Skill moves at a cone defender
Dribble at a cone 'defender', perform a skill move and explode past it. Rehearses the step-over, scissors and body feint before using them in 1v1s.
Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.
Set-up
- Lanes with a cone or mannequin defender in the middle and an end gate.
- Queues at the start of each lane.
Equipment: Cones or mannequins, balls
How it works
- Dribble at speed towards the cone defender.
- One metre before it, perform the called move and go past on the other side.
- Accelerate through the end gate; jog back on the outside.
Coaching points
- Sell the fake with your shoulders and hips.
- Do the move close to the defender, not too early.
- Explode away after the move: change of speed wins.
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Make it easier
- Walk the move first
- One move only
Make it harder
- Player's choice of move
- Replace the cone with a passive then active defender
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