Possession Soccer Drills - Keeping possession with a target player

Purpose: The purpose behind this soccer possession drill is to give the team keeping possession a reason to retain purpose (working the ball to the target player, who could represent a striker in a game) Set up: • 10x10 yard area • 1 soccer ball • 2 teams of 4 Instructions: Set up your square and place 2 players from each team into the middle of the area. The other 2 players from the team will stand opposite each other on different sides of the square. These 2 players will act as target players for the players in the middle. The teams in the middle will be competing for possession of one soccer ball. When a team is able to successfully combine passes from one target player to another that will count as 1 point.