Free Football Skills, Tactics and Drills for Players and Coaches

Young children can learn how to play football by seeing our skills videos on basic techniques, such as shooting, passing the ball, heading, block tackling and goalkeeping.

Older children and adults can learn about more advanced football tactics and skills, such as volleying, the body swerve, close control, dribbling the ball, and defending corners. There are also sections on fitness and sports psychology.

Coaches of youth teams can find ideas for their football training sessions, free football coaching drills and advice about tactics, strategies and formations.

Shooting

Goalkeeping

Passing

Heading

Tackling

Volleying

Dribbling

Control

Fitness

Psychology

Drills

Soccer (Football) Academy

For young players and coaches of youth football teams, Soccer Academy is the ideal way of improving your football. Video demonstrations, 3D animations, colour photographs & clear text combine to make improving your soccer skills fun! Techniques, tactics, training, fitness, nutrition, psychology & rules are comprehensively covered.

Beginners	Older Children	Coaches of youth teams
Shooting Learn how to kick the ball correctly and the basics of shooting technique.	The volley is one of the more difficult skills to master, but produces some thrilling goals.	Fitness training This article provides ideas for your fitness training sessions, and looks at the biological basis of stamina.
Passing Learn how to make quick, accurate passes	Dribbling skills The body swerve is an essential skill to master for beating defenders.
Heading This vidoe demonstrates how to head the ball successfully	The flick-on header The flick-on header is the only technique to direct the ball backwards in the air. It can be devastating at near post corners.
Control Learn the most important technique of controlling the ball with the inside of the foot.	Control using the instep The first touch is vital for bringing the ball under control. Here we see how to control a lofted pass using the instep.
Basic save Discover how to save a shot arriving at a medium height - above the knees but beloe the head.	Diving Save Learn how to make diving saves with this demonstration.