Stop on the line
Players dribble from one line to the other and stop the ball dead on the line with their sole. A gentle first game for ball control and stopping, with plenty of success.
Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.
Set-up
- Two lines of cones about 15 metres apart.
- Players start on one line, each with a ball.
Equipment: Cones, 1 ball each
How it works
- On 'go', dribble to the far line.
- Stop the ball exactly on the line with the sole of your foot.
- Turn and go back; coach calls a new way to stop (knee, bottom, sole).
Coaching points
- Little touches so the ball stays close.
- Slow down before the line.
- Look up so you don't bump into anyone.
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Make it easier
- Shorter distance
- Any way to stop
Make it harder
- Race against a partner
- Weak foot only
- Stop, turn and go in one movement
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