Beginners dribble drill 3 Stations (Straight line, Figure 8, Zig-zag) Complete and the rotate to the left length is 15m apart and the soccer ball must travel back to the start 3 soccer balls require, 1 at each station. Walk through - learning to control to ball use ball that are partially deflated - because easier for children to control control is more important than speed
Keep the ball close to feet Verbal cues - light taps, keep ball close to feet Make sure they maintai balance move ball from inside foot to oustide foot (one foot to another) lift head a torso up straight to look around if they kick ball too hard they loose control
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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