Football drills and session plans for grassroots coaches
Football Coach Hub gives grassroots coaches 3,600+ football drills with diagrams plus an AI session planner, so you can plan a brilliant session in under a minute and turn up prepared every week.
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Built around how coaches actually work: quick decisions, limited kit and mixed abilities.
Drill Library
Every football drill includes setup, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions and regressions.
Browse football drillsSession Builder
Pick age group, numbers, kit and objective - get a full warm up to cool down session plan.
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Describe your session in plain English and get a structured coaching plan back instantly.
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Map weekly, monthly and full season themes so every session has a purpose.
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A structured session with realistic timings and clear coaching detail.
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Save it, share it with your team or print a pitch-side PDF.
Featured drills
A peek inside the library — Coach Access unlocks all 3,600+ drills.
The drill library is for Coach and Club members. Free accounts can still plan one session a month.
See a full session plan before you sign up
New to Football Coach Hub? These are real example sessions from the session builder — six phases, realistic timings, setup detail and coaching points for every practice. Pick an age group to see what you get.
U8 dribbling and running with the ball
Kit needed: Cones, Balls (1 each), Bibs
- 1Warm Up8 min
Traffic lights dribble
20x20 yard area, a ball each. Coach calls green (dribble fast), amber (slow control), red (stop with sole of foot).
- Small touches with the laces when travelling
- Head up between touches to avoid others
- Stop the ball dead, don't stamp on it
- 2Technical Practice12 min
Cone gates dribble
Scatter 8 two-cone gates. Players dribble through as many gates as they can in 60 seconds, then beat their score.
- Change direction with the inside and outside of the foot
- Accelerate out of the gate
- Choose the emptiest gate — reward decision making
- 3Skill Practice14 min
1v1 to a line
Pairs in a 10x8 yard channel. Attacker tries to dribble over the far line, defender starts passive then live. Rotate after each go.
- Attack the defender's front foot
- Use a feint or step-over before the touch
- Explode into space after beating them
- 4Small-Sided Game14 min
4v4 dribble-in goals
Two 4v4 pitches. A goal counts when a player dribbles the ball over the end line under control.
- Look for the 1v1 when there is space ahead
- Support wide to stretch the defenders
- Recover quickly if you lose it
- 5Match8 min
Free play 5v5
Normal rules, small goals, coach steps back and lets them play.
- Let mistakes happen
- Praise attempts to dribble
- Keep the game flowing
- 6Cool Down4 min
Juggle and chat
Ball each, light toe-taps and juggles while you ask what they learned.
- Two things they did well
- One thing to practise at home
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Free accounts get one session plan a month. Coach Access unlocks the full drill library and 20 plans a month, Club Access gives 200.