Age-Band Drill Collection
Heading drills for U11-U12
Heading drills pitched for U11-U12, age-appropriate intensity, pitch sizes, and decision load.
8 drills
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Cushioned Header to Set a Teammate
Every other heading drill asks for a firm neck. This one asks for the opposite, and that is exactly why players find it difficult.
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HeadingThe Near-Post Flick-On
Borrow the pace already on the ball. A flick needs contact, not power, and it turns a defended delivery into an undefended one.
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Aerial Duel at a Cross
Contested headers are won on the floor before anyone jumps. Get the body in first, then the jump is a formality rather than a contest.
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Head Tennis (2v2)
Volume without collisions. Head tennis gets more contacts into a session than any drill and nobody has to be brave to take part.
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Heading Technique
Under US Soccer rules there is no deliberate heading at U11 or below, so this starts at 12. Attack the ball, forehead flat, neck firm.
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Attacking Header from a Cross
A downward header bounces before the line, which is the hardest ball for a keeper to save. Get the forehead above it and head down.
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Aerial Duel to a Knockdown
A target man is not trying to score with his head. He is buying his team possession in an area they could not otherwise reach.
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Defensive Clearing Header
Height, distance, width, in that order. A header that satisfies none of the three has not cleared anything, it has just moved the danger.
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