Football/Soccer Session (Moderate): Coerver Dribbling X Warmup

X Pattern Warmup

Focus: Build coordination, agility, ball mastery, and footwork. Bonus: endurance builder

Setup: Square of cones with one center cone. Different colors help to show kids where to start or turn. (In scenario pictured, they start at green cones)

Game: Player 1 starts at green cone A, and dribbles (lace dribbling) towards red cone C. At cone C, he performs a turn move that has been stated by coach. At the blue "attack move" cone, he performs an attack move, and then he explodes out and dribbles to the end of line B. Player 2 starts when Player 1 has hit the red cone. Player 3 starts when Player 2 hits their red cone. Play continues in alternating fashion with multiple reps.

Turn moves: "L" turn, pull back "V", cruyff, outside hook, inside chop, drag and touch out, pull back, drag and inside tap, reverse outside hook, step over and hook

Attack moves: Roll-tap, Scissors, Step Over, Feint and Explode, Maradona, Robhino, Rubber band (Flim Flam), Step On and Go, High Wave

Duration: Each player about 20 reps on each move, and then switch to next move. Or pick 2 of each to do that day and spend 10 minutes on each.

Coaching:

- Demand high technical skill. Right part of foot; right part of the ball

- Demand high pace on dribble; game like

- Demand quickness in pulling off

- Demand explosion out of move