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Motor skills and ball control to improve footwork and balance

Excellent exercise to improve footwork and balance for U11 or U13 players. Use the competitive spirit to create enthusiasm.

Animation: Motor skills and ball control to improve footwork and balance
Set up 2 identical stations. Place 4 hoops one meter apart from each other to form a square. Then place another hoop behind with 5 balls inside the hoop. Arrange 4 cones a few meters further to create 2 gates.

The player must complete the following course, first with the right foot then with the left foot:
  1. Step with the right foot then the left foot in each hoop
  2. Pick up the ball in the 5th hoop and dribble between the 2 gates while alternating foot positions
  3. Stop the ball in the hoop on the way back

You can of course introduce a form of competition between the 2 teams to energize the exercise. Ideally, perform a relay in this type of agility exercise.

Variation: you can then replace the hoops with side bars and ask the players to perform side steps before retrieving the ball in the last hoop.

Variation with ground bars and side steps
Variation with ground bars and side steps


Don't forget, if you have a large number of players during your training session, consider dividing the groups and duplicating the stations so that all players can be as active as possible. This is crucial if you want to work on agility and ball control.

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Dribbling: imitation and sequence to be repeated by the team

Dribbling: imitation and sequence to be repeated by the team

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10-20 joueurs
Technical
U10
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12 min
8-20 joueurs
Technical
U10
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Receiving on the half-turn and dribbling with the "escape from jail" drill

12 min
6-18 joueurs
Technical
U10
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Team relay with dribbling and acceleration

Team relay with dribbling and acceleration

15 min
12-16 joueurs
Technical
U10
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The pickpocket game: dribbling and decision-making

The pickpocket game: dribbling and decision-making

12 min
12-24 joueurs
Technical
U10
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Motor skills and ball control to improve footwork and balance

Motor skills and ball control to improve footwork and balance

12 min
8-10 joueurs
Technical
U10
Excellent exercise to improve footwork and balance for U11 or U13 players. Use the competitive spirit to create enthusiasm....
Mastery of footwork, balance, and body control - without the ball

Mastery of footwork, balance, and body control - without the ball

12 min
12-14 joueurs
Conditioning
U10
Fun exercise ideal for working on motor skills: footwork, balance, and body control....
Warm-up: sequence, control, dribbling, and passing

Warm-up: sequence, control, dribbling, and passing

10 min
10-12 joueurs
Warm-up
U10
Through a simple sequence of control-dribble-pass, this exercise, ideal for warm-up, allows players to work on the basics while staying in motion....
Dribbling then cross: right foot, left foot

Dribbling then cross: right foot, left foot

15 min
8-14 joueurs
Technical
U10
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