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Soccer: 1 touch interior exterior

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Player(s) dribbles from one cone to the other.

He/She takes 1 touch with the interior of the foot followed by 1 touch with the exterior while maintaing a good rhythm of forward movement.

COACHING POINTS

Look for good contact on the ball.

Can the player(s) work with 1 foot in one direction and then the other foot coming back.

Can you get your player(s) remaining on their forefeet and avoiding too much heel contact.

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Dribble Race:

Set up 3 gates on each side as shown.

The blue team run through the blue gates and the red team run through the red gates.

Players run with the ball through all the gates, round the last cone and then bring the ball back.

The first player to get back wins a point for their team.

Dribbling

1 vs 1 - Under Pressure:

The red player attacks the blue player in the area between the blue cones.

The blue player cannot tackle but can only put red player under pressure.

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2 back 1 forward free dribble:

Player(s) dribble from one cone to the other.

They work on taking 2 touches backwards with the soles of one foot and push the ball forward with the interior of the other foot.

Once they reach one cone, they turn and accelerate back to the start before repeating.

Dribbling

2 touch interior exterior left foot:

Set up as shown with cones evenly spaced out.

The distance between the cones can be modified depending on your players abilities.

Player(s) dribbles through the cone performing 2 touches with the interior and 2 touches with the exterior.

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