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Sign inDon't Lose Your Ball
10 min · Intermediate · 4+ players · Small area
Description
- Setup
- A 20 by 20 yard grid. Every player inside with a ball at their feet.
- Play
- Everyone dribbles and protects their own ball while trying to kick everyone else's out of the grid. If yours goes out, you are out until the round ends.
- Score
- Last player with a ball wins the round. Play best of five, rounds take under a minute.
- Rotate
- Players knocked out do ten toe-taps on the side and rejoin next round, nobody stands about.
- Harder
- Shrink the grid every round.
- Easier
- Knocked-out players get one life back if they win a race to the cone.
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Sign inCurriculum
Not tagged, the practice engine can’t select this drill- Ages
- U7-U12
- Players
- 4+
- Opposition
- Live opposition
- Session phase
- Not set
- With a squad of 12
- 3 groups of 4. Run them side by side.
Skills
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Individual Technique
Ball Mastery / DribblingTurningShielding the Ball