Dribbling
Skill Move Circuit
Learn and repeat a core skill move
Dribbling
Ball Mastery
Speed & Agility
Skill Move Circuit is a 12-minute dribbling drill for 4-20 players, suitable for Under 5 to Adults at beginner, intermediate, advanced level. You need balls, cones, poles. 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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Ball Mastery
Speed & Agility
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Foundation Phase
Youth Friendly
Adult Suitable
Duration
12 min
Players
4-20
Pitch size
25 x 10 yards
Ability levels
Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Pitch diagram
Skill Move Circuit — Marked area · 25 x 10 yards
Step 1 of 4Perform the named move at the pole, accelerate through the gate.
- 1. Perform the named move at the pole, accelerate through the gate.
- 2. Repeat with the opposite foot on the return.
- 3. Rotate the featured move every three minutes.
- 4. Rotation: Rotate the featured move every three minutes.
- Cones mark the area
- Ball
- Poles to dribble / run through
- Dotted arrow = rotation between repetitions
- Solid arrow = pass, thick = shot, dashed = run / dribble
Objectives
- -Learn and repeat a core skill move
- -Link the move to an explosive exit
- -Build confidence to use moves in games
Setup
- 1Set three stations in a line: mannequin/pole, cone gate, finish cone.
- 2Split the group so no more than four wait per station.
- 3A ball per player.
Coaching instructions
- 1Perform the named move at the pole, accelerate through the gate.
- 2Repeat with the opposite foot on the return.
- 3Rotate the featured move every three minutes.
Coaching points
- -Sell the move with the shoulders and eyes
- -Contact the ball with the correct surface
- -Explode away with the second touch
- -Repeat both directions equally
Common mistakes
- -Performing the move too slowly
- -No acceleration afterwards
- -Only practising the favourite side