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Make a box with 4 cones all approximately one metre apart. Ensure the ball remains in the square when performing each drill.
1: Toe taps
2: Toe drags
3: Inside taps
4: Inside taps (moving forwards and backwards)
5: Inside taps (moving side to side)
6: Inside taps (while rotating in a half circle)
7: Continuous V turns
8: Continuous L turns
9: Inside drags to outside snaps
Try and get your head up and scan while performing these drills. Build up to where eventually you can perform these drills while looking up scanning constantly.
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Make a rectangle that is approximately 3 metres in width and 6 metres in length. Ensure the ball remains within the cones. Start in the centre at one end of the rectangle and perform each stated variation moving towards the opposite end of the cones. When you get to the end of the cones ensure your turn is nice and sharp and no rest is taken.
1: Inside touch, outside touch singular foot: Once you have turned at the end, ensure you continue with the opposite foot you used previously.
2: Inside touch, outside touch both feet (slalom):
3: Two outside of the foot touches and drop the shoulder: After dropping your shoulder, take the ball with the opposite foot.
4: Two outside of the foot touches into a scissor: After the scissor, take the ball with the opposite foot.
5: Two touches into a double scissor: Stick with going off one foot each rep. When you turn at the end, change feet.
6: Two outside of the foot touches into a chop: After the chop, take the ball with the opposite foot.
7: Two outside of the foot touches into a stepover: After the stepover, take the ball with the opposite foot.
TIP: Prioritise maximising the amount of touches you can get in each repetition rather than how quick you can complete each repetition.
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TIPS:
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At cone 1, perform 3-5 kick ups and then knock the ball up above head height (vary the height), control and proceed to dribble towards the group of randomly placed cones.
Dribble through the cones, avoiding touching any of them. Once you have got through the cones, drive at cone 9. Beat cone 9 as if it is a defender and drive through gate 12-13 or 10-11. Once you have got through the gate, jog back to cone 1 and start again. Make sure to keep alternating which gate you go through.
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Start at cone 1. Sprint maximally to cone 2, turn, and sprint all the way through to cone 3.
Make sure to alternate which side you push off from at cone 2.
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Starting at cone 1, while facing forward, perform a figure of eight with your footwork through cones 1 and 2. Proceed to sprint out to cone 3. As soon as you hit cone 3, push off towards 4 and side step as quick as you can to and around cone 4. Proceed to side step as quickly as possible back to cone 3. Side step around cone 3 and push off towards cone 5. Sprint to cone 5 and make sure to get around the cone. Immediately start to backpedal back to cone 3. Get around cone 3 and side step to cone 6. Get around cone 6 and side step back to cone 3. Get around cone 3, turn and immediately sprint back past cone 1.
Alternate after each rep which cone you initially push off too. So instead of cone 3 to cone 4, cone 3 to cone 6. Ensure you perform this drill maximally.
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