FineSoccer Drill 19

This is an interesting series of drills I saw this week and thought you might be interested in.  It initially works on combination play, finishing and goalkeeping and ends in an interesting game.

Set up a field that goes from one sideline to the other and from the end line to the mid line. Make a goal using either cones or corner flags in the middle of the field. Have three X's one one side of the field and three O's on the other.  See diagram below to get a better understanding:

A keeper should be in the goal.  He plays the ball out to the middle O1 who then plays a one touch pass to O2 and overlaps around O2.  O2 plays a one touch ball to 03 and then O3 finds the overlapping O1 who can either shoot on goal or cross the ball to O2 and O3 who are making near post far post runs.  If the keeper saves the ball, he turns and throws the ball to X1 who then starts the same routine on the opposite side of the field.  If the shot is missed high or wide, then the X's have to work the ball to X1 to start this rotation.

After the O's have done this once, O1 rotates to O2, O2, rotates to O3 and O3 goes to O1.

In case of terrible shots or passes, there should be some spare balls on the sides to keep everyone moving.

Done properly, this can be a quite fast moving drills that works on passing, overlaps, crossing, finishing, and goalkeeping with some conditioning thrown in for fun.  The two sides can also compete to see who can score more goals in a certain time period.