This soccer drill is a fun game of ‘cat and mouse’ in which kids will practice turning and dribbling as they are chased by other players. Tell players the ABC’s of a performing a push pass Approach at an angle, maintain Balance, and make contact at the Center of the ball using the inside of the foot. This fun drill is a great activity to focus on passing skills. If a PacMan is hit with a ball, then that player becomes a Ghosts and retrieves their own ball from outside the grid and then proceeds to try and hit other players with the ball. When the coach blows his/her whistle, the two Ghosts enter the grid with a ball each and then try to catch a PacMan by doing a push pass and hitting them below the knee with the ball. Tell the rest of the players that they are ‘PacMans’ and ask them to spread out inside the grid. Choose two of the kids to be the ‘Ghosts’ and have them stand outside the grid next to the balls. Set up a 20×20 yard grid and place all the balls together outside the grid. Set Upįor this drill, you’ll need many balls (enough for each player) and some small cones. This next soccer drill is based on the classic game PacMan and is a great game to play with 7 year old kids at practice. Players should approach the ball at an angle and step into the pass.Players should keep their heads up to see their opponents’ movements.Players should pass using their inside foot for a more accurate pass.Here are some useful coaching points to keep in mind when playing this game: To discourage this, be sure to tell the kids that if they hit a player above the waste, then that kid is out or has a penalty time out. Coaching Points And TipsĪs the players are only 7 years old, it’s possible they get a little too excited and may kick the ball in the air, which could hurt another player. Then, the players should switch roles and play the game again. The coach should time how long it takes for the Jedi Knights to eliminate all the Dark Side players.
If a player on the Dark Side team is hit by the ball, they are out and must step out of the grid. The players on the Dark Side team can jump, run, dodge, etc, to avoid being hit by the ball. To play this game, the kids on the ‘Jedi Knights’ team should try to pass the ball and hit the players on the ‘Dark Side’ team with the ball below the knee. Next, give one ball to each of the Jedi Knights, and then have the two teams line up on opposite sides of the grid. Make one team the ‘Dark Side’ and one team ‘The Jedi Knights’. To set up this drill, first, make a 25×25 yard grid with small cones and divide the kids into two teams. There will be two teams ‘The Dark Side’ and ‘The Jedi Knights’ and they will battle each other for control of the ‘universe’. This first drill is based on a ‘Star Wars’ theme and is a super fun game U8 kids can play to practice passing.
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