MB-P39 · Warm-up
Skill Box Relay
This fun skill based relay takes place in a 25 by 25-yard area and focuses on developing players ball control, speed and teamwork.
Full squads
Drills for 11 to 16 players. Full-squad practices.
Practices for squads of eleven to sixteen players: phases of play, functional practices for units, medium-sided games and pressing and build-up practices that look like moments from a match.
Touchtight Club has 457 practices for this page (as of October 2026). Below: 10 with a free full video and 22 practice outlines.
Age
Players11–16 players
Practices
Drills for 11–16 players
32 of 32 shown
35-P1 · Skill practice
Compactness and Transfer Game
Improve your team’s defensive compactness and collective movement with this competitive possession-based practice.
86-P10 · Phase of play
Attack Before the Defence Sets (4231)
Exploit the moments before the opposition can organise with this game-realistic attacking practice.
48-P11 · Medium-sided game
Possession and Transition to Attack
Develop your team’s ability to control possession and attack with purpose in this dynamic, game-based practice.
93-P12 · Lead-in to 11 v 11
Release the Wing-back to Attack (3421)
Develop your team’s attacking understanding within a 3421 with this game-realistic practice.
51-P13 · Advanced lead-in to 11 v 11
Possession Rondos (433)
This advanced lead practice is designed to enhance your team's ability to maintain possession in a 4-3-3 formation.
80-P4 · Technical practice
Penetrating Passes Between the Lines
Develop your team’s ability to break lines with purpose in this technical attacking practice focused on penetrating passes and intelligent.
69-P6 · Small-sided game
Midfield Compactness to Win Possession
Develop your team’s midfield organisation and defensive understanding with this game-realistic compactness practice.
100-P8 · Wave of play
Exploit the Overload to Finish
Create fast, attacking football with this high-tempo wave practice designed to develop finishing, decision-making and overloads.
95-P9 · Functional practice
Possession to Finish Rondo
Combine possession, penetration, and finishing in this rondo that challenges players to recognise key moments to play forward and attack.
68-P8 · Wave of play
1 v 1 Attacking & Defending Challenge
This practice is built to improve players’ 1 v 1 defending skills, with a strong focus on technique, positioning, and decision-making.
66-P6 · Small-sided game
3rd Man Breakout Runs-SSG
Unlock the attacking potential of your team with this SSG, designed to create and exploit space behind defensive lines through 3rd man runs.
31-P10 · Phase of play
Beat The Press to Attack (433)
This phase of play practice focuses on breaking through a press with structured build-up play and quick combinations to finish.
97-P9 · Functional practice
Beat the Press to Play Out (4231)
Master the art of building from the back with this functional practice, designed to refine your team's ability to navigate a high press.
54-P9 · Functional practice
Break Lines to Attack
This 4 v 4 + 3 possession rondo sharpens build-up play, focusing on a back 3 and midfield 3 while incorporating floaters for fluid movement.
97-P6 · Small-sided game
Build from the Back Game (352)
This small-sided game challenges players to break down defensive pressure and build attacks from the back effectively in a 352.
85-P10 · Phase of play
Build Up From The Back (4231)
This practice develops Phase 1 build up play, specifically focusing on movements and patterns when building from the back in a 4231 setup.
92-P10 · Phase of play
Building from the Back Under Pressure
Master effective build-up play under pressure in this engaging 4231 focused phase of play practice.
86-P12 · Wave of play
Clinical Finishing Game
This competitive practice sharpens combinations and finishing under pressure - great for attacking players!
WU-29 · Warm-up
Cone Throwing Target Range
This fun warm up/activation practice develops the social aspect of the game combined with dribbling, awareness and finishing.
33-P1 · Technical practice
Diamond Finishing Combinations: Technical
This practice is focused on embedding attacking principles in a 4-4-2 Diamond in a technical finishing practice.
WU-46 · Warm-up
Dribbling Relay Race Activation
This energetic warm-up challenges players to dribble, move quickly, and make sharp decisions under pressure.
46-P6 · Small-sided game
Final Third Game-The City Way
This small-sided game has a 5 v 4 outfield attacking overload and is focused on penetrating passes in the final 3rd, linked to The City Way
100-P1 · Skill practice
Finish to Score Points-Team Game
This energising team-based practice blends sharp dribbling, composed finishing, and competitive scoring to create a fun and focused session.
97-P3 · Rondo
Keep the Ball to Score Rondo
This rondo practice enhances passing accuracy, sharpens decision-making, and improves composure under pressure in tight spaces!
36-P13 · Advanced lead-in to 11 v 11
Maintaining Possession in the Midfield
This practice takes place in an octagon shaped playing area and develops midfielders combination play and ability to maintain possession.
79-P6 · Small-sided game
Movement in Behind to Finish on One Touch! (SSG)
This small sided game takes place in a 25 by 40-yard area and focuses on timing of forward runs and playing well weighted through balls.
01-P3 · Skill practice
Possession: Attacking Centrally
Develop player's ability to combine and rotate in central areas, penetrating defensive covering lines.
71-P5 · Rondo
Possession to Penetrate Rondo
This possession-based rondo challenges players to control the game with the ball while identifying the right moments to penetrate.
86-P2 · Skill practice
Score and Back Game
This fun practice takes place in a 20 by 30-yard area and encourages dribbling, running with the ball and finishing.
79-P9 · Functional practice
The 9 and 10 Combinations to Finish
This practice puts attackers in two different scenarios, challenging them to combine quickly to exploit the overload and finish.
61-P2 · Technical practice
Triangle Passing Combinations
This simple technical practice focuses on developing players passing and moving within a triangle setup.
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Coaching it
How to get more from these practices.
Train units together
With a full squad you can work on a back line, a midfield or a front three against real opposition, which is where team shape is learned.
Phases of play
A phase of play recreates one part of the pitch with most of a team. It is the closest practice to the game itself.
Keep everyone working
Use rotations, waves or a second area so nobody stands still. Several outlines here include how the groups rotate.
Questions
What coaches ask.
- What drills work for a full squad of 12 to 16 players?
- Phases of play, functional practices for a unit and medium-sided games such as 6 v 6 or 7 v 7 suit a full squad. Each outline shows its player numbers and area.
- Are these practices free?
- The practice outlines on this page are free to read, with the setup and key coaching points for each practice. The full coaching videos, progressions and player questions are in the Touchtight Club library, which you can try free for 14 days (card required).