Dribbling

Two-Touch Escape Square Dribble

Protect the ball under real pressure

Dribbling

Ball Mastery

Possession

Two-Touch Escape Square Dribble is a 12-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

Possession

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Minimal Equipment

Foundation Phase

Youth Friendly

Adult Suitable

Two Touch

Duration

12 min

Players

6-18

Pitch size

18 x 18 yards

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced

Pitch diagram

Two-Touch Escape Square Dribble — 4 gates — score by travelling through · 18 x 18 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. Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
5. Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.

Cones mark the area
Cone gates to dribble / pass through
Ball
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 18 x 18 yards area.
2Place a marker at every receiving position so players know where to set the ball before it arrives.
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.
4Ball enters from the coach and the first receiver is on two touches from that moment.
5Count completed sequences under the touch limit — best of three 3-minute rounds.