Why MOST Players Can’t Dribble around Cones 

Well, can u make a video on.. How to keep the ball intact while dribbling.. I mean how to control it without losing it..

There’s a drill my old coach taught me, I could do it backwards before the pandemic. It’s made me a respected dribbler among my peers, despite my position in defence, as I could turn so quickly it would throw my opponent way off. I recognised the moves of your feet in the first 15 seconds of the intro. I’m very grateful to Mr Stu for the time and effort he put into train our school team. I’m not as good as I claim to be but I’ll keep trying to improve, thanks coach! Edit: to all the people wondering what drill I’m talking about it’s basically this one but without the cones. Outside of the right foot, then the inside, then switch to the left. Outside of left foot, then inside, then switch back to right and repeat. After you master this you can start increasing and decreasing the weight of specific touches, causing you to turn and change direction as you dribble. Then just do it backwards… it takes a while, I have some trouble now after the pandemic because I didn’t have much time to practice during and then I had an ingrown toenail (I know, gross right?!) which bothered my left foot constantly and I needed multiple surgeries to get it fixed (I’m just recovering from the final one). But this drill really helps if you can master it… maybe I should try it with cones now?

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the most overlooked thing when it comes to change of direction is movement of the shoulders and overall twisting of your upper body while keeping feet squared. the reason it helps is you have the most control of the ball when its inside or outside of your foot but going forwards its in front of you so to keep it in control the ball should be under you.. shoulders initiating change of direction has been a game changer for me parcitularly and it doesnt need to be very pronounced and look like a clown but subtle. when you compare different types of dribblers for example look at ronaldinho and neymar in particular then you can compare with vinicius jr whose dribbling is more linear, or marcus rashford. rashford and vinicius can be great when there is space in a 1 on 1 while neymar and ronaldinho can take on 2 or 3 defenders at once albeit slower but you cant take the ball away from them and theres a subtle movement of the shoulders when they change direction, especially ronaldinho

You know what i really struggle with? Getting pass an opponent when i have the ball. Something I've noticed was that i seem to just stop in front of them when i get too close to them. For example: i got a pass, then i run towards the defender and then stop them look at the ball and then whatever i do they just poke it and it's all gone. I've never got past anyone even once. 12 years of football and never got past anybody. Even kids!! I've always passed it to someone else when i get the ball but i want to get pass players on my own. I really like your channel because instead of channels like all attack. You seem to really understand what we struggle with. Those channels are probably made for those who are already good and want to get better. But your channel just seems to be for people like me who are stuck at level 1.

My coach has always been puzzled by my skills. I play as a winger and can zigzag against multiple defenders but still struggle with cones during training. Will try your tips.

What a great vid. I’m looking to get some drills prepared for U9 boys and I’m gonna create separate courses with the boys paired up to dribble between two cones until they’ve mastered their touch, focus and speed for a few weeks. Once I’ve seen the improvement I will move them with 4 cones and the final 6 cones so they improve close ball control. I already have the session visualized in my head thanks to you!

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You are a fantastic Coach. Keep up the great work 👍

Great content very informative and entertaining keep it up always learn something

I just want to thank you, for the videos you make, it helps us a lot, specifically for a non academic player, who wants to play good football. Once again thank you - from INDIA🇮🇳

Hello my friend! First of all i have to congrat you for the clarity in the explanation of the concepts, it´s a lot easier when u divide them by segments (maybe another tip would be to space them a little bit more). I thought it would be useful to make a video about faints or fake direction while we have our defender behind ourselves, to build resources to resolve while the defender is on us. As a midfielder i struggle actually while competing in my league. Thanks for the content!! Really loving it, cheers from Argentina!

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Really helpful videos and good editing. Thanks a lot!

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dude… i just found your content and i absolutely love it. I just got done watching all your videos. I am a new sub. Is there anyway you could send me a template of what your dribbling sessions look like and the drills that you do??

Just came across your channel. Nice video... noticed the pitch looks like Eastbourne... then realised you are in NZ.

Hey, nice content, just LOVE it 🎉. Btw may you please give me advice on how to control the pace of of the football when dribbling like even straight, when i dribble the ball just gets faster and faster without any actual control, i can't slow the ball down either or decelerate. Thank you for your valuable time.

For one year, I was in England - compared to my country the skill gap of football is SO large. The 8-10 year old kids are better than my country's 12-15 year olds. I had a good trainer which told me some tips to go around the cones and i dont even know how, but somehow I did it! Despite my utter inability to coordinate my body right

thank you

With younger players, I have found a great way to help the rhythm issue is by doing ladder drills. Many say you shouldn't bother doing those with younger kids but i think that's silly. They teach the kids a lot of the basic footwork you'll need for things like this. Specifically, the icky shuffle. Great for getting them used to cutting and moving side to side. And definitely great for helping them develop that rhythm. It also improves awareness of their body. My kid struggled with a lot of these drills. Started doing ladder drills twice a week and there was significant improvement in how well he did these type of drills after just 3 weeks. Plus, I've never really played soccer so I know it works. I'm able to do a lot of drills myself bc I still have the basic footwork down from years of playing football

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That pitch looks like heaven..

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In the early to mid 90's going through the cones was all we did every training session lol no lie.

Already my favourite football youtuber

I was struggling step one slowing done when approaching the cones

Good, nice😊😊

Can you make a juggling tutorial sometime?

Cones are my best friend 😊,i developed so much because of come drills

One of the best football tutorial on RU-vid 👍👍

I have the same ball !!

Best content in yt rn

Great video

Can you make the basic things vid How to dribble or how to shoot By the way love your video

the new goals at bishops park are so nice

Great. Thanks a bunch. I'm from Brazil.

really good channel for football

1. Speed - practice the change of direction and the pace you are dribbling find whats best for you. 2. Contol - practice ball mastery and the touches you have with the ball. 3. Rythm - practice the repetition and sense of rhythm. 4. Focus - mental clarity will help in your drills.

i get this. im actually dece at dribbling but I suck at the cone drills...

You’re actually so underrated

What boots are those

Beautiful location. Where is it?

How many sets and reps should I do when I do wave cone drills

maybe next time how can I make my dribble not easily slip off my feet❤️🔥

finally, something that actually helps ☺

Thankfully dribbling has always been my best ability. Grew up playing in a run down council estate back in the 2000s and kicking a tennis ball around my house all day and still do. I almost exclusively played "cuppy singles" growing up; which is where there is one goal keeper and a battle royal of outfield players all against each other. The best ways to win were to be a great dribbler, have a great long shot or be lazy goal mounger and wait for a rebound. Spent every school night and weekend trying to dribble through swarms of players and shoot from distance. But unfortunately I developed zero game sense, discipline, positioning or teamwork and hated playing for my local team. But yeah, always have a ball with you. Nut meg everyone who walks by you, nutmeg your pets, dribble the ball whilst you're walking to the fridge, keepy ups whilst your watching TV, chip the ball into your washing machine, rainbow flick bar stools, balnce the ball on your head whilst chilling on the couch, balance the ball on your foot whilst your on your phone, dribble around the mess on the floor, pretend the radiator is a goal and put a hoover and some shoes in front of it as a makeshift keeper, whatever creative things you can think of. You've got to be obsessed.

The football folk is a good football folk

i wish my house had flat ground. its all bumpy in my yard😂

Question from a 19 year old guy aspiring to kick his friends' asses at football: should you look at the ball while doing cone dribbling drills? I know you're supposed to keep the ball in your peripheral vision dribbling in an open space in a real game, but in the examples shown here it looks like he's looking straight at it.

I'm a great speed dribbler but not great in close control. I usually chalk it up to composure but if you get me in space... GOOD LUCK

Im actually ok at dribbling cones but my speed is slow. I wish i had that crazy 37km/h speed we all dream of haha

when I played football (years ago) I was very good at dribbling during a game but I was completely a mess with cones, my coach was mad at me about that, 6 close cones like that? no way ahahahahahah

what ball is that?

🍦🍦🍦only one kind of cone I’m into..

I don’t even have cones so I just use sticks from my front yard 😭

Only 7. I do 12

Bro I have a issue around 3 years ago I played very well but after the COVID I didn't play since 2 years now my gameplay is worst how can I improve.??

where is this its beutiful

3:25 3:45 4:30

Good thing you play against moving ppl and not cones during the game 💀

I could do this naturally I was best dribbler in my team haven’t played for 3 years and I forgot everything

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Bro dou have tiktok?

I noticed that you looked down at the ball, aren't we supposed to NOT do that?

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like your content but not more than your sarcasm

Just practice with a tennis ball. You will improve your touches.

I got the same ball, I think that ball is trash compared to his price, too slipperry for me

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U7 do it without no problem

Cone is useless

thank you