Grassroots football
Grassroots Football Coaching Resources
Drills, session plans and coach development written for volunteer coaches in UK grassroots football.
Grassroots football runs on volunteers: parents who said yes at a club meeting, coaches juggling a job, and a kit bag with more cones than bibs. Football Coach Hub exists for that reality — 1001 practices, 6 complete session plans and a planner that builds a timed session around the players who actually turn up.
Everything is written in UK football language: age groups from U6 to U16, 5v5 through to 11v11, yards not metres, and no deliberate heading below U12 in line with English grassroots guidance.
Football drills by topic
Football drills by age group (U6-U16)
Football drills by squad size
Training sessions by length
Drills for the kit and space you have
Ready-made session plans
- 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
- U9 Shooting & Finishing Session Plan (60 Minutes, Free) — shooting & finishing, 12 players, 60 minutes
- U14 Possession Session Plan (90 Minutes, Free) — possession & playing out, 16 players, 90 minutes
- U7 First Football Session Plan (45 Minutes, Free) — fun & ball mastery, 8 players, 45 minutes
Coach and player development
- Coaching Knowledge — Improve your understanding of football and coaching.
- Coaching Communication — Become more effective when communicating with players.
- Session Design — Get more from your training sessions.
- Player Development — Improve how you develop individual players.
- Leadership & Environment — Develop the environment around your players.
- Reflective Coaching — Learn from your own sessions, week after week.
Common questions
What are the best resources for a grassroots football coach?
A searchable drill library, a few session plans you can run without printing anything, and somewhere to record what you tried. Everything on Football Coach Hub is written for a volunteer coach with one pitch, limited kit and an hour on a Tuesday.
Do I need a coaching badge to use these sessions?
No. The practices list the set-up, coaching points, progressions and regressions in plain English, so an unqualified parent-volunteer can run them safely. They also line up with what you will cover on an FA introductory course.
Is Football Coach Hub free?
Reading every drill and guide is free, and new accounts get a week of full access. After that a free account keeps one saved session a month, with Coach and Club plans for coaches and clubs who plan every week.
Start with tonight's session
Tell the planner the age group, numbers, kit and how long you have. You get a timed plan built from the same drills linked above.