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Pre Season Drills

After a summer break, it can be difficult to get your players both mentally and physically ready for the upcoming season. Your players need to be physically ready to regularly play soccer again and to begin the first game on the front foot. Getting your players excited for the season and prepared for the upcoming fixtures is a must for any coach.

Pre Season Training Drills

Use the pre-season drills on Cupello to find fun and clever ways of getting your players ready for the season after a long break. From enjoyable small sided games to improving agility and movement, these drills will ensure that your players are ready for the season ahead. 

Soccer Coaching Tips

Pre-season should be about getting players soccer fit – play the game not sprints and press ups

First touch is a key skill to practice at pre-season – it's one of the most important things to work on

End your pre-season session with a shooting practice – players love nothing more than shooting at goal so it ends your session on a high

soccer Tennis
  • Pre Season

WATCH: Spanish Soccer Tennis

Watch the Spanish youth players in this fantastic game for pre-season which deve...

Free

Coach body position in attacks
  • Small Sided Games
  • 7-18

4v1 Boxes

Body positioning is key when receiving the ball and deceiving the defender, help...

Difficulty

Movement with the ball
  • Attacking
  • 11-15

Movement to Receive

Coaching movement is not about using lots of equipment it is about engaging your...

Difficulty

6v6 attack v defence
  • Attacking
  • 8-12

7v7 to 9v9: 6v6 Attack v Defence

Attack plays defence in this 6v6 game. There are two different ways of scoring, ...

Difficulty

Scoring zone game
  • Transitions
  • 8-12

7v7 to 9v9: 3v3 Scoring Zone

This game gives players lots of problems to solve in a 3v3 game with four goals ...

Difficulty

Reactive agility
  • Possession
  • 8-12

Match Reaction Agility

Agility is key to the performance of youth players, and is linked to speed of pl...

Difficulty

Use full width of the pitch when attacking
  • Attacking
  • 8-15

Creating Space with Width

Attacking players need to be able to use the full width of the pitch, creating s...

Difficulty

Pre season drill to get players communicating and keeping possession
  • Possession
  • 4-12

Smash And Grab

This drill will get your players back into the swing of keeping possession, comm...

Difficulty

Winning the ball
  • Transitions
  • 8-12

Reacting to Movement

Sudden bursts of speed can catch out teams not giving them time to prevent defen...

Difficulty

Free

Receive the bounce pass
  • Possession
  • 13-18

Bounce pass and move

Working on passing and movement with a bounce board on an individual level then ...

Difficulty

Agility in games
  • Transitions
  • 8-12

2v2+4 Game Agility

Agility is vital for physical performance especially in youth players who have s...

Difficulty

Tic tac toe
  • Fun Games
  • 7-14

Tic tac toe

Fun game for coaches to use when they want to test players' brains but with some...

Difficulty

Get the ball to the attacker to create goal scoring opportunities
  • Small Sided Games
  • 8-12

Find the Striker

Making goal scoring opportunities involves getting the ball to the target man in...

Difficulty

Through balls used to create goal scoring opportunities
  • Small Sided Games
  • 8-12

End Zone Scrimmage

Split defences with accurate through balls that create goal scoring opportunitie...

Difficulty

Scoring with a one touch finish to take opportunities
  • Small Sided Games
  • 8-12

Score With One Touch

Taking key goal scoring opportunities involves being quick and utilising one tou...

Difficulty

Score against varying numbers of defenders to take advantage of overloads
  • Small Sided Games
  • 8-12

Overload Defenders

Defenders need to be able to adapt to varying numbers of overloads and cut out t...

Difficulty

Creating different ways of attacking
  • Small Sided Games
  • 10-14

Different Attacks

Get players thinking about different ways of attacking, either centrally or crea...

Difficulty

Free

Score from behind the goal to help create space
  • Small Sided Games
  • 10-14

Back to Front

Encourage players to think about creating space with this drill by allowing play...

Difficulty

Win the ball to break out and create chances
  • Small Sided Games
  • 8-12

Win The Ball and Attack 1v1

Win the the ball and spring into attack, creating a 1v1 against the goalkeeper

Difficulty

Switch play to find space and create goal scoring opportunities
  • Small Sided Games
  • 8-12

Four Goals Five Players

Switching play is key, looking to create space and increasing the opportunity of...

Difficulty

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