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10 min · Intermediate · 2+ players · Small area
Description
- Setup
- Pairs in a five yard circle of cones. One ball per pair.
- Play
- The attacker keeps the ball inside the circle, the defender tries to win it. The attacker's job is to keep their body between the defender and the ball at all times.
- Score
- Thirty seconds. Keep it the whole time and that is a point. Then swap.
- Harder
- Shrink the circle, or make the attacker keep one hand behind their back.
- Easier
- Defender only uses one foot, or works at half speed.
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Sign inCurriculum
Not tagged, the practice engine can’t select this drill- Ages
- U8 and up
- Players
- 2+
- Opposition
- Live opposition
- Session phase
- Not set
- With a squad of 12
- 6 groups of 2. Run them side by side.
Skills
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Individual Technique
Ball Mastery / DribblingShielding the Ball