Ball Mastery
Ball Mastery Maze: 1-to-1 Session
Build comfort on the ball in tight space
Ball Mastery
Dribbling
First Touch
Ball Mastery Maze: 1-to-1 Session is a 12-minute ball mastery drill for 1-2 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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Dribbling
First Touch
Technical Practice
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
1-to-1
Minimal Equipment
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Individual Development
Small Group
Duration
12 min
Players
1-2
Pitch size
20 x 20 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Ball Mastery Maze: 1-to-1 Session — Cone maze — dribble in traffic · 20 x 20 yards
Step 1 of 4Players dribble around the maze without touching a cone.
- 1. Players dribble around the maze without touching a cone.
- 2. Coach calls a surface: sole, inside, outside, laces.
- 3. Every 45 seconds players exit through a gate and re-enter.
- 4. Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built in.
- Cones mark the area
- Scattered cones = obstacles / targets
- Ball
- C = coach / server
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Build comfort on the ball in tight space
- -Repeat sole, inside and outside touches
- -Improve control at speed
Setup
- 1Scatter cones randomly across a 20 x 20 square.
- 2Every player has a ball inside the area.
- 3Mark four exit gates on the outside.
Coaching instructions
- 1Players dribble around the maze without touching a cone.
- 2Coach calls a surface: sole, inside, outside, laces.
- 3Every 45 seconds players exit through a gate and re-enter.
- 4Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built in.
Coaching points
- -Small touches close to the body
- -Head up between every touch
- -Use both feet equally
- -Detailed feedback after every rep
- -Quality of contact over volume
Common mistakes
- -Ball too far ahead
- -Only using the strong foot
- -Eyes fixed on the ball