Turning your team into adequate dribblers should be a major objective of your practice plan. Ultimately, the drills you do in practice should help your players to become more comfortable carrying and possessing the ball.
Make sure each player participates in each drill to the fullest, rather than standing around waiting for a “turn” to participate. Getting touches on the ball is at the core of what being comfortable with the ball is all about, and if players are waiting on the sidelines they are not getting any touches.
When soccer players do have to wait on the outside, tell them to juggle as they wait. Tell them to practice at home, or dribble the ball when they are walking around the house and try to avoid running into furniture or losing control of the ball. It may piss off the parents, but it will be for a good cause because it will make them more relaxed handling the ball in game situations when there is heavy defensive pressure.
Small-sided games are great for working on ball handling and dribbling the soccer ball because players get lots of touches on the ball where they are constantly being challenged. 3v3 or 4v4 keep-away is one perfect example of a drill where players must work on dribbling in strenuous circumstances.
Check out my free drills and you will find a few such small sided games.
The most lethal dribblers are born not made but there is always much room for improvement. Take care to run plenty of drills that will improve your player’s ball handling skills by giving them ample touches on the ball.
If you are short on soccer dribbling drills, this soccer drill book has all that you will need! It contains 20 pre planned practice designs that are perfect for any volunteer coach. You can even download a sample with free youth soccer practices. Check it out at http://www.soccerdrillbook.com
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