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Football Drills With No Equipment
399 football drills that match this situation, filtered on the equipment and area recorded for each practice.
Can you coach football without equipment?
Yes. Bags, water bottles or jumpers make gates and goals, and most technical practices only need a ball each and a marked area.
Every drill here runs with balls and a few cones. No bibs, no goals, no poles, no ladders — useful when you are on a shared pitch, coaching in a park, or the kit bag has gone home with someone else.
The filter runs against the equipment list and area size stored with every drill, so a practice only appears here if it genuinely fits.
Drill categories on this page
Football Drills With No Equipment
Every card links to the full drill page with numbered set-up steps, the step-by-step sequence, coaching points and progressions.
- Age band
- Under 5 to Adults
- Players
- 1-2
- Time
- 15 min
- Area
- 8 x 8 yards
- Kit
- Balls, Cones
- Focus
- Technical Practice
1-to-1 Ball Mastery Clinic
Master a bank of moves through repetition
- Age band
- Under 5 to Adults
- Players
- 1-2
- Time
- 14 min
- Area
- 15 x 10 yards
- Kit
- Balls, Cones
- Focus
- Skill Practice
1-to-1 Defending Technique
Individual defending shape and footwork
- Age band
- Under 5 to Adults
- Players
- 6-16
- Time
- 15 min
- Area
- 12 x 15 yards
- Kit
- Balls, Cones
- Focus
- Skill Practice
1v1 Gate Attack
Encourage players to run at defenders
- Age band
- Under 5 to Adults
- Players
- 2-24
- Time
- 10 min
- Area
- 15 x 15 yards
- Kit
- Balls, Cones
- Focus
- Warm Up
500 Touches Mastery Circuit
Bank hundreds of quality touches quickly
- Age band
- Under 5 to Adults
- Players
- 4-16
- Time
- 12 min
- Area
- 15 x 10 yards
- Kit
- Balls, Cones
- Focus
- Technical Practice
Aerial Control Practice
Control a bouncing or lofted ball cleanly
- Age band
- Under 7 to Adults
- Players
- 6-12
- Time
- 12 min
- Area
- 28 x 22 yards
- Kit
- Balls, Cones, Full-size goal
- Focus
- Technical Practice
Angle Finish
Finish from different angles
- Age band
- Under 6 to Under 12
- Players
- 6-10
- Time
- 10 min
- Area
- 20 x 14 yards
- Kit
- Balls, Cones, Mini goals
- Focus
- Technical Practice
Angle Finish Lane
Finish from an angled approach
- Age band
- Under 7 to Under 16
- Players
- 6-14
- Time
- 15 min
- Area
- 25 x 20 yards
- Kit
- Cones, Balls, Mini goals
- Focus
- Skill Practice
Angle Run Game
Improve curved runs
- Age band
- Under 8 to Under 16
- Players
- 4-8
- Time
- 14 min
- Area
- 18 x 12 yards
- Kit
- Balls, Cones
- Focus
- Technical Practice
Angle Shield
Improve angle play from central shots
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Every drill page has the full set-up, step-by-step instructions, coaching points and progressions.
- Back Pedal Catch — goalkeeping drill, 10 min, Under 7 to Under 16
- Back Post Race — attacking drill, 14 min, Under 12 to Adults
- Back-Post Bank — heading drill, 15 min, Under 12 to Adults
- Backspin Control — first touch drill, 10 min, Under 6 to Adults
- Ball Mastery Toolbox — ball mastery drill, 12 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Ball Move Circuit — possession drill, 10 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Blindside Pop — heading drill, 12 min, Under 12 to Adults
- Block & Slide Tackle Technique — tackling drill, 12 min, Under 10 to Adults
- Bounce and Finish — heading drill, 13 min, Under 12 to Adults
- Bounce and Turn — warm ups drill, 10 min, Under 6 to Under 16
- Bounce Back Finish — first touch drill, 14 min, Under 8 to Adults
- Bounce Finish — shooting drill, 12 min, Under 8 to Under 16
- Bounce Finish Box — finishing drill, 12 min, Under 8 to Adults
- Box And Turn — ball mastery drill, 14 min, Under 6 to Under 14
- Box Finish — shooting drill, 12 min, Under 7 to Under 14
- Box Finish Gates — finishing drill, 12 min, Under 8 to Adults
- Box Rebound Hunt — heading drill, 15 min, Under 12 to Adults
- Box Spin Finish — finishing drill, 13 min, Under 8 to Adults
- Box to Goal — attacking drill, 12 min, Under 7 to Under 14
- Box To Touch — football fitness drill, 8 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Breath And Balance — cool downs drill, 10 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Breath And Reset — cool downs drill, 10 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Catch And Restart — goalkeeping drill, 15 min, Under 9 to Under 16
- Catch And Roll — goalkeeping drill, 10 min, Under 6 to Under 12
- Challenge Ball and Body Warm Up — warm ups drill, 10 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Challenge Pass and Move Warm Up — warm ups drill, 10 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Challenge Stretch Circle Cool Down — cool downs drill, 8 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Challenge Walk and Talk Cool Down — cool downs drill, 8 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Challenge Youth Movement Games — football fitness drill, 10 min, Under 5 to Under 11
- Channel Combo — warm ups drill, 12 min, Under 6 to Adults
- Channel Cushion — first touch drill, 10 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Circle Check-In — cool downs drill, 12 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Circle Of Moves — ball mastery drill, 9 min, Under 5 to Under 12
- Circuit Ball and Body Warm Up — warm ups drill, 12 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Circuit Pass and Move Warm Up — warm ups drill, 12 min, Under 5 to Adults
- Circuit Stretch Circle Cool Down — cool downs drill, 10 min, Under 5 to Adults
Session plans to slot these into
- U10 Passing Session Plan (60 Minutes, Free) — passing & receiving, 12 players, 60 minutes
- U8 Dribbling Session Plan (45 Minutes, Free) — dribbling & 1v1, 10 players, 45 minutes
- U12 Defending Session Plan (75 Minutes, Free) — defending & pressing, 14 players, 75 minutes
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Common questions
Can you coach football without equipment?
Yes. Bags, water bottles or jumpers make gates and goals, and most technical practices only need a ball each and a marked area.
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