be the server. The three remaining players should line up, side by side, facing the server. The
server will take turns serving the ball to each player who must trap and control before returning it to the
server. Continue in this fashion, alternating the server.
slam--Here two players have put a small goal in front of a wall. Each player has three lives. The blue player
plays the football into the goal so that it rebounds out. The orange player must play the ball back into the
goal before it stops and then the blue player does the same. They play until one misses the goal, lets the
ball stop, can't play it first time or gets hit by his own rebound. That player loses a life.