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Slalom dribbling, feint and change of tempo

TacticsBoard, U8+ ·

Translated from Finnish ·

Dribbling

Description

Around the red cones: 1. slalom dribbling (wide spacing, change of tempo important) 2. body feint at every cone. Around the yellow cone and feint past the yellow tall cones with a clear change of tempo. The players queue at the bottom with a ball each. The next player sets off when the previous one has gone through the red cones. In the animation, player 1 slaloms through the red cones and player 2 performs a body feint at each cone. After the yellow cone, the player dribbles straight towards the tall cones, feints in front of them and accelerates past them. Finally, he dribbles the ball back to the end of the queue. In the image, the area is 20 × 25 m.

Quality Factors

Between the cones, a longer touch with the laces and acceleration; at the cone, short touches with the outside of the foot or inside of the foot. Head up, keeping the ball in sight with peripheral vision. In the body feint, a clear shift of body weight to the inside of the cone and the touch to beat an opponent to the other side. In front of the cones, a feint, then a sharp change-of-direction step and acceleration past the cones. When going around the yellow cone, keep a low centre of gravity and the ball close to the foot.

Key Questions

  • Where do you accelerate and where do you slow down?
  • When do you take the touch to beat an opponent after the feint?
  • What are your eyes doing when you accelerate from one cone to the next?

Training Info

  • 1+ players
  • Age Group: U8+