{"id":161066,"date":"2026-03-04T10:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=161066"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:51:30","slug":"stop-relying-on-rondos-do-these-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=161066","title":{"rendered":"Stop Relying on Rondos &#8211; Do These Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SgwNJIA0fho?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Stop relying on rondos and start getting real movement from your soccer players! \u26bd<br \/>\nIn this video, I break down 5 of my favorite soccer drills for soccer coaches to improve off-the-ball movement. <\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re coaching U8 or U14, these soccer drills are easy to set up and will transform how your soccer team moves without the ball.<\/p>\n<p>These are the exact small sided games I coach in my training sessions to help soccer players:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Move immediately after every pass<br \/>\n&#8211; Create space and passing lanes<br \/>\n&#8211; Learn to read teammates and defenders<br \/>\n&#8211; Make possession easier to maintain<br \/>\n&#8211; Improve fullbacks\u2019 attacking runs<\/p>\n<p>Check out the 5 drills in order:<br \/>\n1\ufe0f\u20e3 2v1\u2019s Inside the Box \u2013 https:\/\/kinoli.com\/a\/zEMrw27n7m98<br \/>\n2\ufe0f\u20e3 4v4+4 Possession with Quadrants \u2013 https:\/\/kinoli.com\/a\/oxTKp5NCTKPR<br \/>\n3\ufe0f\u20e3 Touchdown Football \u2013 https:\/\/kinoli.com\/a\/MS8ApWVKz3qC<br \/>\n4\ufe0f\u20e3 4 Corners Game \u2013 https:\/\/kinoli.com\/a\/QMl1u6mNPm51<br \/>\n5\ufe0f\u20e3 Spanish Corners with Supports \u2013 https:\/\/kinoli.com\/a\/7SM8OKGlSwIX<\/p>\n<p>If you want your soccer team to move smarter, not just pass faster, hit play, take notes, and start using these drills today.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 Don\u2019t forget to subscribe for more coaching tips, sessions, and drills for grassroots soccer.<\/p>\n<p>#soccercoaching #youthsoccer #soccerdrills #soccertraining #grassrootsfootball #soccercoach<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SgwNJIA0fho\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop relying on rondos and start getting real movement from your soccer players! \u26bd In this video, I break down 5 of my favorite soccer drills for soccer coaches to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10799,"featured_media":161067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10799"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/161067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}