OBJECTIVE:

Practise diving onto and cleanly retrieving a ball on the ground.

EQUIPMENT:

One ball.

GROUP SIZE:

Four players.

AREA:

22m x 15m.

DRILL EXPLANATION:

1. Attacking players play walking soccer, dribbling the ball and passing from the start line towards the goal-line.
2. To score, one of them must dive on and execute a clean retrieve of the ball over the try-line. It cannot be the player who dribbled it over the line.
3. Attacking players may not dribble the ball directly over the try-line from anywhere beyond the 10m “FOUL LINE” - a line set-up 10m out from the try-line.
4. Defender prevents a score by falling cleanly on the ball and regaining their feet, either in the field of play or over the try-line.
5. If defender does this, they grubber kick the ball back towards the start line. Attackers regroup and the drill continues.
6. Rotate players and keep the time short.

COACHING POINTS:

• Get to feet as quickly as possible
• Keep the ball close to your feet and under your head when dribbling
• Look for space to pass.
• Control!!!

VARIATIONS / PROGRESSION:

1. Introduce points.
2. Play with more players.
3. Vary the type of passes used.