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Anaerobic 4v4 Small-Sided Game

Here is a 4 v 4 game working on target player and transition while giving a nice anaerobic workout.

This activity uses half a field with a full sized goal and a keeper in goal. Two players start in the D and 3 yellow and 3 black players start at midfield. A coach starts at midfield with a ball.

The coach calls either “yellow” or “black” and whichever color he calls is the

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Conditioning With a Technical and Tactical Element

Here is a fun game for young soccer players that involves a lot of running and also technical and tactical aspects.  While it’s great for young players it’s interesting to do with older players as well.  They will work just as hard, get just as much out of it and have a blast playing.

This game can be played with full sized goals and keepers or smaller goals without keepers.  In this example the game will have keepers.  The size of the field can vary but here the field is 40 x 30

Start with two teams lined up on one of the sidelines with a coach between them with balls.


The coach plays a ball to the middle of the field and the first player in each line starts by

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A 5v2 Small-Sided Game With a Twist

Welcome to the FineSoccer Drills Newsletter.  Today’s featured activity is a 5 v 2 game with a twist.

In a typical game of 5 v 2 the movement is limited to a couple of steps in any direction to change the angle of support.  The only players doing a lot of movement are the defenders.


In this modified version of 5 v 2 there is a lot more movement and players have to

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Small-Sided Game With Aerobic Conditioning

Here is an aerobic activity incorporated into a small sided scrimmage.

This is a 5 v 5 game plus keepers on a field 36 yards lone and 44 yards wide.  There is a full sized goal on each endline.  There are 3 cones 5 yards outside of each sideline.


A server starts with balls around midfield and calls “go”.  Upon hearing “go” each field player must sprint around the

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