| Drill 1 - Bob the Builder |
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Warm Up:
Refer to the “Warm Up” section for a variety of fun warm up activities for your team. Use a combination of exercises “with” and “without” the ball. Relate the warm up to the skill of the day. Be creative, energetic, and make the
warm-up a fun start to the practice session.
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Exercise Objectives:
This is an introductory exercise for dribbling. The major focus is on vision, change of direction, change of speed and control over the ball. |
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Field Preparation
 Entire Group
Area 10 x 10 yards
Cones or Flag poles
Supply of Balls |
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Coaching Pointers:
Divide your group on two teams. Each player has a ball. The object of the game is for each team to build a pyramid using their balls. First team to complete wins.
On the coaches command the first player on each team has to dribble their ball out 6-8 yards. They leave their ball and run back to the end of their line. The next person dribbles their ball and does the same. This is repeated until the last player who picks up the ball and placed on top of the bunch of balls. Balls should be group together. |
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| Drill 2 - The Wiggles |
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Exercise Objectives:
This is an introductory exercise for dribbling. The major focus is on vision, change of direction, change of speed and control over the ball. |
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Field Preparation
Entire Group
Area 15 x 15 yards
Cones or Flag poles
Supply of Balls |
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Coaching Pointers:
Divide your players into two small groups. Each player has a ball. Place 4 cones in a line, approximately 1 yard apart. The two teams play a competition to see which team can dribble (wiggle) through the cones first.
On the coach’s command, the first player dribbles through the cones and dribbles directly back to the end of the line. The drill is performed by all the players in the group until the last player returns. First team back wins. |
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| Drill 3 - Sponge Bob Soccer Pants |
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Exercise Objectives:
This practice is designed to improve the player’s technical ability in a variety of dribbling moves. |
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Field Preparation
Entire Group
Area 10 x 20 yards
Supply of Balls
Cones |
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Coaching Pointers:
A group of players are positioned in a grid 10 yards x 20 yards, one set of players with one ball each. The group
of is divided equally into two groups.
One group is positioned on the end line of the grid with one ball each. (These are the “Sponge Bobs”). The second group of players inside the grid as the “Planktons”. The players must dribble their ball
(Crabby Patty) and get to the opposite end of the grid.
The Planktons want the secret recipe and try to steal the Crabby Patties. All players dribble at the same time. Planktons on the ground may only move using their hands and feet, they cannot stand up. They must try to kick the balls out over the sideline. If the ball is kicked back over the starting line the dribbling player may start over. All players dribble at the same time. Players on the ground may only move using their hands and feet, they cannot stand up. The defending players must try to kick the balls out over the sideline. If the ball is kicked back over the starting line the dribbling player may start over. When reaching the end line the coach counts all the successful players. The group then dribbles back to the opposite side. The dribbling group gets four attempts and all their
points are totaled. The groups then switch roles.
Encourage the dribbling players to use a variety of dribbling moves and attack open spaces in the grid. |
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| Small-Sided Game (no goalkeepers) |
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Exercise Objectives:
Finish with small sided game 3 v 3 (No Goalkeepers). The practice should be concluded with a small-sided game reinforcing the coaching points from your drills. |
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Field Preparation
Entire Group (split into teams of three or fours)
Area 20 x 20 yards
Use Small Goals, Cones or Flag poles
Supply of Balls
Colored Bibs |
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Coaching Pointers:
- Divide the players into teams of three or fours, no goalkeepers.
- Each field should be approximately 20 yards x 20 yards.
- Use corner flags or cones as goals.
- Small-sided round robin tournaments can be used.
- Every team plays each other.
- Each game 10 minutes in duration.
- Total time, 30 minutes.
- At the end of your session, review all coaching points made during the practice.
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