Drill 1 – Juggling – 5 minutes

• Juggle the ball for 5 minutes
  • The objective is to keep the ball from falling to the ground using your feet, thighs, shoulders, or head. Give the players 5 minutes to see how many touches they can get without the ball falling to the ground.
    • Players should remember their high score
    • Keep the high score to themselves. In future practices they will try to improve on this high score
  • Coach sets up the next set of drills while the players juggle

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Setup

• Each player has a ball
• Set down cones to make a 50×40 steps field for 12 players – larger if more players
  • Anything can be a cone (an article of clothing, a water bottle, any marker)
  • Set cones every ten steps
• Do not set up any goals
  • If there are goals, players will shoot on them and not listen to you
• Demonstrate each drill / game before starting it

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Game 1 – Ball Retriever – 5 minutes

Objective: Dribble a ball back to your base without running out of bounds

Setup

• Create 2 small bases in 2 opposing corners of your field
  • You can just put a cone in front of the corner of your field to create a base
• Put 2 balls in the center of the field
• Split players into 2 teams
  • Each team lines up in the opposing corners, off of the field
  • 1st player in each line steps into the base

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