One of the hardest skills in football is the ability to run quickly and positively with the ball. Young players will run with the ball, but very often pick the wrong time to run with the ball, run with it in the wrong areas of the pitch and run with their heads down and end up running the ball into defenders.
This is a football coaching drill designed using Coaches Chalkboard on improving dribbling in and around the penalty area. Players will need to create space in which to receive the ball. To receive the ball out of their feet so that they are facing the opposition goal. Get their head up to see what their options are and then look to use dribbling tricks, skills and ball manipulation and to move the ball and their body past opponents. Finally, there needs to be a positive end result after the dribble of a shot or a cross.
