<p><strong>each player</strong> has a ball at feet. The objective is to dribble around the box practicing a variety of skills</p><p><strong>skills</strong>: step overs, toe taps, cruyff turn, drag back, 360 turn, outside cut and inside cut etc.</p><p><strong>TIME: 15min</strong></p><p><strong>size: 5 people-10x10</strong></p><p><strong> 10 people-15x15</strong></p><p><strong> 15 people-20x20</strong></p>
<ul><li><strong>a touch of the ball</strong> should be taken everytime a player takes a step in order to teach how the ball should be kept under control</li><li>players should be encouraged to keep <strong>head up</strong> and<strong> looking for space and dribbling into it</strong></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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