Dribbling drill - 4 cones in a 10x10m square with multiple large cones in the middle used as obstacles and players split equally across the 4 corners. Start with two balls and players dribbling from one corner to the other and passing to the next player. Progressions; add balls, challenge players to use their non-dominant foot only, place all players on 2 corners and make it a race to go to the far corner and back
Coaching points- close control, always looking at the ball and then scanning, at the ball and scanning, good first touch, ball out in front.
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This practice has no progressions
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