12 min
12-24 players
Technical

The pickpocket game: dribbling and decision-making (U10)

Ideal animation game in soccer school to work on dribbling with decision-making. This exercise will allow your players to progress in a fun way.

Description

Mark out a 40x40m square with 4 zones of 5x5m in each corner (see animation). Form 4 teams of 3 players, each team will be responsible for a corner. Finally, place 5 balls per corner.

The objective of the exercise is to accumulate the maximum points by "stealing" the balls from other teams and p...

The pickpocket game: dribbling and decision-making

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