Football: Dodge the cone!

Get your players moving - using fast feet, body feints and and explosive first steps to create the space up front!

Get your players moving - using fast feet, body feints and and speed to create space for the shot in this fun feinting skill session!

Use this session to teach your players to fix their man, with a drop of the shoulder and introduce your older players to the advanced 0-Step

Feint at the cones, dribble or run on and score a goal.

Players line  up a few meters behind the 7 meter line where a cone is placed on the floor.

The wide player (blue 2) passes the ball to the player waiting in line who then runs forward to the cone. When they reach the cone players should be slightly to the left or the right of the cone.

Before being allowed to shoot players must 'get past the cone' using an effective dummy, cutting around the other side of the cone before shooting.

variations :
- 3 step rythm (right handers : left,right,left and left handers : right,left,right)
- 2 step or even in 1 step
- jumping off : left handers : right foot, right handers : left foot
- jump off with your 'wrong' foot (1,2,3 steps)

Players play a one-two pass with the middle man.

When they receive the return ball players should use their two steps to get around the middle player (using a fake/feint).

After their second step players pass to the next player in the opposite line and then join the back of that line.

Drill continues in this way.

The defender is protecting the area between the 8-9 metre lines.

The attacking players work in small 2 vs 1s. The player with the ball plays a one-two pass and then attempts to feint their way past the defending player.

After the shot players rotate positions - with the shooter becoming the next defender and the defender joining the shooting players.