101 Youth Football Drills: Age 12 to 16
By Malcolm Cook
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wide range of progressive practice drills to help young players
develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated
and cover the essential technical skills including: warming up,
dribbling and running with the ball, passing, shooting, heading,
crossing, goalkeeping and warming down.
As well as easy-to-use instructions, each drill contains information on
the equipment needed, the space required and how to organise the
players.
'For 30 years Malcolm Cook has shone
his light down the path of soccer development and progress.' Andy
Roxburgh, UEFA Technical Director
Malcolm Cook
Malcolm Cook was a professional player and has since worked for many years as a full-time coach (with a full FA/UEFA full international coaching licence) at many professional clubs around the world. He was also Director of Youth at Liverpool FC.
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101 Youth Football Drills - Malcolm Cook
The good coach will endeavour to produce an effective learning environment for his players that promotes safety, fun, purpose and ensures progression. He should plan each session beforehand and decide on the skills or topics that he wishes his players to learn. He can select the combinations of drills from the book that he will use in his session and should arrive early at practice in order to set up and prepare equipment for the players. Good organisation generally makes for good coaching and motivation. Here are some basic guidelines for the coach to consider when using the drills from this book.
practice service
The coach will have to demonstrate and allow his players to practise ways of serving the ball to their team-mates. Some of the techniques will be familiar to them while some will be relatively new; however, all of them will be valuable for their training. The majority of service actions are by hand as this tends to guarantee accuracy. However, as soon as the player can consistently kick the ball well he can serve in this manner too.
These are the service techniques:
Underarm
The player places both hands under the ball, between his knees with legs bent. He tosses his arms and hands outwards towards the target, releasing the ball while straightening the legs to add momentum to his movements.
Throw-in The player places both hands around the back of the ball, which rests on the back of his neck. With one leg in front of the other to give himself a more balanced position, he bends his upper body backwards before swinging forwards in a smooth motion to thrust the arms forwards and send the ball on its way.
Javelin The player balances the ball using one hand and wrist to secure it. The body is turned side-on with the other arm aimed towards the intended target. The player then whips his arm over and through to hurl the ball high and far.
Bowling The player holds the ball from below and crouches on one knee, swinging his arm backwards with the ball before swinging through to roll the ball along the ground.
Kicking The conventional techniques such as the push-pass (see figure top left) using the inside part of the foot are adequate for short-range services, while the instep-pass (see figure top right) can be used to kick longer distances. If the service needs to be delivered high, for example to give a player heading practice, then the player serving the ball can gently toss it up in front of himself before playing a volley-pass (see bottom figures).
Many of the drills require one of the players to serve the ball to a team-mate to allow him the opportunity to practise and develop his skills. The delivery of the ball needs to be accurate, sensitive and realistic, whether the aim of the drill is to work on controlling, shooting or heading the ball. Remember the maxim, ‘poor service starves the practice’.
footballs
Many of the drills do not require a lot of balls. However, where possible, the quality should be of the best calibre, with particular attention paid to the size and weight of the balls. For example, when introducing heading to young players, make sure it is a ‘pleasure not a pain’ for them to practise by using a light ball. Volleyballs are perfect at this stage until the players build up the necessary confidence and technique and can move on to the conventional football. It is a good policy for the coach to have a variety of balls of different sizes, colours, markings, weights and textures. He can then change them depending on the ages of the players, the skills being practised or the difficulty of the drill. The players will progress more quickly, develop greater sensitivity and ‘touch’ for the ball and generally be more motivated to practise when using a variety of balls.
equipment
Self-discipline is part of being a good footballer. Build this quality in your players by getting them into the habit of assisting the coach to set up and take away equipment used in the practice session. Young players like to see an attractive learning environment where portable goals, coloured bibs, cones, varied balls and flag poles are safely set up – it’s all part of the fun!
space
The distances and areas mentioned in the book are only approximate. The coach needs to observe how much space and time players require to make the practice drill effective. He should then modify it by positioning the players nearer or farther from each other, or enlarging or reducing the area they are working in. The space will depend on the players’ sizes, maturity, ages and skill levels – don’t be afraid to change distances when necessary.
The following diagram, which shows one half of a football field, could be utilised by using the flank areas A and B for crossing or long-kicking while C could be used for goalkeeping, shooting or heading. Areas D and E could be used for small-sided games. The centre circle area F could be used for various skills or tactics.
numbers
Ensure that the number of players in each drill is