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Football: Toe Taps - Horizontal Movement

Very good interactive coaching drills.

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Set up with 2 cones as shown and a player in the middle with a ball.

The players makes horizontal movement from one cone to the other performing toe taps from side to side.

COACHING POINTS

Look for good contact with the toes, moving the ball in a sideways fashion and ensuring alternation of feet.

Player(s) should avoid too much heel contact with the ground.

You can maniplulate the distance between the two cones accordingly.

You can also have 2 players working opposite each other to add in a form of passive pressure.

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Toe Taps - Vertical Movement:

Set up with 2 cones as shown and a player in the middle with a ball.

The players makes vertical movement from one cone to the other performing toe taps moving forwards and backwards.

Technique video

Dribble Dash - First past the post:

Position 2 teams of 6 players in opposite corners of the same end line and number players on each team from 1 to 6.

Place a gate (2 cones, 3 yards apart) at the opposite end of the area to the goal. Position the coach as a goalkeeper in the goal.

The coach calls out a number from 1 to 6. The respective players from each team run with the ball following the directional arrow as shown in the diagram, to the gate at the end of the grid.

The first ball to cross through the gate is the ball that is used (the other one can be discarded).

The players then compete in a 1 vs 1 to get a shot on goal.

1 v 1 skills

Toe Taps - Fast feet control:

Working with a ball each players must hop from one foot to the other, placing their foot on the ball with your toes raised slightly above your heel.

Technique video

4 v 2:

Play 4 v 2 keep-away. Attackers are stationed in the corners of the grid. One ball per group. Repeat in another area for a total of 12 players.

Attacker 1 starts with the ball. The object is to pass the ball around the outside and middle of the square, playing keep-away from the two defenders.

Players score 1 point for a pass around the defenders and 2 points for a penetrating pass that splits the defenders. How many passes can be made before defenders force the ball out 3 times or score 1 goal?

Repeat and rotate.

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