pretty much i plan on buying a few cones or just using some things from around the house and i want some drills. all i want is to have good control of the ball while dribbling. practicing a few cuts would be nice too. i am not saying i want to learn moves or how to become denilson/robinho (although it would be nice-lol). my goal is to dribble in soccer relatively like john stockton does in basketball, no fancy crossovers and all that but he has awesome control and its very difficult to take the ball from him.
oh ya, btw are there any drills that will have me playing like marc overmars? lol just wanted to mock some other ppl, although they choose beckham and the like.
A good tip is to find your own dribbling style, you may not be comfortable with other types so you would learn slower and also wont be performing at your full potential
I would just like to say one thing - trying to dribble past a real live person will help you 10 times more than trying to dribble past a cone.
i understand this, but instead of sitting on my butt all the time while im not playing a game i could go outside and practice now couldnt i?
I do this drill pretty regularyl, it's very simple but has helped me quite a bit. Whats best is that you can do it anywhere. Roll the ball outside your foot and then roll it back inside, kick it to your other foot, receive it, roll it out to the left, roll it back inside, kick it back across and repeat. It will help you keep the ball close to you and maybe even improve your touch a bit.
Of course. It'd be even better if you had a friend to do it with - then you could practice going past him.
My friend and I always play a 1 v 1 game inside the 18 you have to hit one of the posts to score that is pretty fun. I think coerver is pointless anyone can do those moves. It is only useful for warming up for a game or practise because you get a lot of touches. How can rolling the ball from one foot to another inside outside help your dribbling at all? You have to try to control while running forward then stopping, turning etc. Dribbling in one spot just touching the ball is pretty much useless IMO you might as well be juggling. I think if you want to do that coerver stuff find a wall hit it against it hard control and immeadiately do the move. That is useful and if you can learn to do that with your head up that is great. When 1 v 1 always keep your head up and I believe that cone dribbling is the best way to increase dribble control while you are by yourself.
for the best solo dribbling drill, go to the community park or any place that has the low posts surrounding the park (or parking lot) with a chain -- usually about knee-high. sometimes towns line sidewalks with these little barriers. just slalom through there, weaving the ball through each and every post while hopping over the chain. when you first do it the instinct might be to hop over the chain w/both feet at the same time as one unit, but the more you do it you'll find that your feet barely touch the ground and you're almost skipping over the chain while barely touching the ball at all. if you feel you're about to lose it, quickly plant, get your foot over the ball, regain the composure and roll it through all in one motion. you can vary it by only touching the ball w/a certain foot, or just the outstep or instep, etc. not only is this a monster for the cardio, it perfects touch and coordination in those tight-space moments where feet are flying about as you skip right through. after a week or so, you'll fly right through your little slalom course and start counting 'laps' around the park.
i guess this other technique ties in w/my last post that really brings the Zen into the beautiful game. just go to the park or wherever, and intentionally play the ball off stuff -- car tires, walls, fences, trees, picnic tables, whatever. find an oak with low, spread out branches and juggle, counting 'one' for each time you put the ball over a thick branch and back on your foot. after a while you can walk completely around the tree, juggling the ball over all the low branches. during games, you'll see things open up -- and you might even play the ball off of your opponent's legs. remember: it's just you, the ball, and the universe.
we do this one in practise... Just set up a square of cones about 5 yards to each side. STart at the bottom right corner of the square dribble around the perimeter to the bottom left of the square stop and then turn back and retrace your path to the bottom right of the square again. Do that as fast as you can. Then there is just set up like 10 cones like 3/4 steps. Then set up 5 more about 2 steps apart and then 2 at the end that are off to the side by about 2 steps and still up 2 steps. Weave through that at full speed and you will improve quickly.