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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 1855712, member: 153"] Interesting. Our U11 girls will usually begin by dividing the team of 14 girls in 3 groups of 4 and 5. Two different color pinnies for 2 groups. One group stays outside, while the other 2 groups are inside trying to pass one ball to each other, while also passing to/with the outside group. When someone steals the ball, the outside group then works with those who stole it and are now in possession. A second drill will then have the girls passing up to a girl on the wing, who one touch passes back to the initiator who takes a touch and sends it to a girl in the middle, who then starts a break up field with the girl who took the first pass on the wing. The finisher is the girl who started in the middle. Then the coach starts more complicated variations of this (he sometimes has the finisher come toward the goal, then backtrack to the top of the box to take a diagonal pass further away from goal and deep defenders). Third drill will be footwork in tight spaces with a defender on, and then primary/secondary defending. Finally, a scrimmage on a small field. This club is not affiliated with US Soccer but with a German Bundesliga team. Instructors are mainly from Europe. [/QUOTE]