Ball Mastery

Finishing Sole Roll Grid

Build sole and inside-foot control in a busy space

Ball Mastery

Dribbling

First Touch

Finishing Sole Roll Grid is a 14-minute ball mastery drill for 2-20 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones. Below you will find the objective, the set-up, how to run it, coaching points, common mistakes, progressions, regressions and variations.

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Ball Mastery

Dribbling

First Touch

Technical Practice

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Minimal Equipment

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Finishing

Duration

14 min

Players

2-20

Pitch size

22 x 22 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Finishing Sole Roll Grid — Goalkeeping set-up — serve, save, reset · 22 x 22 yards

Step 1 of 5Players work through sole rolls, drag-backs and toe taps between the cones.

1. Players work through sole rolls, drag-backs and toe taps between the cones.
2. On the coach's call they perform the move and accelerate into free space.
3. Repeat with the weaker foot leading every second round.
4. Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5. Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.

Cones mark the area
Full goal
GK = goalkeeper
C = coach serving, S = second server
Ball
Cones mark the keeper's starting positions
Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
Keeper distributes back to the server
Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

-Build sole and inside-foot control in a busy space
-Grow confidence manipulating the ball with both feet
-Turn ball mastery reps into usable game actions

Setup

1A grid of cones two yards apart in a 22 x 22 yards area.
2Set a goal at the end of the area with a keeper or a target zone if no keeper is available.
3One ball per player, spare balls on the coach's cone.

Coaching instructions

1Players work through sole rolls, drag-backs and toe taps between the cones.
2On the coach's call they perform the move and accelerate into free space.
3Repeat with the weaker foot leading every second round.
4Every sequence starts with a pass out and ends with a strike on goal.
5Goals score one, first-time finishes score two, and rebounds must be followed in.