Collecting and open sourcing soccer drills (particularly one's I've found useful) for youth soccer coaches everywhere.
Anyone is free to use these drills and practice plans provided they adhere to the Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license associated with this repository.
Perhaps at some point an application could be developed (within this repo or elsewhere) to consume these drills.
I'd love for other coaches to contribute to this repository of drills.
Therefore, it's necessary to ensure we're using the same format: Markdown with YAML front matter (as a schema). If you're not familiar with either, they're easy to learn and human readable.
Use the _template.md in /drills/ to start you off on the right (or left) foot.
| Property | Meaning | Value Type | Possible Values |
|---|---|---|---|
title: |
Name of drill | string | Any |
author: |
Author/creator | string | Any |
type: |
Type of drill | string | Warm-up, Tactical, Technical, Physical, Game |
ages: |
Age range | string | All, U6, U7, etc., or range like U6-U8 |
level: |
Level of skill | string | All,Initial (U6–U8),Basic (U9-U12),Intermediate (U13 & U14),Advanced (U15–U18),Professional |
skills: |
Skills taught | list of categories | See skills category list below |
setup: |
Drill steup | nested object | duration:, cones:, pinnies:, balls:, players:, area: |
setup/duration: |
Time in minutes | time duration | Any (for example: 5) |
setup/cones: |
Number of cones | number | Any (for example: 4) |
setup/goals: |
Number of goals | number | Any (for example: 1) |
setup/pinnies: |
Pinnies required | string | yes, no, optional |
setup/balls: |
Number of balls | nested object | min: and max: (numbers) |
setup/players: |
Number of balls | nested object | min: and max: (numbers) |
setup/area: |
Area of play required | nested object | min: and max: (strings, e.g. 10 x 10 as measured in yards |
desc: |
Description of drill | string | Any |
Example:
---
title: Passing & Communication Square
author: Name of Author
type: Warm-up
ages: All
level: All
skills:
- passing
- communication
- dribbling
- ball control
- receiving
- turning
- change of direction
- identifying space
- providing support
- conditioning
- ice breaker
setup:
duration: 10
cones: 8
pinnies: optional
balls:
min: 4
max: 10
players:
min: 8
max: 20
area:
min: 10 x 10
max: 20 x 20
desc: Simple passing warm-up for all ages that combines passing, communication, dribbling, turning & receiving, and finding open teammates.
---The current skills categories used in the YAML schema are as follows:
- awareness
- attacking
- change of direction
- defending
- identifying space
- providing support
- ball control
- dribbling
- receiving
- turning
- communication
- conditioning
- finishing
- goalkeeping
- goalkeeping basics
- goalkeeping conditioning
- goalkeeping distribution
- goalkeeping diving
- goalkeeping reflexes
- goalkeeping situational
- ice breaker
- passing
- strength building