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Set up

One 20x15m box, 4 corner cones. Ball each.

How it works

Dribble inside the box. Red means stop, yellow means creep, green means sprint.

• Foot on the ball on red.
• Stay inside the box.

Say this

"Head up""Little touches""Foot on it"

Organising it

17 m sided area per group. With 14 kids: one group. With 20 kids: one group. Runs with one coach.

Kids bump when the box gets crowded.

Missing gear? No cones → use bags, shoes or hall lines as the edges. No ball each → share one between two, swap every colour call.

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Swap ideas

If this one is not landing

Everybody's It Ball Tag

Everyone dribbles and tries to tag the others while keeping their own ball.

Knock 'Em Down

Teams race to knock down their own cones. Fetch and shoot again.

Rooted in FA England Foundation Phase · Coerver ball mastery · long-term player development. Rewritten for volunteer coaches by uDrills.