Improving movement with the ball

Pull back technique

Description:
Set up for cones about 2m square and explain the square being the clock Players start with the ball at 6 oclock and run to 12 oclock, players then stops the ball and pull the ball back towards 6 oclock to change direction and run the ball towards 3 oclock
restart practice

Coaching Points
:: stop the ball with the left foot forward
:: to pull ball back transfer weight from left foot
to right foot
:: Pull the ball all the way back to beyond the right
foot before running off with the ball into the
changed direction (because the ball should be
run slightly outside and in front of the right foot)

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Round and Across

Description
Players run around the outside of the 4 cones with their ball (in the same direction). On the whistle, all players have to run across the square from the side they are on to the opposite side avoiding others.

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Pull back

Description
Set up four cones in a 5 by 5 metre square You can have 1 to 4 players working in any one square, each player needs a ball.

Coaching Points
:: Beginners should try and stop with their left
foot forward then to push back from this foot
and change direction
:: some players naturally stop with their right foot
and then push off with their left (this should
not be discourage)

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Lets practise!