Dribbling

Continuous Escape Square Dribble

Protect the ball under real pressure

Dribbling

Ball Mastery

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Continuous Escape Square Dribble is a 14-minute dribbling drill for 6-18 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, bibs. 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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Dribbling

Ball Mastery

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Skill Practice

Beginner

Intermediate

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Minimal Equipment

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Repetition

Duration

14 min

Players

6-18

Pitch size

20 x 20 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Continuous Escape Square Dribble — 4 gates — score by travelling through · 20 x 20 yards

Step 1 of 5Dribblers keep the ball alive in the square while two thieves try to kick it out.

1. Dribblers keep the ball alive in the square while two thieves try to kick it out.
2. A dribbler can escape through any gate and re-enter on the opposite side.
3. Thieves swap in every 90 seconds.
4. As soon as one sequence ends, the next server plays in without waiting.
5. Run 4-minute blocks and count total completed sequences as a squad score.

Cones mark the area
Cone gates to dribble / pass through
Ball
C = coach / server
Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

-Protect the ball under real pressure
-Use turns and shielding to escape tight areas
-Keep the head up in traffic

Setup

1A square with four exit gates, one on each side in a 20 x 20 yards area.
2Load a ball at each starting station so the next rep can begin immediately.
3Balls for the dribblers, bibs for two ball-thieves.

Coaching instructions

1Dribblers keep the ball alive in the square while two thieves try to kick it out.
2A dribbler can escape through any gate and re-enter on the opposite side.
3Thieves swap in every 90 seconds.
4As soon as one sequence ends, the next server plays in without waiting.
5Run 4-minute blocks and count total completed sequences as a squad score.