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Fun Soccer Games

We recommend Fun Soccer Games as a regular part of your coaching program – fun should always be high on your agenda as a coach especially with younger age groups where coaching is about developing a love of the ball and a love of the game rather than any technical/tactical understanding.

As a subscriber to this website you get access to 75 Fun Soccer Games for age groups from U5 to U15.

But! We've seen plenty of adult teams enjoy a game of Tiger Tails, so don't be afraid to throw some of these games in with your older players and see how it goes!

Below are some great fun games. They teach kids skills but they’re all about having fun while they learn. With these games in your locker, you'll never risk running a boring coaching session again!

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Bumper Cars

Get those soccer brains ticking over with this great game that covers dribbling, running with the ball, accurate passing, changeovers, fi...

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Behind Enemy Lines

Will the package get delivered behind enemy lines? It will by passing through the opposition, getting behind defenders, keeping a good de...

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Dive Bombers

Great fun to be had diving to head the ball in this game

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Head for Home

Some parts of the world have strict rules on heading so please check your local rules.

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Up and Down

A game for reacting to gained or lost ball, speed and direction, passing and forward runs, defend and delay, and recovery runs to mark pl...

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Six Shooter

Great way to improve attitude to shooting, accuracy/power, support play, and follow-ups.

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Airball

Goalkeeping skills are always hard to develop and often boringly repetitive – but not this game! Great fun and good skills coaching.

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Twins

Fun team game – working with others, problem-solving, coordination, and weaker foot accuracy.

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Cat and Mouse

How many pieces of cheese can the mice steal? Speed, control, turning, dribbling.

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Connect Four

Fun ways to coach when to play forward, first touch, movement/angles and communication, weight and accuracy of pass, and shield from ...

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Funny Turns

Got good acting skills? You’ll need them in this fun game that focuses on turning with the ball under close control.

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Robocops

Basic handling, co-ordination, understanding of distances and angles, throwing and catching, calling for the ball.

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King of the Ring

This fun game turns the focus on coaching close control, turning, tackling, defending and decision making.

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Tiger Tails

Lots of coaching points in this fun game – awareness, reactions, change of direction, explosive speed, twisting, turning and screening.

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Aliens

Run! There’s an alien after you! The focus here is on speed, agility, change of direction, reactions off the ball, timing, accuracy and ...

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Long and Short of It

This game improves players’ ability to make quick decisions on play and enhances awareness and judgement on space and distance

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Star Gates

This fun game focuses on passing, dribbling, timing and angle of forward runs, switching play.

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Pin Point

This fun game works on passing and shooting low and accurately. Good passing and movement, attitude to shooting, accuracy before power and ...

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Space Wars

Win the space war with accuracy and good weight of passing.

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Triple Whammy

This fun game has reactions to call/ball. First touch (may be a shot or header). Support from team mates. Dribble and shoot/pass and follow ...

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Zombie Attack

The focus is on fun, covering dribbling at pace, change of direction, disguise, attacking space.

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Magic Number

Creates a fun 1v1, 2v2 up to 3v3 competition that benefits attackers, defenders and goalkeepers. Good game for smaller groups or strikers ...

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Throw-in Frenzy

Encourage and improve the use of quick throw-ins to gain an advantage in this fun set piece game.

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Find the Keeper

This fun session is all about possession play and accuracy of long passing.

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