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Midfield Soccer Drills

Midfielders control the play; they help their defense and supply the ball to their attackers. They are integral to how the team plays and therefore need to learn effective support play and create links throughout the team. This requires organization, understanding of their roles, and clever decision-making to ensure that the team is a successful one. 

Using the midfield drills on Cupello will help coach your midfielders these abilities as well as creative individual skills and the confidence required to be a prosperous midfielder. Find various methods to train your midfield and see them grow as players, becoming a well-rounded presence at the heart of the team.

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Pivots: use one against weaker teams but to control strong teams play with two pivots in a diamond midfield.

Defensive midfielders should protect the Center Backs by denying through balls and blocking passing routes.

Attacking midfielders should spot opportunities to play through balls into space for attackers to run on to.

Get midfielders to win the ball and play into attack
  • Midfield
  • 13-18+

Midfielder Superiority, Two High or Two Deep

This session is designed to allow players the opportunity to rotate and exploit ...

Difficulty

Play It Wide
  • Midfield
  • 11-15

Play It Wide

Getting midfielders to switch play from one wing to the other will open up space...

Difficulty

Create box to box dynamite midfielders
  • Midfield
  • 8-15

Box to Box Dynamite

Having a dynamic midfielder in this role helps get the ball into dangerous areas...

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Players press in midfield
  • Midfield
  • 11-18

Pressing Triggers In Midfield

Player understanding is key to tactical use of a mid block – the progressions ...

Difficulty

Free

Girl Touch
  • Midfield Possession
  • 11-18+

Playing forward – Team battles

It is important players find ways to keep possession and look for opportunities ...

Difficulty

Girl 1v1
  • Attacking Midfield
  • 13-18+

Attacking through midfield to go wide

Every team will have a different style in which they want to play, in this drill...

Difficulty

Girl Kick
  • Attacking Midfield
  • 13-18+

Attacking Centrally

Players can sometimes find it difficult to attack centrally when playing in and ...

Difficulty

Becoming a midfield playmaker
  • Midfield
  • 11-18+

Midfield Playmaker

Using a midfield playmaker adds dynamite to your team – get the ball to the pl...

Difficulty

Supporting Girl
  • Attacking Transitions Midfield Possession Passing
  • 8-18+

Pass or Dribble in End Zones

Creating drills which allow for lots of touches on the ball and provide decision...

Difficulty

Girl
  • Attacking Midfield
  • 11-18+

Exploiting Space in Midfield

Playing through midfield is one way to build up play, players need to be technic...

Difficulty

Girl Tackle
  • Defending Transitions Tactics Midfield
  • 11-18+

Being Compact

Being compact when out of possession is key in stopping the opposition from play...

Difficulty

Control passing in a pentagon shape
  • Midfield Passing
  • 8-15

Washington DC Control Passing

This is a control pass drill formed in a pentagon. The players must show good pa...

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Free

Women
  • Attacking Tactics Midfield Shooting
  • 11-18+

Run's in behind

Running in behind is hard to defend as a back line, if you can get your team to ...

Difficulty

Move the ball up the pitch to create goal scoring chances
  • Midfield
  • 11-15

Score After Four

With four passes as the key to moving the ball up the pitch your players will le...

Difficulty

Pass
  • Attacking Tactics Midfield Possession Passing
  • 11-18+

Breaking Lines

Breaking lines is a great way to split the opposition and create overloads, in t...

Difficulty

Midfield
  • Midfield
  • 13-18+

Midfield rotation

Playing through midfield is one way to build up play, players need to be technic...

Difficulty

Control the centre of midfield and boss the play
  • Midfield
  • 8-18+

Midfielder in Charge

Encourage midfielders to control the game for their team at pace, maximising the...

Difficulty

Free

Creating clinical attacking midfielders
  • Midfield
  • 8-18+

Clinical Attacking Midfielders

Attacking midfielders must be able to move the ball into attacking positions as ...

Difficulty

Learn to pay passes like Pirlo
  • Midfield
  • 8-15

Becoming A Midfield Maestro

Encourage your midfielders to pass creatively, stretching play like a quarterbac...

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Girl Transition
  • Transitions Midfield
  • 11-18+

Transition - Attack to Defence

It’s important players are organised in possession and always think ‘what if...

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Free

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