Here you'll find defensive soccer drills and plays for soccer teams and players of all ages. They are categorized to the left by beginner, intermediate and advanced drill levels. These defensive drills & plays will improve you or your soccer team's defensive techniques, quickness and field awareness. Check the drills & plays out, share them with your friends & teams and tell us what you think. We always welcome suggestions of soccer drills to add.

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  1. 2 Goal Scrimmage
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    This scrimmage soccer drill promotes lateral movement across the soccer field where you can score on one of two soccer goa...

  2. Brandi Chastain: How I Prepare for a Game
    3 comments 2712 views

    Getting ready for a game, especially when you're a defender, requires a great deal of physical and emotional preparation.

  3. Straddle Hops
    1806 views
    By: SKLZ

    Help your youth soccer player advance his or her skills on the field with the Straddle Hop drill using a Quick Ladder from...

  4. The Quads Drill
    3111 views

    A basic principle of soccer is the need to create width in attack and remain compact in defense. This practice soccer dril...

  5. Two Soccer Defense Drills
    1945 views

    Expert soccer coach Andre Botelho knows that having a good defense is critical to a teams success. Andre gives a step by s...

  6. Timed 4v2 Keep-away
    1 comment 5059 views

    The objective of this attacking soccer drill is to create a pressure situation in which SPEED of soccer play is trained. ...

  7. End to End
    9142 views

    Most ball control soccer errors occur in a game when players are fatigued and soccer players stop moving to support the so...

  8. Shoe Weights
    1212 views
    By: SKLZ

    Help your youth soccer player advance his or her skills on the field with the Shoe Weights from SKLZ.com. Great to help in...

  9. Man Marking
    6089 views

    This ball control soccer drill forces players to constantly be aware of the movement of their opponents and accept respons...

  10. Reaction Sprint and 1v1
    1969 views

    In this one-on-one attacking soccer drill, two soccer players race for a loose soccer ball. The winner of the possession g...