Passing

Whenever you ask someone who their favorite player is, more often than not you’ll hear them talk about a striker or a playmaker.

This practice game helps teams train their attacking, defending, heading, passing, and transition skills.

Fish in a Barrel is a practice game that helps players improve their passing and kicking skills.

As you may have guessed from the name, this game is essentially “hot potato” played with a soccer ball. Hot “Ball-tato” (also sometimes known simply as “hot” or “hot soccer”) helps players train passing and receiving balls with pace.

Snatch is a practice game that trains: passing, receiving, dribbling, shielding, aggressiveness, decision making, and communication.

If you read Wall Ball Part 1 you know that playing against a wall is one of the best ways for soccer players to practice on your own. Now, here is a great program for players of all skill levels:

The 3-sided Goal Game trains passing, spacing, movement off the ball, shooting for corners, attacking skills, defending skills, aggressiveness, conditioning, and it is also great practice for goal keepers.