Colour call reactions
Players dribble in the middle and race to the colour the coach shouts. Builds reactions, quick changes of direction and listening while on the ball.
Your assistant coach: turn this drill into a full session, plan the weeks around it and tell me how it went.
Set-up
- A square with a different coloured cone in each corner.
- Players dribble in the middle, one ball each.
Equipment: 4 different coloured cones, balls
How it works
- Dribble around the middle.
- Coach calls a colour: dribble to that corner, touch the cone with the ball and come back.
- Add two colours in a row, or 'opposite' (go to the cone opposite the colour called).
Coaching points
- Head up and ears open.
- Sharp turn, then accelerate.
- Keep control at speed.
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Make it easier
- No ball for the first round
Make it harder
- Two colours in sequence
- 'Opposite' rule
- Weak foot only
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