1vs1 Dribbling Soccer Drill | Attacking & Defending Exercises

This competitive 1vs1 training drill (exercise) develops attacking and defending skills in one vs one situations. Economical practice as we can train and coach both sides of the ball if desired.
For attacking: dribbling, close control, feints, moves, turns and changes of direction.
For defending: blocking, tackling, delay, reactions.
Coaches can easily coach during natural stoppages either defending or attacking skills. The drill can also be used as a warm-up or fun game for a variety of ages (Youth, kids, club, high-school, college).

[williamm.]

Fantastic exercise, I tried this with my F Youth squad (8 and 9 year old). They really liked the competitive spirit of it, also counting how often each team could get around the defender. Thanks a lot for sharing this, also very well made video and explanation! Regards from Germany.

[martinmcfly]

Nice! I play this in a square with a goal on two sides. So the players play a 1vs1 and then try to score. Loosing the ball means you become defender, scoring a goal means defender stays. Actually the same with a goal instead of a pass.

[charleshartz]

We played a variation of this at my high school team. Great offseason conditioning, really makes you work. Great context, just subscribed.

[GavinTack]

Awesome training video. Just saved it to my BEST Soccer Training Drills playlist. Thanks for sharing!

[feliperagelofficialyoutube]

I really like this exercise. I usually do with one more defender who makes that the attacant only has few seconds in the 1vs 1 situation before receive the other defender. Nice, thanks to share it with us 😉👍

[bcgsr]

Excellent SSG, any chance you have this on a shareable file we could use?

[justsomethingtothinkabout]

Great drill for a group from 8-12+. Speed of play enables short wait times. Going to be using this in my sessions. Thank you ⚽️🥅

[bytemek]

love this drill, going to try it out tonight with my U12 Boys

[coachbetter_ltd]

Very nice! 1v1 situations are so important to work on, especially at a young age. What about setting up several similar squares to reduce wait time and work even more on fitness?

[seanparry]

Looks good but too many players stood around not active in the game. I'd suggest splitting the group in two and running 2 together to give the players more time on the ball, keeping them engaged.

[gameondrills]

This 1v1 drill is 🔥 – I’ve been working on similar exercises focused on agility and reaction. Might be helpful for anyone training younger players.

[toniviudez]

Thanks for sharing. Great drill to put in practice in our U9 teams.

[burnsie]

I like the sound of this! Will introduce next week to my jv team

[footballvitality]

sUseful and practical drills. Thanks a lot 👍👏😀

[WillHessler-mtqd]

Fantastic drill. I've done this with U17 boys and girls. Gets competitive

[samueledepizzol]

really good one! Simple, effective and fun

[kunstfreiheit]

the background music is gigantic. can you tell the name of the title please? :) keep it

[sadhaka]

Great idea. Thanks. I will use it next week

[chaviksenia]

Yeh. Nice. I'm from Coffs Harbour. East coast of Down Under....Well done lads...

[Otty-ukhf]

This is great. I will use it with my U13s tomorrow, Thanks.