First Touch
Directional Touch Cones: 1-to-1 Session
Take the first touch in a chosen direction
First Touch
Receiving
Dribbling
Directional Touch Cones: 1-to-1 Session is a 12-minute first touch 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.
Back to drill libraryFirst Touch
Receiving
Dribbling
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
12 x 12 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Objectives
- -Take the first touch in a chosen direction
- -Move the ball out of the feet
- -Link touch to the next pass
Setup
- 1Four coloured cones around a central working cone.
- 2Server ten yards away with a supply of balls.
- 3Working player at the central cone.
Coaching instructions
- 1Coach calls a colour as the ball travels.
- 2The receiver takes their first touch towards that cone then passes back.
- 3Ten reps then rotate.
- 4Run as an individual session: coach serves, one player works through the reps with rest built in.
Coaching points
- -Angle the receiving surface towards the target
- -Touch into space, not into the feet
- -Head up as the ball travels
- -Detailed feedback after every rep
- -Quality of contact over volume
Common mistakes
- -Two touches when one is enough
- -Late decision so the touch is heavy
- -Body closed to one side