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This simple
dribbling drill was suggested by Ivan Mann, a coaching colleague from the soccercoach-l mailing list. It also makes a good warm up exercise for
younger children.
Set Up and
Execution
Make a square with
pretty small sides - players line up on each side. Put an adult in the
middle of each side (that means four adults) holding a dozen or so flat
cones (you could use anything else similar size and shape). 50 cones or 50
slips of construction paper will do.
On a go signal, players dribble across the
square, stop the ball with a foot on it, say “Trick
or Treat”, take a cone from an adult, turn the ball, dribble back across,
take a cone, etc. When all the cones are gone, who has the most?
This requires dribbling at
speed, avoiding the clump in the middle, controlling the ball around an
opponent, but minimal coordination holding the cones.
After a few rounds dribble across the square, dribble
around the coach, and then stop the ball, say "Trick or treat," etc. Or
place the adults randomly in the square, moving at a walking pace. This
makes them keep their heads up and look for the target (i.e. the adult)
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