This session is designed to improve the dribbling ability and skill level of your players through a series of technical exercises and small-sided games.
What this session is about
Improving dribbling techniques to accelerate and change direction.
Improving skills to beat defenders.
Enhancing a winning mentality.
What to think about
When dribbling with the ball your players may have space and they must be able to pick up speed quickly to use this area.
However, when there is little space the players must be able to demonstrate quick feet, skills and turns to get past their opponent.
Set-up
25 x 25 yard area.
Warm up
Session
Developments
Game Situation
Warm Down
10 minutes
15 minutes
15 minutes
15 minutes
5 minutes
What you get your players to do
The circuit includes four different techniques that should be worked on for 2 minutes each.
Complete two turns inside the square to get to the opposite side.
Players must complete a skill on the mannequin.
Players must use quick feet to go diagonally through the crazy cones.
Players must accelerate and change direction across the area.
Four balls work at all times.
The players work their way around the circuit.
Development
Four goals and four players play a game. Each player has three lives, if a goal is scored into a player’s goal then he loses a life. The last player standing is declared the winner.
You can progress this game so that each player has a goalkeeper (diagram 3) this improves the ability to create space and shooting skills when under pressure.
The game is continuous and requires lots of footballs.
1v1 multi-goal game. The players try to defend their own goal and score in their opponent’s goal at the same time.
Game situation
Play a man marking game.
Each player must man mark a player on the opposite team and that is the only player they can tackle.
This will encourages lots of dribbling situations where the players can demonstrate their new skills.
2v2 multi goals game. The players have a goalkeeper, but the goals are now bigger.
If you want your players to beat defenders with style, run this session. Getting young players to dribble and beat their opponent in 1v1 situations is vital to getting behind the opposition defence and creating goalscoring chances. MORE
Dribbling is the key to unlocking an opponents defence creating space to score goals either by crossing to a team mate or shooting themselves. Beating a man with a quick drop of the shoulder or with tight control is fantastic to watch not only with the top players but also with your own players – but the skill takes practice. MORE
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