Dribbling
Shield And Escape: Scan and Cue
Protect the ball with the body
Dribbling
Receiving
Defending
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Shield And Escape: Scan and Cue is a 12-minute dribbling drill for 4-16 players, suitable for Under 8 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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Receiving
Defending
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Minimal Equipment
Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Scanning
Decision Making
Awareness
Duration
12 min
Players
4-16
Pitch size
10 x 10 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Shield And Escape: Scan and Cue — 4 gates — score by travelling through · 10 x 10 yards
Step 1 of 5The player in possession keeps the ball for twenty seconds then escapes through a gate.
- 1. The player in possession keeps the ball for twenty seconds then escapes through a gate.
- 2. Defender is live but must stay on their feet.
- 3. Swap roles every rep.
- 4. The coach shows a colour or number and the receiver must call it before their first touch.
- 5. Rotation: Swap roles every rep.
- Cones mark the area
- Cone gates to dribble / pass through
- Ball
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Protect the ball with the body
- -Escape a defender who is touch-tight
- -Stay calm with back to goal
Setup
- 1Mark a ten yard square with a target gate on each side.
- 2Pairs work inside: one in possession, one defending.
- 3Balls stored on the outside.
Coaching instructions
- 1The player in possession keeps the ball for twenty seconds then escapes through a gate.
- 2Defender is live but must stay on their feet.
- 3Swap roles every rep.
- 4The coach shows a colour or number and the receiver must call it before their first touch.
Coaching points
- -Arm and hip between defender and ball
- -Roll away on the defender's touch-tight side
- -Feel the defender rather than watching them
- -Scan over the shoulder as the ball travels
- -Head up early so the picture is taken pre-touch
Common mistakes
- -Turning blind into the defender
- -Standing square and losing the ball
- -Panicking and kicking it away