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Soccer: Slalom dribble

What a fantastic tool. I 've found a few drills that are unfamiliar,...

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DESCRIPTION

Players dribble the ball in and out of the sticks, running around the outer cones before turning sharply back in and dribbling through the next pair of sticks.

COACHING POINTS

There's lots of ways you can modify this practice (see progressions below).

PROGRESSION

Players can only face one way, so they must dribble the ball through the first gate whilst facing forwards and then use the sole of their feet to drag the ball backwards through the next gate.
Increase / decrease distance between poles to make easier / harder.
Players can only use their weaker foot
Players can only use a particular part of their foot (sole, laces, instep, outstep...)
You can add a shooting test elelment to the end of the dribble to make the drill more match-like

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Slalom:

Weave in and out of the sticks toughing the cones to either side of the run.

Agility

Under The Bridge:

Players dribble their ball up to the hurdles and then feed the ball under each one until they reach the end of the line.

When players reach the end they should dribble the ball back to the end of their queue of players.

Agility

Side jump Hurdles:

Start outside the ladder jump with both feet into the first rung then jump to the outside to the other side of the ladder and back through the 2nd rung

Agility