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If you are like me, you probably know that in performing free soccer drills, dribbling a soccer ball is one of the most thrilling aspects of any soccer game. One of the basic faults that players make when dribbling a soccer ball is that they focus more on the ball and don’t know what is happening around them.

I will share with you a drill that has often been used repeatedly during soccer practice to teach young players to dribble a soccer ball because they love it. Identification of space and maximum utilization of the same is being taught to the students.

The biggest hurdle faced by the coach is to make the young soccer player aware of his environment while having control of the ball under his feet.

This is one drill that is often used to teach players to keep their heads up while dribbling, and it has always been fun for the players along with teaching valuable skills.

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This drill makes the player to get a feel of the ball and the space around it so that they can use the space rather mundane soccer exercises which makes the player go around the cones.

1.On an average start by marking out a square of size 20 * 20 yards (change the square size depending upon number of players and age).

2.Give the ball to each half of the players and position them on one side of the square. The one half of the players are called as attackers.

3. Next, have the other half of the players spread out and cover the square. This half of the players is identified by the name Crab.

4.The hands are used by the crabs to support themselves after sitting down. To walk around the players are allowed to use their hands and feet only.

In free soccer drills we can have good fun and yet teach a lot of important points of dribbling the ball.

Upon the coaches’ whistle, all the players dribble the ball to the opposite side and stop the ball on the line opposed to them. “The Crabs” try and get the ball from the Attackers and when they do so, the Attacker becomes a Crab. When all the crabs are eliminated and only one attacker is left, he is declared as the winner and the game is concluded.

The Crab learns the importance of teamwork by refusing space to the attackers and tries to take the ball away from them; it’s really a win-win situation in soccer coaching.

This is the simple and yet effective way of teaching the young players to dribble the ball with their heads up, to cross the defenders and avoid bumping into each other.

The final inference is every player has the ability to be more alert, to react quickly and to run faster. The free soccer drills will make the players achieve better acceleration and to take decision making faster.

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