Tricks and Turns # 1
You don’t get soccer dribbling skills like that with luck. It takes talent, technique, and passion. In other words, practice, practice and more practice.
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Basic Information
Age Group: (5-7yrs) (8-11yrs) (12-15yrs)
Number of Players: 6+
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 10-15 min.
Emphasis: Dribbling, Ball Control
Field Preparation:
- 3 players max per station
- each player with a ball
- supply of cones
- repeat setup to accommodate the entire team
Description:
- first player in line dribbles zig zag around cones both ways and then lays off for the next player
Variation:
- specify how players must dribble (inside or outside of foot, sole, left or right foot only etc.)
- players dribble zig zag one way and then dribble straight back on the way back
- players dribble zig zag one way and then pass the ball to the next player
- adjust distance between cones
Coaching Points:
- close control
- use both feet
- head up
- change of direction
- agility and balance
- tight turns
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