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FineSoccer Drill 53 The first drill in this progression was actually sent in to me by a subscriber (Joseph Powers) months ago and I misfiled it and lost track of it. I came across it the other day and made a couple of deviations of it and used it in a training session and found it to be excellent. Start with two "grids" set up on angles going toward the 18 (see diagram below for an idea of what this looks like). At the top of each grid, are a line of players who will attack the goal (line A). The defenders will be at the bottom of the grids (line B). Player A tries to beat Player B off of the dribble and if she can cross over the end line into the 18, she tries to get a shot hit. If the defender can stop the defender, then the play is over.
Some of the points of emphasis here are that the attacker should go at speed, she should also work on her 1 v 1 moves and look to finish as quickly as possible. Defensively, the players work on their first defender role and forces the player wide or to her weak foot. The keeper works on communication, angles and shot blocking as well as holding balls (if there is a rebound, the ball is live). As soon as the play is over, the attacker in the other grid begins to attack. This should be a fast moving drill and the players should rotate to all four lines The next drill has two lines. The first player in Line A sprints out to the server with the ball (C). The server plays the ball to her feet. As soon as Player A gets a two step start in her sprint to the ball, the person in line B sprints out and defends. The player with the ball must receive the ball, hold it and turn as soon as possible. The defender simply tries to prevent the turn and slow the attack down. As soon as the play is over, the defender becomes the next target player, the next person in line becomes the defender and the previous target player becomes the server in Line C (see diagram below to show you the set up)
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