Dribbling football drills, page 4

Escape the pressure with a drag-back. Drive at the block, drag the ball back sharply with the sole, turn, and accelerate out the other way.

Freeze the live defender and cut past. Time the fake to when he commits to blocking, then cut inside and accelerate away.

Feel him, hook away, and protect it. Sense the pressure, hook the ball away from the defender, and shield it as you spin into space.

Groove the two touches. Push in with the inside, knock out with the outside of the same foot, and accelerate out of the move.

Feint in, then knock it out. Push the ball in with the inside of the foot to shift the defender, then knock it out the other way with the outside of the same foot and accelerate past.

Shift the live defender, then push past. Sell the dip to move his weight, then push off the other way and accelerate past.

Groove the mechanic. Swing around the front, push the ball away with the other foot, and accelerate out of the move.

Feint with the scissors, then go the other way. Swing the foot around the front to shift the defender, then push the ball away with the other foot and accelerate past.

Commit the live defender, then chop past. Drive hard to turn his hips to the line, then chop back inside and accelerate away.

Freeze the defender and cut inside. Sell the shot with a real wind-up, then drop the shoulder and cut sharply inside past him.

Beat the live defender. Read his feet, sell the step-over to commit him one way, then push past and accelerate the other.

Turn out of pressure cleanly with a Cruyff turn. Sell the fake, drag the ball behind the standing leg to change direction, and accelerate away into space in one movement.

Drive, cut, and drive again. Carry at speed to the pole, chop the ball sharply to change direction, and accelerate away on the new line.

Beat a defender 1v1 with a committed feint and an explosive change of direction, then attack the space through the gate at speed.

Beat your man in a tight space. Use close control and a quick disguised move, then burst through the gap and over the line.

Beat your man and get over the line. Run straight at the defender, commit him, then explode past with a change of pace and drive into the space behind.

Cut inside and curl it far corner. Beat the defender with the cut, set the ball on your stronger foot, and bend it across the keeper into the far top corner.

Carry fast with changes of direction. Use shorter, sharper touches to shift through the offset gates at speed, then steady and finish.