Evade the Moving Blocker
A ball carrier reads a blocker’s lateral movement and chooses a clear route around it to a wide finish gate.
- 10 min
- 4–8 players
Warm-up · U9
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Every player dribbles in a square and reacts to the coach's call: green go, amber slow toe-taps, red stop with the sole.
- Duration
- 8 min
- Players
- 4–16
- Ball Mastery
- Dribbling
- Scanning
Setup
Step 1 of 3
One ball each inside the square. Coach stands outside where everyone can see the call.
Coaching points
- Small touches so the ball never runs away from you.
- Eyes up between touches — you cannot see the call looking down.
- Stop with the sole, not the laces: the ball has to be still.
- Find space nobody else is in.
Equipment
- Balls · 1 per player
- Cones · 4 (corners)
Progressions
- Harder Add a fourth call — 'reverse' — where players turn and dribble the other way.
- Easier Walk the whole exercise and use only green and red.
