21 passing drills for grassroots football coaches, from U7 to adult. Each with step-by-step instructions, coaching points, and a visual diagram.
The 3v1 rondo (already on the site) is brilliant for U7-U10 — first taste of…
View drill → –Modern football has decided that playing out from the back is the right way…
View drill → –Building out from the back is one of the most poorly coached aspects of gras…
View drill → –The third-man run is the building block of every meaningful combination in m…
View drill → –Most grassroots possession drills are rondos — keep the ball, no goal direct…
View drill → –U14+ football is when full-backs become attacking players, not just defensiv…
View drill → –U8 passing work lives or dies on whether the kids care about completing the …
View drill → –The give-and-go (one-two, wall pass) is the most common attacking combinatio…
View drill → –Players are numbered 1–10 and pass in sequence using inside-of-foot passes i…
View drill → –U7s default to dribbling forever…
View drill → –The two-ball constraint forces what the modern game demands: scanning before…
View drill → –The third-man run is the combination that unlocks defensive lines — player A…
View drill → –The constant follow-the-pass movement forces players to scan before receivin…
View drill → –Pattern play — a repeating positional combination without opposition — train…
View drill → –The rondo compresses every passing skill the modern game demands into 90 sec…
View drill → –The switch of play — moving the ball quickly from one side to the other to f…
View drill → –U15 squads who can retain possession in tight spaces often fail to switch pl…
View drill → –When teams press one side of the pitch, the answer is a switch — a 30-40 yar…
View drill → –U13-U14 attacking play often gets stuck in 1-2s…
View drill → –The simplest possible passing pattern, but the one most U7-U10 players actua…
View drill → –Wing play is under-coached at grassroots — most U13 sessions are obsessed wi…
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