Soccer fun games
Basic Ball Skills
Soccer dribbling up and down the line
Dribbling around cones in zig zag
Dribbling with three point turns at particular cones
Shooting at goal
Kick passing in pairs including trapping
Individual kicks to see how many times can kick up in air without it landing on the
ground
Tunnel of Doom
Set up some cones to make a long tunnel for kids to dribble down
Put in some defence players along the tunnel
Aim is to get through the tunnel
For less skilled kids, make tunnel wider
Can be done basketball dribbling or soccer dribbling
Tunnel can be made wider and pairs can try to get through utilising passing as well as
dribbling
Hungry Birds
Have kids in four teams with each team by a hoop (hoops in square formation)
Put about 20-30 balls in the middle
On GO all the children run in and get one ball at a time and put into their hoop (can do
all, or can do one child a time from each team)
Children can steal from other team’s hoops
Beanbags or other objects could be used
Soccer Teeball
Set up teeball bases
Batters kick out a soccer ball, then run around bases like teeball
Variations:
o Kids run the whole way round OR stop at each base like real teeball game
o Kids kick more than one ball out
o Kids dribble a soccer ball around the diamond as they are running the bases
Down the Line Relay
Teams of five or six
A ball starts at the front of a line (with kids spaced apart enough to be able to do
soccer passes)
The ball is kicked down the line to the last person in the line
The last person dribbles the ball back to the front of the line and continues on
Cones could be used to mark where kids stand and when the last runs to the front, the
others move back a cone
Can be done kicking/bouncing/hand balling/passing/rolling
Shooting Game
Players stand in a line behind a shooting mark
The first player shoots, then gets their own rebound and passes to the next player
The first player goes to the end of the line
This continues with the teams shooting for a set time to score as many goals as they
can
Shooting Game
Players stand in a line behind a shooting mark
The first player kicks, aiming to get a goal
Have a few players in the square to retrieve the ball
The ball goes to the next player, with the first one going to the end of the line
This continues with the teams shooting for a set time to score as many goals as they
can
Players could have three balls, so they get three shots at goals each
Weaving Relay
Set up teams in lines with 5 cones in front of each line
The cones are lined up ready for kids to weave in and out of with their balls
First student dribbles their ball, weaving in and out of the cones then dribbles or kicks
the ball back
This can be done bouncing a ball or rolling a ball or even just carrying the ball
Up and Down the Court
Two people kick pass the ball all the way up the court and back again and then hand
on to the next two people (there can be two groups going at a time)
This can be done using bounce passes, chest passes, kicking, handballing or hockey
style
This can be done with three people and also can be turned into a three or five man
weave
Half Field Game or 5 v 5 etc
Play modified games
Indoor Soccer
Play indoor soccer
Ball can hit the sides and stay in play
End Zone
Set up playing area with two cones marking a goal area at each end
Each player has someone standing in their own goal area as their goal person (to get a
goal, the team must get the ball to their own goal person)
5 kicks must be made by each team before a goal can be shot
May need to move hoop further away from playing area to avoid players getting to
close to the goal person
Can do with kicking, passing, handballing, different sized balls, beanbags or frisbees
