5 Drills For Center Defenders And CDM's: Soccer training for defenders and midfielders

In today’s video, we’ll show you 5 great football drills for center defenders and center midfielders (CDM’s). Exercise #1 Start by performing a coordination sidestep exercise and step in front of a dummy to intercept the ball. Then quickly pass the ball into a small net. Repeat the coordination exercise in the opposite direction then intercept an aerial pass. Get the ball under control and drive into space, finishing with another pass into a net. With this exercise, it's important to focus on your awareness, especially when intercepting passes. Technically focus on a good first touch, pass accuracy, speed of passes and driving with the ball to break lines. Exercise #2 Start by performing an agility movement by sitting down then quickly popping back up. Then control an aerial pass, dribble forwards and complete a 360 turn with the inside or outside of your foot. Quickly play a give and go and finish with a driving run up the field. With this exercise, focus on taking a good 1st touc