Stop relying on rondos and start getting real movement from your soccer players! ⚽
In this video, I break down 5 of my favorite soccer drills for soccer coaches to improve off-the-ball movement.
Whether you’re coaching U8 or U14, these soccer drills are easy to set up and will transform how your soccer team moves without the ball.
These are the exact small sided games I coach in my training sessions to help soccer players:
– Move immediately after every pass
– Create space and passing lanes
– Learn to read teammates and defenders
– Make possession easier to maintain
– Improve fullbacks’ attacking runs
Check out the 5 drills in order:
1️⃣ 2v1’s Inside the Box – https://kinoli.com/a/zEMrw27n7m98
2️⃣ 4v4+4 Possession with Quadrants – https://kinoli.com/a/oxTKp5NCTKPR
3️⃣ Touchdown Football – https://kinoli.com/a/MS8ApWVKz3qC
4️⃣ 4 Corners Game – https://kinoli.com/a/QMl1u6mNPm51
5️⃣ Spanish Corners with Supports – https://kinoli.com/a/7SM8OKGlSwIX
If you want your soccer team to move smarter, not just pass faster, hit play, take notes, and start using these drills today.
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I’m curious — which of these 5 drills do you think will make the biggest difference for your players? ⚽
Drop your answer below ⬇ and we'll discuss!
Also, if you try any of these in your session, tag me or comment how it goes — I love seeing coaches actually using these in the field.
These are amazing and fun cant wait to introduce myself boys to them
Good stuff man. I definitely like these more than you know… 4v4+2+1+2 to 4 box 2+1+1 counter blah blah blah Rondo. Somewhere at about the fourth condition I start thinking "mmm nah, i'll spend more time explaining this than they will spend keeping the ball." Honestly it seems like the Rondo went from tool, to philosophy, to mantra. Also, great point about micro movements after the pass. The game designs of those 4 corner games are very nice. I'm thinking about marking off a 4 corner field for larger numbers. Same games with 7 or 8 per side. The one safety player in Spanish corners is great.
I like the first one. Easy to set up even before a game.
I was gonna watch your video, but as soon as I saw you with that ugly ass jersey on, say fukthis! Move on
Hi again!
What an great session we had yesterday!
We did do Spanish corner and 4v4 quadrant restrictions. A lots of movments during the whole practise. I will copy more of your videos next week!
I will test these on tomorrow team training!
I also really like using the four corners game. It opens up many directions in which the game can change and demands a lot of attention from the players.
In my variation, points are only awarded if the pass from one of the corners is played to a teammate.
This motivates the defending team to go straight into counter-pressing when the ball is in one of the corners.
Overall, it's a great collection of exercises that are all far better than pure passing drills.
What software do you use to create these drills? I like the first drill. Creates a little bit of chaos and traffic with the other groups, encouraging scanning and communication.
Your second practice is essentially a Rondo practice. Rondos are great when done properly. Too many coaches mis understand Rondos to be 5 players on the outside and one in side running around chasing the ball. You can have different variations. Transfer rondos, transition rondos, break out rondos 👍🏼
Great video, thank you for the ideas. I have been trying to get my girls to move off ball, and this will surely help!
This is gospel. Especially for young players they just dont open up for passes enough.
These exercises are great. I've been wondering for a long time how I can motivate my lazy boys to move more on the field without having the ball. Thanks for this great compilation. Furthermore, these are all exercises with opponent pressure, which is extremely important and leads to improvements much faster. Thx a lot!
Great video
Thanks. Those are fun. I developed touchdown football on my own for the same reason; I get frustrated watching them stand stagnant in rondos. I really like the 4 corners and will add it next week.
Will definitely be giving this a go, coach jesse. Thank you. Subscribed as well.
Wow nice drills
"players can stand still. In rondos and still complete passes" yes, only if you let them stand still. Great Drills tho.. Thanks
I'd really appreciate it if you could indicate sizes for each game.
Group age: U16..
Level:Varied.
Thank you.
Excellent activities! I LOVE using these as super fun warmup activities. I am going to incorporate them into my spring session. I haven't tried them yet, but I really like "Touchdown Soccer" and "Four Corners".
Wow! I really love this! I think at U12, we need to incorporate some of these drills to teach movement! Great video, thank you!
Nice
Well done coach 🎉🎉
You are correct with the activities you illustrated improving moment and spacial awareness on and off the ball. I particularly like the 4v4+4 quadrant restriction and touchdown activities and will give them a go. A bit unfair to compare to a Rondo which is an activation activity, whose main purpose is to foster the skills of perceiving, conceiving and deciding on which passing action is best in combination with the angels, distance and timing of the pass, which are all necessary skills to make you activities work.
We are coaching an U10 team with a couple of new players. Getting them to pass and move is really hard… But definitely some ideas here… I think the 4 corners might work, but honestly we need even simpler stuff.
Love these, I use some of them but your extra tips are helpful and I love that first game of the three different 2v1 going
These are excellent. Years of coaching and inventing drills to coerce movement. TD football is one bit the others are really good. So many bland drills on the internet but these are simple, foundational and fun. That’s a rare combo. Well done.
Love your style of coaching, especially the positive reinforcement part. Makes a huge difference imo. Will try some of those forms as a warmup/technical block before 3v3 / 4v4s 🙂