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Mirror Mastery Pairs: Scan and Cue

Copy and repeat mastery patterns

Ball Mastery
Warm Ups
Speed & Agility

Mirror Mastery Pairs: Scan and Cue is a 10-minute ball mastery drill for 2-20 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate 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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Duration

10 min

Players

2-20

Pitch size

10 x 10 yards per pair

Ability levels

Beginner / Intermediate

Pitch diagram

Pitch set-up: Mirror Mastery Pairs: Scan and Cue1210 x 10 yards per pair

Mirror Mastery Pairs: Scan and Cue — Pairs facing each other · 10 x 10 yards per pair

Step 1 of 4The leader performs a move, the partner mirrors it immediately.

  1. 1. The leader performs a move, the partner mirrors it immediately.
  2. 2. Swap the leader every thirty seconds.
  3. 3. Add sideways and backwards travel while mirroring.
  4. 4. The coach shows a colour or number and the receiver must call it before their first touch.
  • Ball
  • Pairs working across a marked lane
  • Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble

Objectives

  • -Copy and repeat mastery patterns
  • -Add reaction to technical work
  • -Make technique work fun

Setup

  1. 1Pairs face each other five yards apart, one ball each.
  2. 2Cones mark a small working lane for each pair.
  3. 3Decide who leads first.

Coaching instructions

  1. 1The leader performs a move, the partner mirrors it immediately.
  2. 2Swap the leader every thirty seconds.
  3. 3Add sideways and backwards travel while mirroring.
  4. 4The coach shows a colour or number and the receiver must call it before their first touch.

Coaching points

  • -Watch the partner, not the ball
  • -Match the rhythm as well as the move
  • -Stay balanced when moving sideways
  • -Scan over the shoulder as the ball travels
  • -Head up early so the picture is taken pre-touch

Common mistakes

  • -Leader going too fast to copy
  • -No eye contact between the pair
  • -Stopping between moves

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