Soccer Drills-Tactical Exercises on the Field

If you’re looking for more drills to do with your soccer team before the big game, you may want to try a couple of tactical exercises on the field before game time. Here are some exercises you and your team may want to try. There are also a couple of exercises you can do with a couple of friends to help with coordination.

Four vs. Four
This exercise will strengthen your support and teamwork, while teaching you to focus on your form and speed. The team is divided into smaller groups of four for a regular scrimmage, and the goals are marked three yards apart from on another. Players must concentrate on playing in a diamond formation to make goals. After a few minutes, it may be a good idea to switch teams, so that you can get used to everyone’s playing style and techniques.

Four Goals
For this tactical scrimmage, two teams will play on a field that is 50 yards wide and 50 yards long. Four small goals should be set up in the middle of each side, and the two teams guard the adjacent goals. This exercise will teach your team to change points of attack often, as well as defensive strategies that will keep the opposing teams from scoring.

Dribblers Dream
Players are divided into two teams, and each player must dribble the ball before an opponent before passing or trying to make a goal. This is a tactical exercise that will help to improve leg/eye coordination, as well as give players pointers on how to handle the ball in case the goal is not extremely close.

If you’re not practicing these exercises during soccer practice, talk to your soccer coach about ways to include these drills in your practice time. And, when you’re practicing on your own, try these exercises with a couple of friends—you’ll feel much more comfortable at your next soccer practice, and you may even win your next game!