Safe squares game
Dribble into one of the four 5 x 5 m corner squares for a point; defenders aren't allowed in. You can't score in the same square twice in a row. Rewards switching play and driving into space.
Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.
Set-up
- 25 x 25 m area with a 5 x 5 m safe square in each corner.
- 3v3 or 4v4.
Equipment: Cones, bibs, balls
How it works
- Dribble into a safe square = 1 point, then play out and keep going.
- Not the same square twice in a row.
- Defenders win it and go for a square themselves.
Coaching points
- Look for the square nobody's guarding.
- Draw them to one side, then switch.
- Drive into space when it opens.
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Make it easier
- Squares worth a point by pass or dribble
Make it harder
- Must visit two different squares to score 2
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