1vs1 Dribbling Soccer Drill | Attacking & Defending Exercises

[@williamm.3456]

Fantastic exercise, I tried this with my F Youth squad (8 and 9 year old). They really liked the competitive spirit of it, also counting how often each team could get around the defender. Thanks a lot for sharing this, also very well made video and explanation! Regards from Germany.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Thanks for sharing your feedback. The competitive element of this drill/exercise is definitely a huge plus. And the players want to play it.

[@charleshartz505]

We played a variation of this at my high school team. Great offseason conditioning, really makes you work. Great context, just subscribed.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Thanks Charles. We love this one as well, the conditioning and competitiveness it brings in the players.

[@charleshartz505]

@@Professionalsoccercoaching love the content, glad I found your channel. Looking forward to more!

[@amandamccoll1872]

@@Professionalsoccercoaching love the drill can you tell me the music title please

[@bestsoccertricks]

This is a great soccer drill. Thanks!

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Glad you like it! We love it too and how simple it is.

[@martinmcfly6062]

Nice! I play this in a square with a goal on two sides. So the players play a 1vs1 and then try to score. Loosing the ball means you become defender, scoring a goal means defender stays. Actually the same with a goal instead of a pass.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Martin, yes that would be a good little progression or variation. Thanks for sharing your ideas with everyone.

[@henryquezadarodriguez7019]

You can give it the variants you want, the important thing is to keep the work entertaining while working on the technical fundamentals.

[@toniviudez6371]

Thanks for sharing. Great drill to put in practice in our U9 teams.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Great! Let us know how it goes for you!

[@feliperagelofficialyoutube]

I really like this exercise. I usually do with one more defender who makes that the attacant only has few seconds in the 1vs 1 situation before receive the other defender. Nice, thanks to share it with us 😉👍

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Nice variations idea. Thanks for sharing with the group!

[@feliperagelofficialyoutube]

@@Professionalsoccercoaching I have my own channel too. You could visit if you want. I have some trainings that could be interesting for you. I hope that you like it 😉👍

[@GavinTack]

Awesome training video. Just saved it to my BEST Soccer Training Drills playlist. Thanks for sharing!

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Glad you liked it and hope you get some use out of it in your training sessions.

[@GavinTack]

@@Professionalsoccercoaching I'm working on your drills on the pitch I set up in my garage. So far so good! 👍⚽

[@ahmedal-rubie411]

Totally agree what a great drill. Do you mind sharing me your playlist? Thank you

[@GavinTack]

@@ahmedal-rubie411 You bet. Here's the link to my BEST Soccer Training Drills playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLzr0DbgAILVbIqhAYWCWEa-M1cMyBcKjW

[@ahmedal-rubie411]

@@GavinTack thanks mate really appreciate it 🙏🏽

[@byteme90k]

love this drill, going to try it out tonight with my U12 Boys

[@Otty-uk4hf]

This is great. I will use it with my U13s tomorrow, Thanks.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Good luck, have fun with it.

[@judekakpossa195]

Are they mixed or separated? Attacker on a side and defender on a side? Good content

[@22burnsie]

I like the sound of this! Will introduce next week to my jv team

[@justsomethingtothinkabout8515]

Great drill for a group from 8-12+. Speed of play enables short wait times. Going to be using this in my sessions. Thank you ⚽️🥅

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Let us know how it goes. Glad you found the video useful.

[@justsomethingtothinkabout8515]

My 2012 Premier boys are trying to become NPL and love this exercise. My 2010 Bronze girls love this as well and are really cleaning up their touch, speed of play and passing. I’ve played with the size as well. I usually go with the 15 yards but have gone as much as 25 with this drill. I increased the size of the pitch so my 12 Boys would be encouraged to pass the ball harder as the distance is greater so they can better adjust to the 11-v11 size pitch having came from the 9v9 pitch. Thanks again!

[@diegomusty]

Love the drills they are really fun

[@seanparry2219]

Looks good but too many players stood around not active in the game. I'd suggest splitting the group in two and running 2 together to give the players more time on the ball, keeping them engaged.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Yes, if you wanted to increase the intensity splitting into two groups would be a way to do that.

[@samueledepizzol9249]

really good one! Simple, effective and fun

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Glad you liked it!

[@samueledepizzol9249]

@@Professionalsoccercoaching I have tried it today with my U15 but I changed it a bit. Every time a team scored a point also the defender changed. In this way the game became extremely dynamic and all the players had to stay focused as they knew that they may have to come in any moment and at full speed. It was great fun and we will try it again

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

@@samueledepizzol9249 Good idea/modification. I will try that as well next time I use it. Would defiantly rotate through bodies quicker that way. Thanks for sharing.

[@SH-vi7bp]

@@samueledepizzol9249 Yes good idea because we want a little chaos for the defense and attack to have to read and react to in real time. Keeping score is 'fundamental' good for you.

[@chaviksenia8198]

Yeh. Nice. I'm from Coffs Harbour. East coast of Down Under....Well done lads...

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Great to see you getting some use from this. Love it.

[@manuelmartinezvega5954]

GRACIAS POR LA BUENA APORTACION,LO ESTOY PONIENDO EN PRACTICA CON MIS JUGADORES

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Super! De nada mi amigo.

[@johnnygoluckyweatherley6568]

Nice, loving it

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Glad to hear!

[@joshrivera2943]

Great Small sided Coach, will be using it tonight with my 07 boys.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Good luck! This one is great with all ages I've found.

[@footballvitality3087]

sUseful and practical drills. Thanks a lot 👍👏😀

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Thanks, yes all these drills or exercises I use personally in sessions from youth teams to U-23s. Just need to modify the dimensions, etc.

[@coachbetter_ltd]

Very nice! 1v1 situations are so important to work on, especially at a young age. What about setting up several similar squares to reduce wait time and work even more on fitness?

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Good suggestion, it is quite intense doing 1vs1 and they do need the breaks. Would be interesting to play around with the numbers and grid sizes, etc.

[@coachbetter_ltd]

@@Professionalsoccercoaching Agree!

[@SH-vi7bp]

No! Attacking dribbling is the most physically demanding activity in soccer. It requires explosiveness not endurance. Work to rest ratio looks high as you correctly notice but that is exactly what you want when doing explosive speed and agility work like 1v1 dribbling. There are 12 athletes, 2 working so that is 1:6 work to rest ratio which is a little low actually. To do otherwise is to falsify the target and train endurance not explosivenss. I want athletes on the ball dribbling like they're running on hot embers. I want to see maximum explosiveness and changes of direction and feinting. Believe me they will be forced to do this in games against a determined back so they better get used to doing it for 'real'..

[@rastahima1223]

@@SH-vi7bp It's also the added pressure of waiting a long time in a game before receiving the ball. You want them to feel the eyes as they would on the weekend of their parents and friends and team mates on the bench as well as the rival opposition in red/blue. 6v6 seems good for my U09's. Greetings from Austria.

[@sadhaka7]

Great idea. Thanks. I will use it next week

[@lwynkwaardt]

background song is awesome!

[@JoseRodriguez-dp9fi]

This is a good warm down or team builder because too many kids are standing around! The only good of this train is that you are teaching all the kids to defend!

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Exactly, can be used as a great warm-up, especially real world where kids are rolling into practice at all times and can jump straight in when they know the exercise/drill.

[@NTABWEFOOTBALLCLUB-z3p]

Great movements

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Hope you get some use out of this exercise at your training sessions!

[@alibabaajofficial3220]

Thanks I will use this definitely

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Glad you are getting some use out of this drill/practice!

[@Mukeshkumar-fs6nm]

It make us more powerful and sensitive..👍

[@mr_black_beard510]

Oh yes you sound so super sensetive

[@b18c01gsr]

Excellent SSG, any chance you have this on a shareable file we could use?

[@kunstfreiheit9871]

the background music is gigantic. can you tell the name of the title please? :) keep it

[@markbowdenfootball]

Great drill 💪🏼🧠

[@manalzw5912]

Great drill.

[@connor-craigsellars4777]

Used this with my Saturday team, was good.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Great, seems like coaches are getting creative and doing a ton of modifications/progressions on this also.

[@footballworkshop1926]

Great drill 👌👏🔥🔥🔥

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Glad you like it!

[@erdogantabur5140]

Nice one!

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Glad you are liking this, let us know how it goes in your training and sessions.

[@sebastianoboscarino5256]

Very nice Thanks👍Can u please tell me the Music title...

[@chigoziealaoma7595]

Good one

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Thanks for the feedback. Hope you get some use out of it in your training sessions.

[@FlashModels]

Hi guys, great drill a lot to look for an instruct, what tool you use for drawings? Are there some free alternatives for drawing tools, any recommendations? Thanks.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

everything is custom:)

[@ApostleJK]

Nice wY to build the kids skills

[@lookingfortim]

Possible limitations in this drill is that a good defender will be marking the receiver instead of the dribbler. Although it encourages a 1v1 situation, the attacks from the defender may not replicate authentic contexts. Still a fun game though.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Yes a defender could be marking the receiver in many type of ways. This drill focus is to encourage players to actively taken on and develop 1vs1 attacking skills. I would use different exercises if I wanted to make it about distribution into a receiving player.

[@eliotricks-chambers7456]

Then tell the defender to defend the attacker and they don’t have a choice. Tell them

[@alfredwilliams3176]

​@@eliotricks-chambers7456creating robotic players..

[@michaelfootballcoach4533]

Bravo 👍

[@AndreiLeal7]

Music title?

[@tresorvova6170]

Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo

[@andysurfer318]

Epic

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Have fun with it! Thanks!

[@andrelinken115]

Hello. We tried this exercise yesterday. There was a bit of confusing, maybe you can explain it to me: When the attacker fails to pass the ball correctly, he becomes the new defender. But the play on which side now starts to become the new attacker?

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

If the defender wins, the two in the middle just switch roles. The pervious attacker becomes defender and the defender becomes the attacker. Does that help out? Then they just play to the ends like normal.

[@mertsait1137]

Where are the Balls, who starts at first and which groupe is the next? 😮

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

The balls are positioned behind the 4 gate goals. After one player attacks a gate goal, the opposite gate begins if unsuccessful. Or they pass back to another one of their players and they get another attempt to score.

[@aurinbagchi234]

Hello what is the incredible track that is playing in the background? Anyone know??

[@SH-vi7bp]

Not bad, but possession in this video, is generally far too long. Attacking dribbling is short explosive bursts no more than 3 seconds ideally for the distances in this exercises. But what is shown is good and the next time the coach must tweak it a bit to make bring out the aim for each session and to keep the athletes engaged with a new challenge.

[@levitaylor78]

get what your saying but this could be used just for an opossed ball technique session for confidence, ball skills etc, not used as a possession session as it takes away the focus of building ball skills. what would you add for a progression to this session?

[@SH-vi7bp]

I like the work to rest ratio so the dribblers can be explosive. The spaces are very tight so one progression might be to use a rectangle (30yx15y for example) players can build up some speed dribbling practice to go with the tight 15yd dribbles between the goals in the video. Of course the groups should be teams and score should be kept so defenders are more inclined to try harder to stop the simple passes that are being made behind them. I don't think they were trying hard enough to stop those. I think timing is important as well. Use a stop watch and reward players/teams who can score in 2.5 seconds or less. Over 4 seconds shots don't count or pass ball to teammate. @@levitaylor78

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Well thought out response, thanks for the input, great points.

[@warmup7265]

👍👍👍

[@zerotohero75]

Nice football

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Thanks for the feedback on this one!

[@chiamakaagubuike7249]

I will do it tomorrow

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Let us know how this exercise went for you!!

[@najmanajma5680]

Wat if ball goes outside and how to restart it ?

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

It restarts from the nearest gate the ball went out of with the waiting player at that gate dribbling into the grid.

[@COACH369ABOOD]

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[@saikaungmyatthu1058]

nice

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Thanks for your feedback on this. We appreciate it!

[@stevnekighoma3670]

What can i do to learn dribbling

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

These types of soccer drills will help with your drilling skills, yes.

[@COACH369ABOOD]

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[@marcossalinasvargas8168]

Muy bueno.

[@angeljosevazquezcastro8724]

Me encanta.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Hope your players have as much fun playing as ours do!

[@kuladeny4384]

Love in Indonesia

[@raymondconley-smith1221]

Not a bad drill.... But for kids there's too much standing and waiting for your turn. Need more involvement....

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Thanks for the feedback. The 1vs1 reps (bouts) in the grid are actually quite intense and the duration is varied. In some ways it replicates the intensities of a real game. High intensity and interspersed with break periods. But I can see that this could be the case if the lines lengths are not monitored.

[@raymondconley-smith1221]

@@Professionalsoccercoaching Tried it this week with 7yr olds.... It was reasonably good, and I tried a 2 v 2 version to try to negate having kids standing waiting in line for too long. For my age group, I'd really like to find less 'wait in line' drills and more, fuller involvement of all. I don't think 6 and 7yr olds need recovery times as such - they'd get far more out continual involvement, encouragement (fun) and 'drills' where they can express themselves.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

@@raymondconley-smith1221 Yeah, per the instructions, this is for 12yrs old and up. We don't do this exercise below that age group for the reasons you mentioned.

[@woodweartv7275]

Please I want to be a coach hope you can help me some of your analysis

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

sure, let me know what you need.

[@woodweartv7275]

I'm now trying to start my coaching career. So will like to start with developing

[@isaac.stalin6232]

Me too! I need help you..please

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

@@woodweartv7275 Great! More coaches the better!!

[@cheesemouse7774]

I would only have 8 players at each station.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Yes, you could modify the numbers for sure. Let me know how it works for you.

[@djibrilsiby]

Ho to become coach ?

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Please refer to the website or other you tube drills and exercises on the website for further sessions and soccer drills.

[@solvjordan3622]

Min 2.40 defender should not turn around

[@mariokrizanac4597]

😊😊

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Yes, the videos are done with normal level youth players from rec to academy, so they do make mistakes and I don't cut those out in editing to make it more realistic.

[@ashwanthunni1519]

「内容を明確にする必要があります」、

[@lorrainegatanianhits8331]

It's a good idea, but not very efficient. Too much time is spent simply standing around.

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

If you want to reduce recovery time you can reduce the number of players at the gate stations. Players should be working maximally when in the grid and recovery should be considered.

[@winglo7246]

Nice drill but there are better 1v1 drills than this for youth players. I don't like these kind of drills for U8-U19. Take a quick count, 13 players, 2, 3 at max are active at the same time. That means 10 players are standing still doing nothing.. Young players should be active most of the time.. So do drills withouth queing.

[@Comeacasa]

True. I use this exercise in small groups from 1-6 players

[@garytrappitt8172]

Looks impressive BUT lots of wasted standing around time....

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

I thought so when I first experimented with it. But the work to rest ratio is roughly accurate to a full size game . The bouts in the grid are maximal (100%) and the rest periods vary, but are approx. 1:6. This can be adjusted by reducing the player counts. Maybe it doesn't national training 'guidelines', but the players love it and want to do it all the time, so something to be said for that.

[@gcooper7633]

use less people then. Have your assistants set up and monitor others areas

[@alfredwilliams3176]

Get rid of offside

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

hahaha!!

[@bigmick562]

@Professionalsoccercoaching motion-limited game play, might as well mark the pitch out in black and white squares...😁

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

@@bigmick562 Not sure what you mean? Because is isolated? Its just a little game to practice 1vs1 skills I came up with that the players liked.

[@bigmick562]

@Professionalsoccercoaching ok I apologise, I thought I was on a different video channel....I am just highlighting my frustrations at the way ASEAN professional teams are mimicking all the worst traits of Wenger ball, Barcelona and Man City... sorry to have troubled you...just a thought, so many creators are using animation now, it is getting more difficult to find the real video of matches...I think some asian creators are swapping long range animated footage and injecting real footage of players moaning, rolling, celebrating, managers behaving badly, 'injuries' and referees debating, looking at the monitor, substitutions, ad infinitum... don't enjoy moaning but probably enjoy that more than some of these insufferable 'spectacles', the j league is the worst, soulless like their cars, bikes, etc

[@bigmick562]

@Professionalsoccercoaching btw good luck with teaching..please try and help get some honesty back in the game, all the best Steve

[@mahamedecoulibaly-ok3vx]

Help me I’m a footballer

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Please see other training videos or if you want check the main website. Much love.

[@marticow]

Great exercise, that goes without saying. However, no shin guards for most of the players. Doesn't look professional to me at all.

[@Ghost-tg9hm]

Not very efficient. Players get very little time to work, so the intensity won’t be that high either

[@larrygoat9789]

Fast pace allows players to be actuve

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

Players in the middle are working maximally. That is high intensity and then breaks are taken when out the middle of the grid. So it does fit the work profile of a game situation (roughly). If you feel the breaks a too long you can modify and set maximum work intervals in the middle, using a command/whistle to force a change of players if no score, for example.

[@warmup7265]

foot

[@carenangaya1541]

any whatsap group

[@Professionalsoccercoaching]

We don't have a Whatsapp group at this point. The website has all the main content. Thanks!