Football/Soccer Session (Academy Sessions): DRIBBLING MOVES

Dribbling/Moves (15 mins)

Organization:

1. 20x20 grid

2. Four lines

3. One ball for each line

Instructions:

1. Players will dribble ball to center cones, perform instructed move, excelerating after move until opposite side is reached

2. Players will perform move three times then switch to opposite foot and again perform move three times

3. Move: Scissors

Coaching Points:

Dribbling - Roll

1. Take the ball inside the opponents tackling radius

2. Drag the ball across the body with sole of the foot

3. Take the ball past the defender with inside of the opposite foot

Dribbling - Scissors

1. Move the foot around the front of the ball finishing on the outside of the ball

2. Drop the shoulder as the foot plants

3. Take the ball away using the outside of the opposite foot

Dribbling - Drag Push

1. Drag the ball back with the sole of the foot

2. Using the inside of the same foot, push the ball forwards

Progressions:

1. Semi Opposed