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Tackling Drills and Games

These soccer tackling drills will show you the best methods of coaching your players to win back the ball. After all, you can’t score goals if you don’t have the ball.

 

Tackling is a core soccer skill and the slide tackle, block tackle and poke tackle are all here. We look at the techniques involved to make sure your players tackle legally and safely. We also have games and drills to help you coach tackling more effectively.

Activity Type
Drill
Small-sided games
Warm Up
Age Group
U10
U11
U12
U13
U14
U15
U16
U17+
U6
U7
U8
U9
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Practice 1: Delay for support

Practice 1: Delay for support

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Practice 2: Delay for support

Practice 2: Delay for support

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Practice 3: Delay for support

Practice 3: Delay for support

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Warm-Up: Defending in our half

Warm-Up: Defending in our half

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El Chaos

El Chaos

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Practice 1: Setting the traps

Practice 1: Setting the traps

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Practice: Stopping the attacker

Practice: Stopping the attacker

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Magical spiders - practice

Magical spiders - practice

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Support the defender - practice 1

Support the defender - practice 1

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Support the defender - practice 2

Support the defender - practice 2

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Create cool defenders

Create cool defenders

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Ball watching

Ball watching

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Secure the box

Secure the box

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Defender takes control

Defender takes control

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Mertersacker's ball

Mertersacker's ball

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Small-sided game: Tackle and counter attack

Small-sided game: Tackle and counter attack

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Practice: Pressing and recovering

Practice: Pressing and recovering

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Practice: Stop attackers turning

Practice: Stop attackers turning

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Stop the attack

Stop the attack

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Defending in midfield

Defending in midfield

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Danger man

Danger man

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Practice: Delay the play 1v1

Practice: Delay the play 1v1

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Midfield surge

Midfield surge

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Rondo win the ball

Rondo win the ball

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