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Roll Past a Defender

Skills
Preliminary Moves & Passing, Defensive Moves.
Purpose
Practises the skills of rolling-off & rolling-around a defender
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Groups of
3
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Ages
6+
ball
Balls/grp
1
cone
Cones
2
distance
Distance (max)
m
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Opp. tops
1
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Visible opposition strip: 1
  • Setup

    Split into groups of 3 of similar stature; groups choose attacker (A), defender (B) and feeder (C). Cones (1 & 2) are 3-5m apart, the feeder is about 5m away with a ball.
  • Step 1

    (A) runs back and forth between cones (1) and (2) while shadowed by (B) who takes a facing defensive stance
    (A) must keep their eyes on (C) all the time
  • Step 2

    At some stage during one of their runs between (1 & 2), (A) attempts to slip past (B) and receive from (C) by performing either:-
    a roll-off
    a roll-around
  • Step 3

    Choose whether to allow defender to simply apply delaying pressure, or intercept.
    Or you can allow interceptions as a progression
  • Step 4

    Rotate players after (A) has 3 turns at rolling-off/around
More Drills
demo
play
video
Groups of
group
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8
Ages
profile
13 +
Balls/grp
ball
1
Cones
cone
1
Distance (max)
distance
15m
Focus
Skills under pressure, Run & Carry.
Skills
Shepherd, Crumb.
demo
play
video
Players
group
16+
Ages
profile
11 +
Balls
ball
1+
Cones
cone
4
Distance (max)
distance
80m
Focus
Hard Running, Front & Square.
Skills
Handballing, Kick Long, Shepherd.
demo
play
video
Players
group
20+
Ages
profile
13 +
Balls
ball
6+
Cones
cone
6
Distance (max)
distance
160m
Focus
Hard Running, Front & Square, Forward line delivery, Goalkicking.
Skills
GoalKicking, Kicking, Handballing, Crumb.
drill
Players
group
14+
Ages
profile
15 +
Balls
ball
2
Cones
cone
2
Distance (max)
distance
150m
Focus
Defensive, Hard Running, Run & Carry, Forward line delivery, Goalkicking.
Skills
GoalKicking, Kicking, Tackle, Handball Long.
play
video
Players
group
12+
Ages
profile
13 +
Balls
ball
2
Cones
cone
0
Distance (max)
distance
80m
Focus
Skills under pressure, Defensive, Contested ball, Hard Running, Decision Making, Run & Carry, Forward line delivery, Goalkicking, Gameplan/Strategy.
Skills
GoalKicking, Kicking, Handballing, Tackle, Shepherd.
play
video
Players
group
10+
Ages
profile
11 +
Balls
ball
1
Cones
cone
16
Distance (max)
distance
160m
Skills
Kick Short.
drill
Groups of
group
group-arrow
icon-group
12
Ages
profile
7 +
Balls/grp
ball
1
Cones
cone
4
Distance (max)
distance
8m
Focus
Decision Making, Fun.
Skills
Handballing, Kick Short.
play
video
Players
group
10+
Ages
profile
12 +
Balls
ball
2+
Cones
cone
2
Distance (max)
distance
80m
Focus
Skills under pressure, Decision Making, Forward line delivery.
Skills
Kick Long, Crumb.
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