Build intensity
Walk and learn colors → React at a jog → Add short accelerations
SOCCER DEVELOPMENT HUB · WARM-UP
Traffic-light dribbling
Dribbling · Ball mastery · Scanning · Focus & reflection
Prepare close control, scanning, and safe changes of speed through simple visual cues.
Readiness, not fatigue: Build from controlled movement to moderate football-specific intensity.
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Set it up
20 × 20 yard grid
Players dribble freely while the coach holds up colored cones where everyone can see them.
- Players
- 4–24
- Equipment
- 1 ball per player · red, yellow, and green cones · boundary cones
- Green means move with the ball, yellow means small slow touches, and red means controlled stop.
- Add a turn color or let a player lead the signals.
- Finish with green-to-open-space accelerations while players avoid traffic.
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